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Identity management and Open source alternatives

Identity Management has become a critical component in modern IT industry. Its a challenge to choose the best product, while ensuring the flexibility is not lost due to increase in employee base and adhering to security compliance needs. Some of the key industry leading products include CA Siteminder, Oracle Access  Manager, IBM Tivoli Access Manager and so on. Before explaining the products and alternatives, let's analyze the different capabilities required for an IT enterprise. Identity management solution normally requires Access Management, Federation, Web Services Ability, Policy Based Enforcements, Enterprise Single Sign on (ESSO) and so on. Let's see a sample Comparison table for each of the products Comparison of Major Identity management solutions CA Siteminder Oracle Access Manager IBM Tivoli Access Manager Access Management Yes Yes Yes Federation Require Federation Mgr Oracle Identity Federation Federated Identity Mgr Web Services Support CA WS Manag