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it_user432642 - PeerSpot reviewer
IAM Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Real User
Apr 28, 2016
Out-of-the-box connectors help to reduce the amount of development needed.
Pros and Cons
  • "Automated Provisioning to applications has removed the effort required to manually create accounts in applications, which increases our productivity."
  • "UI customization is still a challenge as it requires a lot of effort to develop."

What is most valuable?

Automated Provisioning to applications is one of the features that is really helpful. Also, there are a lot of out-of-the-box connectors available from Oracle that help to reduce the amount of development needed.

How has it helped my organization?

Automated Provisioning to applications has removed the effort required to manually create accounts in applications, which increases our productivity.

What needs improvement?

UI customization is still a challenge as it requires a lot of effort to develop.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using this product for the last four-and-a-half years, and have kept it up to date to get all the new features.

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What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

Issues at deployment depend on the load of the system. Our system is a bit heavy and requires good hardware.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Whether there are stability issues depends on the load of the system. Our system is a bit heavy and requires good hardware.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability depends on the load of the system. Our system is a bit heavy and requires good hardware.

How are customer service and support?

In our experience, the level of technical support has been good.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was a bit complex if you compare it to other IDM tools. Installation and setup take a long time as it's not just a one-click installation.

What about the implementation team?

We implemented it with our in-house team. My best advice is to always follow the certification matrix before proceeding with installation.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. We're an Oracle Platinum Partner.
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IAM Architect at a tech company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Apr 28, 2016
It helps in streamlining the identity lifecycle management, beginning with bringing in an employee, contractor or partner into the system until the day they leave the organization.
Pros and Cons
  • "Its value for us comes from the fact that it allows us to manage the entire identity lifecycle, including the on-boarding (provisioning), off-boarding (de-provisioning), modifications to the identities, self-service, password management, and administration of identities."
  • "Oracle has a lot to improve in their customer service in and around this product."

Valuable Features

Its value for us comes from the fact that it allows us to manage the entire identity lifecycle, including the on-boarding (provisioning), off-boarding (de-provisioning), modifications to the identities, self-service, password management, and administration of identities.

Improvements to My Organization

It helps in streamlining the identity lifecycle management, beginning with bringing in an employee, contractor or partner into the system to until the day they leave the organization.

It also streamlines many front desk operational tasks such as password management, personal and business detail updates, and it improves the governance around identity management.

Room for Improvement

Features need to be implemented that take into consideration solutions and products outside the Oracle stack. The industry is moving towards more generalization to compete in the market, and Oracle has to adapt to those changes.

Use of Solution

Personally, I have used this for a a decade now, but with my current employer and in this role, we have been using it for the last six years.

Deployment Issues

We've had very few issues with deployment, I would say. But since we have the expertise and Oracle’s support to tackle from the product perspective, things are taken care of in such cases.

Stability Issues

We've had very few issues with stability, I would say. But since we have the expertise and Oracle’s support to tackle from the product perspective, things are taken care of in such cases.

Scalability Issues

We've had very few issues with scalability, I would say. But since we have the expertise and Oracle’s support to tackle from the product perspective, things are taken care of in such cases.

Customer Service and Technical Support

Customer Service:

Customer service has been satisfactory. Oracle has a lot to improve in their customer service in and around this product.

Technical Support:

Technical support has been satisfactory. Oracle has a lot to improve in their technical support in and around this product.

Initial Setup

We focused purely on what the product had to offer and the designed and architected it around those lines, which made the initial setup decently straightforward rather than complex with workflows to manage later.

Implementation Team

We implemented the solution in-house using a Managed Service Provider (MSP) to handle the keyboard activities where our internal team worked on architecting and designing the solution with short term engagement with vendor professional services (PS).

Other Solutions Considered

We have evaluated a few other market leaders in the area as part of our solution upgrade. When we did an apples-to-apples comparison, with our IT foot print, moving with OIM into the next version as well was the right decision.

Other Advice

Evaluate the product and solution against your existing IT Infrastructure and hybrid model of on-premises and off-premises applications. Based on the footprint weight, you need to implement your IAM Identity Management system.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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it_user420084 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Apr 21, 2016
The most valuable feature of Identity Manager is its integration with other Oracle products. Specifically, its in the same stack as WebLogic and Database.
Pros and Cons
  • "Identity Manager solves a very real problem that they have which is to control all identities they have in their system as well as access to those identities."
  • "Dealing with Oracle support is separate from the product team, and dealing with support can be very challenging a lot of times."

