IBM Tivoli Identity Manager Express - Features and benefits

*Features, advantages and benefits*
Features	Advantages	Benefits
Wizards, pre-configured agentless adapters and default templates	Simplifies and streamlines installation and configuration	Provides quick time to value along with industry best practices
Self-service interfaces	Enables users to request access to accounts, reset/synchronize passwords and manage their personal profile without administrative intervention	Reduces the cost and daily burden of user administration placed on the IT staff and help desk
Embedded provisioning engine and universal integration tools	Automates the implementation of administrative requests and provides universal connectors to extend the management of new and custom IT infrastructures	Quickly connect users to appropriate resources while reducing administration workload
Auditing and reporting mechanisms	Enables administrators to produce reports on who has access to what	Quickly produce reports for internal audits and help ensure regulatory compliance
Approval routing	Streamlines the submission and approval processes for access requests and changes to user information	Decreases administrative error and inconsistency in business processes
Recertification workflows	Systematically monitors user access levels and facilitates suspension or deletion of accounts as necessary	Enhances security through the validation of user access permissions
Centralized web administration	Centralizes the definition of users and provisioning of user services	Consistent security implementation across the organization while simplifying management through a single interface
User defined user interace	Provides distinct views of different user types that can be configured to the needs of the organization	Creates a simple, clean user experience
Manual services	Enables an organization to provision access to accounts that require human intervention (i.e. physical mail, employee badge, etc…)	Enhances security through the integration of user administration processes

Business benefits

Small and midsized organizations today face increasing pressure to accommodate a growing number of users, customers, employees and partners that require access to resources within and across the company. To maximize your time to value, these initiatives should be undertaken in a way that helps you minimize security risks and increase efficiencies while providing the responsiveness and control needed to comply with ever-expanding audit requirements.

IBM Tivoli® Identity Manager Express can help you manage an increasing number of users with fewer resources by establishing a central point to manage user rights. Through a robust workflow engine, Tivoli Identity Manager Express enables you to automate the user provisioning process, including approvals and account creation, as well as the user deprovisioning process to mitigate the risk of invalid accounts and privileges. Automating these processes can help you maintain an ongoing record of access-rights changes -- and thereby reduce the amount of time needed to gather the information required to comply with security audits.

Beyond controlling user populations and demonstrating compliance, Tivoli Identity Manager Express can help you take an important step toward becoming an On Demand Business: a company whose business processes -- integrated end to end across the company and with key partners, suppliers and customers -- can respond with speed to any customer demand, market opportunity or external threat.

Product Benefits:

Enhance security and address compliance needs

Grant, manage and enforce user access permissions
Automate and standardize the recertification process to validate each user account is still needed for a valid business purpose
Quickly produce reports to help speed the preparation for internal audits

Increase user and IT efficiency

Leverage flexible out-of-the-box self-service capabilities for password resets and account updates
Streamline user access through self-service account requests and approval workflows
Decrease administrative errors and free up administrator time to focus on strategic business goals with self-service functionality
Help enhance the user experience through an easy-to-use interface tailored to individual job responsibilities

Reduce IT administration costs

Reduce help desk calls by providing self-care password and personal profile management
Manage administrative overhead by streamlining the user provisioning process
Decrease the time spent correlating reports on user access privileges and audit trails from systems

Tivoli Identity Manager Express Proof Points:

Optimizes your IT resources by reducing help desk costs and improving user experience via self-care password management
Helps streamline user account set-up and turn-off reducing the time spend to create accounts to minutes - not days
Helps secure sensitive data by managing user access control permissions
Enhances security and facilitates compliance through the aggregation of disparate data and issuance of audit reports
Generates quick time-to-value with a solution that is easy to install, easy to deploy and easy to use

IBM Tivoli Identity Manager Express is a critical component of the IBM identity management portfolio. It can help you achieve rapid time to value by getting users, systems and applications productive quickly. Tivoli Identity Manager Express also assists you to control, monitor, and audit user access permissions to enhance your security and comply with your audit needs.

IBM Tivoli Identity Manager Express is also an integrated offering within the IBM Express portfolio. It is designed, developed and priced to meet the needs of small and mid-sized organizations.

IBM QuickStart Services for Tivoli Identity Manager Express

QuickStart gives you access to an experienced IBM consultant who can guide you through requirements definition and prioritization, installation and basic configuration in a test environment. QuickStart helps you become familiar with the solution through a skills transfer session.

Learn more about IBM Quickstart for Tivoli Identity Manager Express

*Challenges & Benefits*
Challenges	Benefits
Ensuring that your requirements and business needs are well defined and prioritized	Confidence that your requirements and plans can be satisfied with the solution
Becoming familiar with a new software solution quickly to start realizing maximum benefits sooner	Experienced guidance on how to effectively implement the solution in a reduced amount of time
Determining the best approach and a realistic timeline for implementing the solution to meet your business needs	Onsite expert assistance to provide installation and basic configuration.
Verifying that your installation and configuration are optimized and the transition to your operational environment is as smooth as possible	Expert review of your installation and configuration to minimize the risks of impacting your operations.