Saturday, September 06, 2008
Is identity management overhyped?
I wonder why more folks in the blogosphere aren't talking about why IAM is overhyped...
IAM is usually presented as an easy technology focused solution sold by vendors and large insulting firms, but in actual fact it is really about change management. IAM requires touching virtually all of the business and lots of stakeholder management, time and experience to make successful.
Maybe Nishant Kaushik, Pat Patterson and others would be willing to talk about what commonly sold benefits are overhyped? This is not to say that there are not benefits to be had, but that it is not nearly as easy to get as most sellers of this technology will lead you to believe...
| | View blog reactionsIAM is usually presented as an easy technology focused solution sold by vendors and large insulting firms, but in actual fact it is really about change management. IAM requires touching virtually all of the business and lots of stakeholder management, time and experience to make successful.
Maybe Nishant Kaushik, Pat Patterson and others would be willing to talk about what commonly sold benefits are overhyped? This is not to say that there are not benefits to be had, but that it is not nearly as easy to get as most sellers of this technology will lead you to believe...
