Novell is looking to take on its rivals in the identity and security management space with a new platform of prepackaged products and integration resources designed to help organizations monitor compliance.

The company's approach can be conceived of as a play against its rivals in the identity management and user provisioning markets, including Sun Microsystems, IBM, Oracle and CA. Novell's Compliance Management Platform is its answer to the identity management challenges facing organizations, and lets the company demonstrate that it has an enterprise-class solution.

According to officials at Novell, the Compliance Management Platform includes the latest versions of Novell's identity and security management products, including Novell Identity Manager 3.6 for user provisioning, role-based access control and password management; Novell Sentinel 6.1 for security and event monitoring; and Novell Access Manager 3.0 for Web access management.

Also included is Analyzer for Novell Identity Manager 1.0, a data analysis tool for managing and governing data across disparate sources. The platform is rounded out by the Identity Manager Resource Kit 1.2, an out-of-the-box set of provisioning policies, documentation, success practices and guides designed to reduce implementation costs and speed the deployment of business solutions.

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