Oracle Identity Manager Go or No Go - A Review
October 30, 2017
Oracle Identity Manager Go or No Go - A Review
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Overall Satisfaction with Oracle Identity Manager
Oracle Identity Manager(OIM) being used by the organization to identity lifecycle management of employees, contractors, and partners. It’s being used across the whole organization as a number of applications rely on OIM for automated provisioning and requests based provisioning of user accounts. OIM not only automates identity lifecycle across multiple applications but it also helps the organization to reduce related admin costs. At the same time, it ensures minimum entitlements to users' accounts, which is the backbone of identity management.
- Very well defined connector framework, which enables us to connect with industry-leading applications, either as a trusted source or targets.
- Very much customizable and scalable as per organisational needs.
- Always a preferable choice when you have an Oracle applications ecosystem in place as it's easy to configure and maintain when coupled.
- Very high cost compared to its competitors in the market, not suitable for medium or small businesses
- There are a lot of known bugs and a constant need to patch [them]
- Heavy on hardware, at least 8GB of RAM is needed!! There are much lighter products available with comparable features.
- Need skilled professionals to configure and maintain, which leads to additional cost.
- Positive impact in terms of cost savings with regards to reduction in unwanted accounts, less turn around time for account provisioning leading to quick readiness of new users.
- Negative impact- high investment of resources to start with, ROI realisation takes time (at least 2-3 years in many cases).
- Negative impact - Bugs and patching lead to nightmare scenarios in SOC operations.
OIM is a leader in the identity management space and appropriate for specific organisations and use cases. Where its competitors have an edge over cost and overall look and feel of product, OIM offers Oracle's vast experience of enterprise security products and compatibility with infrastructure applications. It melds well with other Oracle security products like OAM and OAAM. When cost is not a problem and you are ready to invest your resources for long-term OIM is preferable. It has its pros and cons as explained earlier, and should be selected on basis of specific needs.
Using Oracle Identity Manager
Pros | Cons |
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Like to use | Unnecessarily complex Requires technical support Inconsistent Slow to learn Lots to learn |
- Automated provisioning
- Scheduler management
- Password management
- User Interface
- Custom adopters and connectors
- Thread management and warning messages
Yes, but I don't use it