Bangalore, India - June 3, 2010: Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT), announced that its Identity Access Management (IAM) Solution IDAM-in-a-Rack has been honored with the ‘Best Innovation Award in Identity Access Management Category’ by the analyst group KuppingerCole at the European Identity Conference 2010 recently in Munich.
Winners were selected from 15 projects and initiatives identified over the course of the last twelve months. The solution’s architecture, past implementations, revenue growth and profitability were considered as strong positives for the award. ‘IDAM-in-a-Rack’ has been built by the Wipro Enterprise Security Solutions (ESS) team gleaned from its experience in successful IAM implementations for various global customers over the years. It is an innovative solution that is developed on top of market leading Identity Management products that help customer to reduce the pain and risk of IDM deployment with respect to accuracy, timelines and costs. The solution comes bundled with all required hardware, software, pre-built with Wipro’s Rapid Application Integration Framework (RAIF) Frameworks allowing for faster realization of ROI for customers.
“The approach chosen by Wipro, addresses the increasing need for easy-to-implement solutions in Identity and Access Management and especially provisioning” says Martin Kuppinger, Founder and Senior Partner at KuppingerCole. “Providing an appliance-type solution with best practices is an approach which reduces the project risks and implementation time in these projects”.
Acknowledging the award Prasenjit Saha, Vice President & Global Head, Enterprise Security Solutions, Wipro Technologies said “We are delighted to receive this award. Innovation is at the core of Wipro’s endeavor to build & deliver solutions that enable business transformations. The award is a testimony to our ability to deliver solutions that solve key business challenges customers face, while ensuring a quick and high ROI.”
‘IDAM–in-a-Rack’ is a result of Wipro’s continuous effort to develop innovative productized solutions that enhance business value and time benefit for its clients. This solution provides more predictability in IAM Implementations, and also gives customer an attractive managed services option that minimizes impact on the cash flow and eliminates the risk of a failed Identity Management implementation.
This is the second award the solution is receiving this year which is a testament to the fact that Wipro’s Identity management Solution is ahead of the curve when it comes to the best-of-the-breed solution in Identity Management category today.
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