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of Identity Manager is its integration with other Oracle products. Specifically, its in the same stack as WebLogic and Database. This provides us a consistent set of products and tools, which is valuable for the continuity of both our IT and business operations.

How has it helped my organization?

We provide it as a service to the government. Identity Manager solves a very real problem that they have which is to control all identities they have in their system as well as access to those identities. So it really is essential to the entire life cycle of tracking identities, a problem that IM solves.

What needs improvement?

I'm more looking forward to seeing what they do for the new cloud services that they're rolling out, which is actually a different product, but they are offering identity as part of a cloud offering. This would be an improvement over the software offering.

For how long have I used the solution?

The company overall has been using them for quite some time. Our project has been around for three years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

We've had no issues with deployment.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Stability seems to depend on the day of the week. Overall, it's pretty stable, but it's software so, like anything else, it has problems.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

For what we've done, it's scaled. It's difficult to say what scale we're measuring against because we're not the size of a Google, but we do have several hundred thousand identities in our system. For our purposes, it's scalable.

How are customer service and technical support?

We work with Oracle, open a service request, and they resolve it. Dealing with Oracle support is separate from the product team, and dealing with support can be very challenging a lot of times. It's very difficult to convince them and to get them to understand the problem, and then to involve the right people to solve it. Once they get the right people there to solve it, then the support is fine.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

The client was using a Sun Microsystems solutions, so Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems and the client re-evaluated what solution they should use going forward, and they made the switch to Oracle.

How was the initial setup?

I came in a little after they had already started, but I was there for the initial go-live. These are large, complex products, so I wouldn't say they're easy, but we have people who know what they're doing, so it wasn't a problem.

What other advice do I have?

Oracle Identity Manager is not the easiest to configure nor is it the lightest weight, but again, it's all integrated together and it's a consistent set of tools.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Senior Infrastructure Engineer with 10,001+ employees
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Oct 31, 2015
It has helped in the automation of account handling and creation for multiple systems.
Pros and Cons
  • "It has helped in central user management and the automation of account handling and creation for multiple systems."
  • "It's very poor, just 3/10."

Valuable Features

I feel the Provisioning and Reconciliation Engine as well as the Adapter Factory are most the valuable, apart from the standard features which most identity management solutions provide.

Improvements to My Organization

It has helped in central user management and the automation of account handling and creation for multiple systems. It has also helped in data interaction between customer and third party data, which is an integral part of any business these days.

Room for Improvement

Unfortunately while working with v9i, we had to do a lot of customizations because the product did not support much. With v11i, some of the customization has been reduced. However, the GUI is some what a bit more complicated, and it could be improved with a single GUI.

Customer Service and Technical Support

It's very poor, just 3/10.

Pricing, Setup Cost and Licensing

Oracle is still very expensive, and is not generally used by SMEs.

Other Advice

With the new version of the products, its best left to the choice of the implementer to analyse the pros and cons of the different vendors before deciding on which product to choose.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Business partners with Oracle.
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it_user217167 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Security Analyst at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Mar 31, 2015
It has helped in automating and reducing manual processes but all the functionalities are overly complicated.
Pros and Cons
  • "It has helped in automating and reducing manual processes."
  • "We faced many issues while migrating onto this solution."

What is most valuable?

  • Provisioning
  • Reconciliation engine
  • Adapter factory

How has it helped my organization?

It has helped in automating and reducing manual processes.

What needs improvement?

It needs to be more flexible and should have friendlier UI with more integrated features within a single UI.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used this product for over three years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

We faced many issues while migrating onto this solution.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No issues encountered.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No issues encountered.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

6/10.

Technical Support:

3/10.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

No previous solution used.

How was the initial setup?

It was pretty complicated. Everything should be UI and the 'All Design' console features should be available within the administration console.

What about the implementation team?

We implemented it through an in-house team.

What was our ROI?

It is pretty good.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We had a few options like BMC, Novell, and Tivoli IDM's
.

What other advice do I have?

Hire experts to do the implementation as all the functionalities are overly complicated.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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it_user194679 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect with 51-200 employees
Real User
Mar 15, 2015
General stability of the product needs to be improved but it allows for more centralized user management.
Pros and Cons
  • "It allows for more centralized user management, improving system administration efficiency and reducing costs."
  • "The product does have some issues with stability; certain operations such as custom adapters and event handlers do not work properly."

Valuable Features

  • Reconciliation
  • User Roles
  • Privileges Management

Improvements to My Organization

It allows for more centralized user management, improving system administration efficiency and reducing costs.

