The New Nation - Internet Edition

Oracle has announced it has been positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of Gartner's "Magic Quadrant for Web Access Management, 2H07" report.(1) Gartner positions vendors in the quadrants based on their completeness of vision and ability to execute.

In the Web Access Management Magic Quadrant report, Gartner defines Web Access Management (WAM) as "access control engines that are designed to provide centralized authentication and authorization capabilities for Web-delivered applications." According to Gartner, "Larger vendors capitalizing on installed customer bases are experiencing the most growth, while smaller vendors are less able to differentiate themselves in this mature market."

Oracle Access Manager, a hot-pluggable single sign-on solution, enables organizations to provide secure access to heterogeneous applications and IT systems. Using Oracle Access Manager, individuals can log in once and gain access to a broad range of IT resources. The software can serve as a standard identity management and access control system for an enterprise's application ecosystem, allowing authorized personnel to centrally manage identity administration and access management to Oracle and non-Oracle systems. Additionally, Oracle Access Manager enables self-service and self-registration, reporting and auditing, policy management, dynamic groups and delegated administration. Oracle Access Manager is available as a stand-alone offering or as part of Oracle Identity and Access Management Suite.

"The increase in security threats and the rise in compliance requirements has made access management an essential component of an organization's overall security strategy," said Hasan Rizvi, vice president, Security and Identity Management Products, Oracle. "We believe Oracle's position in the Leaders Quadrant for Web Access Management further validates the value Oracle Access Manager delivers to organizations today while also supporting our strategy - to provide our customers with the most comprehensive, leading information protection solutions available."

Oracle's comprehensive portfolio of access management software includes Oracle Access Manager, Oracle Adaptive Access Manager, Oracle Enterprise Single Sign-On, Oracle Identity Federation and Oracle Web Services Manager. The software's hot-pluggable architecture enables organizations to deploy each of these offerings in heterogeneous IT environments.

Serving as the security backbone for Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Identity Management helps customers and partners decrease security threats across diverse IT environments while helping address governance, risk and compliance needs. Oracle Identity Management was the fastest growing suite of Identity Management products in 2006, based on total software revenues worldwide. Oracle Identity Management's support of industry standards such as WS*, XACML, SAML and SPML helps enable customers and partners to more easily integrate applications with the framework. The family of best-in-class software includes Oracle Identity Manager, Oracle Access Manager, Oracle Adaptive Access Manager, Oracle Enterprise Single Sign-On Suite, Oracle Identity Federation, Oracle Virtual Directory, Oracle Internet Directory, Oracle Management Pack for Identity Management and Oracle Web Services Manager; all of which can be used in its entirety or as individual components. To learn more, visit http:// www.oracle.com/identity.

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted October 29, 2007, by Gartner, Inc., and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner.