NetIQ by OpenText vs. Oracle Identity Governance

• An organization who needs a way of managing their entire user lifecycle.
• If an organization needed a solid Identity Management (IDM) solution that could do Single Sign-On (SS) and provisioning for services both internally and in the cloud.

Incentivized

Oracle Identity Manager (OIM) is great if you have a huge organisation and a lot of users to support. It integrates particularly well if you want SSO and already use Oracle's business suit applications such as Oracle Business Intelligence. One of the most important things to keep in mind while deciding to go ahead with OIM is whether or not you have enough time, money and resources for its implementation because it can be very challenging and expensive.

Incentivized

• Easy to use workflow for creating users.
• The self-service portal for resetting passwords etc., is easy to deploy.
• Has strong user activity monitoring.

Incentivized

• Provisioning and Deprovisioning from HR System PeopleSoft into OIM and downstream systems
• Access Requests and SOA Workflows
• Active Directory and Exchange Connnectors also work great

Incentivized

• The interface is a bit outdated.
• It would be nice to be able to customize the self-service portal more.
• It would be great if it integrated with more products.

Incentivized

• It is extremely difficult to install and administer.
• It is very complex, to set it up correctly requires a huge learning curve.
• The product is not stable and somewhat buggy.

Overall good product and somewhat reliable when used in a specific manner. However, there are cons like unending bugs and no well-defined upgrade path. The product could have been more flexible and lite in terms of organisational infra needs. OIM is a robust product but other vendors are almost on-par now.

Incentivized

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.

Incentivized

• ROI
• Self-Service
• Easy Install

Incentivized

• It has sped up onboarding processes by at least 3x.
• Reduced workload.
• Auto-provisioning.

Incentivized