Australia and New Zealand Identity Management Analysis, 2007

This IDC study provides insights into the developments, trends, and challenges in the Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) identity and access management (IAM) software market. The IAM market in ANZ was valued at US$73.7 million in 2006 and grew 14.4% in over the previous year. Spending is expected to continue to be strong as organisations turn to IAM solutions to help manage risk, improve corporate oversight, protect assets, improve productivity, reduce cost and complexity, and simplify the compliance process. IDC believes that customers increasingly will be looking for end-to-end solutions built on a common platform, providing strong integration, workflow capabilities, and manageability. Vendors that can provide integrated IAM suites will therefore be in a good position to compete in the ANZ market, which explains why there has been a high level of vendor consolidation in the IAM market in recent years. With so many large and capable suite vendors pushing their integrated suite offerings, the market should expect to see more aggressive competition for tenders, moderated prices, and better solutions for customers.

"IDC believes that key developments in the IAM market over the forecast period will include its role within the broader governance, risk and compliance (GRC) market; application-, service-, and user-centric identity management; and IAM integration with system management, security information and event management (SIEM), and network access control (NAC) solutions,"says Patrik Bihammar, senior analyst, Security Solutions, IDC Australia and New Zealand.