NEW DELHI - ILANTUS, a leading provider of Identity Management and user provisioning solutions, recently announced a partnership with BMC Software and Microsoft to provide end-to-end Identity Management solutions to the customers in India. Under terms of the agreement, the BMC Identity Management suite solutions for MIIS will be made available in India via ILANTUS.

Bob Worner, director, solution line management, BMC Software, said: "Identity Management is not something that is a limited concern by region. Customers across the globe need secure solutions, especially in the wake of regulatory compliance mandates. Regardless of operating platform, BMC is committed to deliver end-to-end solutions to the customers. Our partnership with ILANTUS around Microsoft solutions will help further to achieve the commitment."

Binod Singh, CEO, ILANTUS Technologies said, " Without new tools, IT administrators cannot keep up with the growing demands of access and identity management at a reasonable cost. The combined solution offering enables customers to leverage on world class solutions delivered by leaders in this space"

Sanjiv Mathur, director, customer and partner experience, Microsoft Corporation, said: "The Partnership will bring to customers a complete IdM solution which will have key components from Microsoft for the identity infrastructure and the identity application from BMC. Microsoft identity integration server enables organisations to facilitate the Identity Management process. Managing user accounts through Identity Management not only saves organisation time and money, it also eases the burden on end-users and enhances security."

Praveen Sengar, analyst , IDC India, said: "Identity and Access Management is moving from being a purely internal process of an enterprises to the extranet, which includes management of identities outside of the organization as well. This includes the management of partners', customers' and vendors' identities. Increased business process complexities require a robust identity management solution. Compliance is a major driver for identity and access management solutions."