Software helps organizations share and manage identities.
Press Release Summary:
Trusted Identity Broker centralizes, automates, and streamlines management of digital identities across security domains. With centralized identity management hub, organizations can improve collaboration and business performance across changing business relationships and mobile workforce. Companies of any size, location, or technical sophistication can securely share vital business information, applications, and processes across extended enterprise.
Original Press Release:
Compuware Covisint Introduces Comprehensive Federation Solution that Helps Organizations Securely Share and Manage Digital Identities
Covisint Trusted Identity Broker Delivers the Confidence and Security That Organizations Need
SAN FRANCISCO, June 26 / / - Compuware Corporation (NASDAQ:CPWR) today introduced its Trusted Identity Broker, an outsourcing solution from Covisint that centralizes, automates and streamlines the management of digital identities. It makes federation- the exposing and accepting of identities across security domains - simple, fast and repeatable. The announcement was made today at Burton Group Catalyst Conference. According to Burton Group, organizations face significant challenges in managing identities in-house, including costs that can spiral into multi-million dollar investments as companies seek to collaborate across a global, extended enterprise or business community.
Identity management, security, privacy and compliance - particularly for external users - are tasks which often are far from most organizations' core competencies. By relying on a trusted outsourcing provider for the management of identities, organizations are able to focus on what they do best. Covisint's Trusted Identity Broker is the first comprehensive solution providing a low-cost, fast and repeatable deployment option for managing identities across security domains. With this offering, organizations can improve collaboration and business performance across changing business relationships and a highly mobile workforce.
"The management of user identities and access control within and between organizations remains challenging for many enterprises," said Gerry Gebel, Vice President and Service Director for Burton Group. "Offerings such as Trusted Identity Broker provide enterprises with an outsource alternative to software-based solutions."
The Trusted Identity Broker acts as an intermediary between and within organizations. As a centralized identity management hub, this solution most often delivers value in three key areas:
o intra- and inter-organizationally-companies need to communicate and
collaborate both internally and externally. Covisint enables business
units to retain autonomy and control of their users, yet provides a
flexible way to federate data across all business units.
o through mergers and acquisitions-often, the success of an acquisition
is predicated on how efficiently the different business units can be
quickly integrated or separated. Covisint federates identities into an
integrated whole, securely bringing together stakeholders from multiple
organizations.
o via outsourced services-organizations often reduce costs by
outsourcing non-core business functions. Covisint enables organizations
to access and manage their own data, simplifying the user experience
and eliminating redundancies such as multiple password entries.
"Covisint has proven over the past six years that it offers the deep security and identity management value that today's globally competitive companies need," said Bob Paul, President and COO, Compuware Covisint. "Trusted Identity Broker is revolutionary in both appeal and functionality. Our existing infrastructure gives organizations in virtually every industry a competitive advantage in having confidence that their identities are professionally managed."
Covisint enables companies of any size, location or technical sophistication to securely share vital business information, applications and processes across their extended enterprise As a leading provider of interoperability solutions and services, Covisint helps businesses accelerate decision-making, reduce cost and improve responsiveness in serving customers.
Compuware Corporation
Compuware Corporation maximizes the value IT brings to the business by helping CIOs more effectively manage the business of IT. Compuware solutions accelerate the development, improve the quality and enhance the performance of critical business systems while enabling CIOs to align and govern the entire IT portfolio, increasing efficiency, cost control and employee productivity throughout the IT organization. Founded in 1973, Compuware serves the world's leading IT organizations, including more than 90 percent of the Fortune 100 companies. Learn more about Compuware at http://www.compuware.com/.
Compuware Corporation, One Campus Martius, Detroit, MI 48226, 800-521-9353, http://www.compuware.com/
Source: Compuware Corporation
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