Monday, 20 November 2006

IBM Unveiles Security Software for SMBs

IBM has unveiled Tivoli Federated Identity Manager Business Gateway, a scaled-down version of its federated security software in a move to reach out to small businesses.

"The hubs want to sell to smaller partners and before, these partners would have to use the full product to be a spoke," said Joe Anthony, IBM's Tivoli identity management director.

Tivoli's business gateway is roughly a third of the size of the full Federated Identity Manager, in terms of data requirements. The product will be available November 24 and retail forUSD 70,000 per server, with no limits on the number of users.