Wednesday, June 27, 2007

SailPoint Links To Novell, Debuts Compliance Tool

Austin, Texas-based SailPoint, a developer of identity risk management software, said today that it has integrated its solution with Novell's identity and security products. Separately, the firm said that it has teamed with Control Solutions International to help companies assess their compliance with security and privacy mandates with an online compliance tool. In the Novell deal, SailPoint said that its Compliance IQ product and Novell Identity Manager have been integrated, to allow enterprises to translate business policy and risk management concepts into IT policy and automated workflow; the integrated offering is available now, and Novell and SailPoint are collaborating on marketing, sales, and customer deployments. In the Control Solutions deal, the firms have created an online tool to help users reduce and mitigate risk in IT environments. The tool is available on SailPoint's web site.