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SAP plugs a significant gap - acquires MaXware | MWD
MaXware are one of the market leaders in the directory virtualisation space (although they actually provide many other identity solutions, it’s fair to say this is what they are best known for!) competing primarily against Oracle with the former Octetstring product and Radiantlogic (disclaimer: my employer is a partner of both those companies) so I find this particularly interesting news. The entrance of SAP into the identity management space is potentially a warning shot to other providers - as Neil Macehiter points out in his post he predicted previously that SAP would enter the market through the purchase of Ping Identity (again, another company I work closely with).
SAP solutions, since they are so commonly used in enterprise, are often the focus of identity management projects and their entrance into this space should only serve to accelerate integration and push identity into the thoughts of enterprise architects.
ADDENDUM @11.03 18/05/2007: Lori Rowland (of the Burton Group) has a commentary focusing on the SAP/Oracle relationship/rivalry and the implications of this acquisition on it.
On this day..
- Metric in the UK! - 2007
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