Novell has announced general availability of Novell Identity Manager 4 Advanced Edition.  Part of Novell's WorkloadIQTM portfolio, Novell Identity Manager 4 is the industry’s first solution to ensure consistent identity, security and compliance policies for an organization’s entire IT ecosystem. As a result, customers and partners can simplify provisioning of users and better protect corporate data while reducing cost and complexity.
Novell Identity Manager 4 Advanced Edition is a critical part of Novell’s broader identity and security portfolio which delivers a consistent framework for managing identities across physical, virtual and cloud environments. Announced earlier this year, Identity Manager 4 builds on feedback from more than 6,000 customers to redefine enterprise-grade user provisioning and identity management.  Leapfrogging the competition, it integrates sophisticated roles management, advanced workflow and intelligent reporting to support the identity and compliance needs of the most advanced enterprise or managed service provider.
Novell Identity Manager 4 Advanced Edition has been widely applauded in beta testing by more than 50 customers and partners.
"We are delighted with the feedback that we have received from a diverse range of customers and partners on how Novell Identity Manager 4 will help them build a successful identity and security framework," said Jim Ebzery, Senior Vice-President & General Manager, Security, Management and Operating Platforms, Novell. Â "Identity Manager 4 will help customers eliminate silos, reduce risk and lay the foundation for cloud-based platform adoption."
Novell Identity Manager 4 is central to Novell’s WorkloadIQ vision.  A key part of this vision is to deliver a spectrum of cloud-ready Identity and Security solutions to meet today’s enterprise need for security in physical, virtual and cloud environments.  With the growth in cloud solutions, security questions such as granting appropriate access and ensuring regulatory compliance have become increasingly important. Novell Identity Manager 4 helps customers provide seamless provisioning to cloud applications.
