Evaluation based on completeness of vision and ability to execute WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 29
WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Novell today announced
it has been positioned in the leaders quadrant of Gartner, Inc.'s, "Magic
Quadrant for Enterprise Single Sign-On" by Gregg Kreizman, Sept. 18, 2008. The
company's enterprise single sign-on solution (ESSO), Novell(R) SecureLogin,
helps businesses manage the complex process of streamlining user access to
company systems. SecureLogin enables employees to use a single, secure login
to authenticate to corporate resources, virtually eliminating the need to
manage multiple passwords and usernames and allowing enterprises to comply
with regulations and reduce IT administration costs.
According to Gartner, enterprises continue to make tactical investments
in ESSO to resolve the problem of users having too many passwords, with no
relief in sight for the next two to three years. We [Gartner] typically see
several types of password-reduction initiatives in progress in our clients'
organizations that can help reduce password management burdens on users and
support organizations:
-- Self-service password reset (SSPR) or synchronization
-- Harmonized and simplified password policies
-- Direct integration of stronger authentication with targets
-- Application authentication using Active Directory or Lightweight
Directory Access
-- Protocol (LDAP)
-- Kerberos
-- Web single sign-on (SSO)
-- Identity federation
In August, Gartner also positioned Novell in the leaders quadrant of
Gartner, Inc.'s, "Magic Quadrant for User Provisioning," by Earl Perkins and
Perry Carpenter, August 15, 2008. Additionally, in October 2007, Gartner
positioned Novell in the leaders quadrant of Gartner, Inc.'s, "Magic Quadrant
for Web Access Management, 2H07" by Ray Wagner and Earl Perkins.
Novell SecureLogin ensures employees only have to remember one username
and password to authenticate to an organization's resources and can be given
easier and faster access to applications. The solution can be used as part of
an advanced authentication system -- such as biometrics, smart cards and
proximity cards -- to improve network security and help meet compliance
mandates. With Novell SecureLogin, single sign-on access can be extended to
numerous terminal, Java and Web applications across multiple operating
platforms.
"We are pleased to be positioned in the Gartner Magic Quadrant, which in
our opinion, demonstrates that Novell is developing best-of-breed technologies
to help our customers improve employee productivity, comply with internal and
external mandates and secure their heterogeneous IT environments," said Jim
Ebzery, senior vice president and general manager for Identity and Security
Management at Novell. "Novell SecureLogin can be integrated with other
offerings in our portfolio of powerful identity, access management, and
security and information event monitoring solutions, to provide customers with
a holistic view of the people, policies and processes across their IT
environment."
For more information about Novell's portfolio of identity and security
management solutions, visit http://www.novell.com/identityandsecurity.
About Novell
Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL) delivers the best engineered, most
interoperable Linux* platform and a portfolio of integrated IT management
software that helps customers around the world reduce cost, complexity and
risk. With its infrastructure software and ecosystem of partnerships, Novell
harmoniously integrates mixed IT environments, allowing people and technology
to work as one. For more information, visit http://www.novell.com.
(1) Gartner, Inc., "Magic Quadrant for User Provisioning" by Earl Perkins
and Perry Carpenter, August 15, 2008.
Novell is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc. in the United States and
other countries. * All third-party trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
About the Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrants are copyrighted 2007 and 2008 by Gartner, Inc. and are
reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a
marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis
of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as
defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service
depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select
only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is
intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to
action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to
this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a
particular purpose.
SOURCE Novell, Inc.
