Overview
Employ user-centric federated access management to enable secure online business collaboration
In addition to using IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager on distributed systems, you can use IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager for z/OS for a high-availability identity management solution that also supports single sign-on and identity service natively on the IBM System z mainframe environment
Leverage the availability, scale, and performance of the IBM System z mainframe to provide a centralized hub for access management on z/OS
Simplify application integration using many forms of user credentials; help reduce administrative costs and facilitates compliance
Simplify application integration using many forms of user credentials and facilitate secure information sharing between trusted business partners and divisions within an organization
Improve the end-user experience by moving to user-centric, federated SSO identity management that puts customers, partners and suppliers in control of asserting trust, determining where sign-on is occurring and which user attributes to share
Implement a powerful, stand-alone identity service tool for establishing identity awareness in SOA and Web services environments to reduce administrative costs, establish trust and facilitate compliance by managing, mapping and propagating user identities
Use open standards and specifications, such as OpenID and Information Card Profile, and identity selectors from Microsoft Windows CardSpace and the Higgins Trust Framework to enable greater collaboration across the business ecosystem
Use advanced operational features to ease identity management, including support for multiple types of point-of-contact servers, a command line infrastructure and trust chain editor, for quick identity service deployments in SOA and Web services environments
Improve visibility into who is connecting to services and mainframe applications and help meet compliance requirements with a stand-alone identity service
Employ a comprehensive identity management solution with modular entry-level software that enables collaboration with small-to-midsize business partners
Analyst report
Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web Access Management