Room for Improvement

Connectors that are available for integrating with different products. General stability of the product needs to be improved.

Use of Solution

I am not exactly a consumer of the product but an implementer of the solution. I have been working on Identity and Access Management for around two years. We are a vendor and solution provider for this suite of products.

Deployment Issues

Many issues were faced during installation and deployment some of which were resolved by involving Oracle Support.

Stability Issues

The product does have some issues with stability certain operations such as custom adapters and event handlers do not work properly.

Scalability Issues

We have not had the need to scale the product.

Customer Service and Technical Support

Customer Service:

Average.

Technical Support:

Poor.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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it_user204828 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Consultant
Feb 7, 2015
Our clients like that it saves them time and helps with user management but the performance should be improved.
Pros and Cons
  • "For our customers it saves time, helps the user management and after implemented the company’s help desk is trained to support their employees."
  • "Initial setup is complex in compatibility between Operating System version, Database version, Fusion Middleware version and so on."

Valuable Features

User provision and user de-provision access to resources like email.

Improvements to My Organization

We are a Consulting company but for our customers it saves time, help the user management and after implemented the company’s help desk is trained to support their employees.

Room for Improvement

Performance.

Use of Solution

3 years

Deployment Issues

Yes, we encountered issues.

Stability Issues

Yes, we encountered issues.

Scalability Issues

No issues.

Customer Service and Technical Support

6 out of 10.

Initial Setup

Complex in compatibility between Operation System version, Data Base version, Fusion Middleware version and so on.

Implementation Team

In-house.

Other Solutions Considered

No.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Lead Solutions Architect at Cox Enterprises
Vendor
Jan 16, 2015
Hard to set the SAN setup correctly for LCM silent installations​ but it shaved 6 hours per environment setup
Pros and Cons
  • "The Oracle platform was more aligned with our business road maps and meets the desired capabilities the business needs."
  • "With Oracle, it's always about the learning curve and the nature of how the product is integrated."

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features are the attestation of identities and the robust set of identity analytics.

How has it helped my organization?

The way we have designed and implemented the solution has set us up to become a shared service model. This platform allows for us to customize any solution to meet the business capabilities.

What needs improvement?

With Oracle, it's always about the learning curve and the nature of how the product is integrated. It takes tons of training and getting the right experienced people involved in order to launch the initial framework. Some of the adapters also do not work very well or have limited functionality.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have used Oracle IdM Products for 3 years now but just started using the new R2 framework 6 months ago.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

Yes, we encountered issues with determining if we wanted to use the LCM installation over manual. Once we determined that LCM was a good choice then it was a pain getting the SAN setup correctly to allow for these silent installations.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

In our sandbox environment we had stability issues but only because all the components are on the same server. Once we worked out the kinks of first time R2 users, the platform seemed fairly stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We did not encounter issues with scalability since we architected the solution to scale out enough to handle data.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

Oracle is pretty good about helping as long as you have the solution built according to their specifications. The trick with support is making sure the hand-offs are done in a timely manner since you may start with someone from a 6 time zone difference. I always get the duty manager involved with critical issues so that these gaps are addressed.

Technical Support:

Depending on who you get, some of these folks are really sharp and there are some still learning the product.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We used Microsoft ILM and FIM to manage our identity management provisioning and used Symphony for our Access Management side. We made the switch because Oracle offered a more robust solution for us to become a shared service for Identity Management.

How was the initial setup?

As with any Oracle product, it's never straightforward. We knew what goals we needed to achieve but the challenge was having numerous design sessions to cover the possibilities, risks, and impacts in order to achieve those ambitious goals.

What about the implementation team?

We had a combination of both in-house and outside professional services to help. I would rate our outside expertise very well.

What was our ROI?

Too early to determine at this point in time but we have some ROI on the deployment side by shaving 6 hours per environment setup by using automated installations.

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

Not including licence, we had a generous project budget to set-up and replace our legacy platform. The day-to-day cost is based on 3 people we have to support it. Of course our team & infrastructure is growing so the cost will rise by nature of supporting the service.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We evaluated products such as at Microsoft, Okta, CA, and IBM. The Oracle platform was more aligned with our business road maps and meets the desired capabilities the business needs.

What other advice do I have?

Get people who have performed R2 installations and designs. This is important because if it's not done right the first time then you will be spending a lot of time either fixing issues or having to re-build everything. When you have such a robust system such as this, it gives you many ways to architect solutions.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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