New InformationWeek Reports Research Finds Only 27% of Companies Have Comprehensive Identity Management Deployments

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- InformationWeek Reports, a service for peer-based IT research and analysis, announced the release of its latest research report; Identity Management: SaaS, Mobility Add Urgency encompasses analysis results from InformationWeek's IdM survey and guides readers in making the right identity management choices. Nearly 440 business technology professionals responded to this poll. The report author, Michael A. Davis, is CEO of Savid Technologies, a technology and security consulting firm based in Chicago.

Research Summary:

Nearly three-quarters of the 438 IT pros surveyed say their organizations lack comprehensive identity management deployments, defined as company-wide internal IdM plus cross-domain use for outside vendors and partners. Meanwhile, vendors report that they keep tweaking their IdM offerings in an effort to reduce costs and jump-start enterprise adoption, which seems to have stalled.

Findings:  

• Just 27% of survey respondents say their companies have comprehensive deployments, defined as company-wide internal IdM plus cross-domain use for outside vendors and partners.
• 81% of IdM users have had the technology in place for more than a year—only 9% have implemented it within the past year.
• Among respondents with IdM, 48% say they use external identity management measures to interface with outside business partners and vendors; 31% have no plans to do so, and the rest claim they'll implement it within 24 months.
• Of those who haven't implemented IdM, 70% say they don't see any need for it; just 9% cite insufficient maturity, 5% cite complexity and 4% name cost as the primary reason they've chosen to skip it.

For full access to the research data, members can download now: http://reports.informationweek.com/abstract/21/8276/Security/research-identity-management.html

"Respondents using IdM tend to have had the technology in place for a few years, suggesting new implementations are stalled," says Lorna Garey, content director of InformationWeek Research and Reports. "But as we add SaaS-based business applications and mobile devices to the network, it's time to at least pilot some level of IdM."

For more information:
Art Wittmann
VP & Managing Director, InformationWeek Reports
415-947-6361
awittmann@techweb.com

About InformationWeek Business Technology Network (http://www.informationweek.com)

The InformationWeek Business Technology Network provides IT executives with unique analysis and tools that parallel their work flow—from defining and framing objectives through to the evaluation and recommendation of solutions. Anchored by InformationWeek, the multimedia powerhouse that looks across the enterprise, the network scales across the most critical technology categories with online properties like DarkReading.com (security), NetworkComputing.com (networking and communications) and BYTE (consumer technology). The network also provides focused content for key IT targets, such as CIOs, developers, and SMBs via InformationWeek Global CIO, Dr. Dobb's and InformationWeek SMB, as well as vital vertical industries with InformationWeek Financial Services, Government and Healthcare sites. Content is at the nucleus of our information distribution strategy—IT professionals turn to our experts and communities to stay informed, get advice and research technologies to make strategic business decisions.

About UBM TechWeb (http://www.ubmtechweb.com)

UBM TechWeb, the global leader in technology media and professional information, enables people and organizations to harness the transformative power of technology. Through its three core businesses – media solutions, marketing services and paid content – UBM TechWeb produces the most respected and consumed brands and media applications in the technology market. More than 14.5 million business and technology professionals (CIOs and IT managers, Web & Digital professionals, Software Developers, Government decision makers, and Telecom providers) actively engage in UBM TechWeb's communities and information resources monthly. UBM TechWeb brands include: global face-to-face events such as Interop, Web 2.0, Black Hat and Enterprise Connect; award-winning online resources such as InformationWeek, Light Reading, and Network Computing; and market-leading magazines InformationWeek, Wall Street & Technology, and Advanced Trading. UBM TechWeb is a UBM plc company, a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $2.5 billion.

SOURCE UBM TechWeb