Stacking ForgeRock OpenIDM Up to the Competition
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Researching ForgeRock OpenIDM 2.0, and the website’s claim to being flexible and easy to use, has sparked my interest into what the product has to offer. ForgeRock is growing in popularity in the development community because of its open availability and the user community forums. Developers are working together to help improve the software and make a strong code base. OpenIDM 2.0 is designed to help provide businesses with a solution for business process handling and compliance and the product excels at this by using JSON for reconciliation, synchronization, and mapping, making the process of bulk importing users into a system more developer/administrator friendly.
Some key features of ForgeRock OpenIDM that I found interesting were features like its ability to integrate well with 3rd party legacy and cloud applications. OpenIDM leverages use of OpenICF (Open Source Identity Connector Framework), a set of connectors to a number of systems as well as offering the ability to extend with additional connectors. Just to re-emphasize, this product being Open Source and freely available to obtain and modify makes the value of using OpenIDM to meet a business’s Identity Management needs, a highly viable solution.
Identity Management isn't a new thing, and there are many other competing Identity Management products available. Some other similar products are NetIQ (formerly Novell) Identity Manager 4, Oracle Identity Manager 11G, or IBM Tivoli Identity Manager. For the purposes of this blog, I'll stick with NetIQ IDM 4, Oracle IDM 11G, and ForgeRock OpenIDM 2.0.
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Apr 2, 2012 at 3:51 AM Hey Guys!
Thanks for taking a look at OpenIDM. We do support data cleansing and our discovery engine can easily be configured to remove unwanted or orphaned accounts. Please elaborate on the Identity Vault capability. We do support the secure storage of passwords, password management capabilities as well as password synchronization use-cases.
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Apr 6, 2012 at 4:14 PM Hi
How is the learning curve for OpenIDM compared to the other 2 IdM suites mentioned ?
BR
Frank
Apr 10, 2012 at 9:45 AM OpenIDM has a smaller learning curve than NetIQ IDM 4 or Oracle 11G. The software is easy to install and has an extremely user friendly interface. OpenIDM is well suited for many types and sizes of companies. Usually Oracle is better suited for larger enterprises and needs a lot more time and effort it implement.
Apr 10, 2012 at 10:00 AM Thank you Anders for the information. I was unaware that OpenIDM also supported data cleansing and password management. The information used for the comparison was taken from publicly available information. If you would like to provide me with more information on the features of OpenIDM, I would be more than happy to elaborate more.
Apr 10, 2012 at 10:09 AM Hi Technical Consultant,
Thanks for your answer. What are you referring to by "user friendly interface".
I thought this is one of the missing pieces ...
BR
Frank
Apr 10, 2012 at 10:12 AM User friendly interface= GUI you use when implementing the software
Apr 11, 2012 at 3:44 AM Hi Technical Consultant!
Feel free to drop me a line and i can share some more information.
Cheers!
/Anders
Apr 11, 2012 at 6:58 AM And what exactly does the extremely user friendly interface/GUI support ?
- Automatic schema detection when connecting to a LDAP server ?
- A panel where one can easily map source and target attributes/fields ?
- A graphical editor to draw request & approval workflows ?
I know these things from commercial products from NetIQ or AtoS (DirX Identity).
And I thought OpenIDM isn't at that level yet.
Apr 17, 2012 at 9:10 AM My apologies for the misunderstanding. OpenIDM does not have any user interface currently in OpenIDM 2.0. When speaking of how user friendly the software is, I was mainly speaking of the installation process. ForgeRock is currently working on a GUI for the software and will be releasing updates, from what I have been told.
As for automatic schema detection, mapping attributes, and a graphical editor for workflow requests and approvals, I am unsure of the software's full capabilities until I can get my fingers into it. Again, one of the biggest benefits that OpenIDM has to offer is that its Open Source and can be modified.