NetIQ Identity Manager Reviews

Reviewer1131984

Jefe de Operaciones at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Jul 04 2017

It is reliabile when it comes to synchronizing directories.

What is most valuable?

Its reliability when it comes to synchronizing directories is the most valuable feature. It is very safe to be based on… more»

How has it helped my organization?

For many years we had Novell eDirectory as the main directory, to which was added LDAP, AS400, Active Directory, Google… more»

What needs improvement?

The Operations and Information Security.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

IDM licensing has accessible values even for installations of thousands of users. Once the input values were not so cheap… more»

If you previously used a different solution, which one did you use and why did you switch?

A few years ago, I had the opportunity to analyze its competitors. IBM and Oracle and both were horrible; especially… more»

What other advice do I have?

Analyze if you want to unify the keys of different identities of the same user or if you want to propagate an identity in… more»

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Stormy Steigenga, Cissp

Identity Management Engineer at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Mar 05 2018

Be more honest about how poorly it runs on Windows servers.

What is most valuable?

The identity vault, password syncing and self service Password Reset. As seen in another review, I will concur that NetIQ… more»

How has it helped my organization?

We learned a lot about what not to do when we implement our next solution. We were implementing an HCM solution at nearly… more»

What needs improvement?

Be more honest about how poorly it runs on Windows servers. It is optimized for Linux. Just because you can install and… more»

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Very expensive licensing. Definitely review support and licensing contracts with an attorney to get language less… more»

If you previously used a different solution, which one did you use and why did you switch?

This was our first IAM solution.

What other advice do I have?

Get executive buy-in and know that a tool isn’t going to fix bad processes.

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Sylvain Maertchik

Education Director at a integrator with 11-50 employees

Jan 17 2019

The Identity Engine feature is event-based and provides real-time synchronization

What do you think of NetIQ Identity Manager?

What is our primary use case?

I design, deploy, and use NetIQ Identity Manager in different environments. It's mostly to provision user accounts in AD, but I also use NetIQ Identity Manager to provision (to and from) accounts with the following applications and systems: Oracle and PeopleSoft, Office 365 and Azure, EasyVista, IBM AS/400, Oracle E-Business, etc. Thanks to the role-based access control included framework, we give initial access to business resources as from the start date of the employee.

How has it helped my organization?

NetIQ Identity Manager provides workflow and forms that allow all managers to initiate new employee provisioning under the control of the HR or finance department. This reduces the number of accounts created out of control.

What is most valuable?

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What is NetIQ Identity Manager?

NetIQ Identity Manager delivers a complete, yet affordable solution to control who has access to what across your enterprise both inside the firewall and into the cloud. It enables you to provide secure and convenient access to critical information for business users, while meeting compliance demands.

Also known as

Novell Identity Manager

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