Burton Group has specifically commented on HP’s struggle to succeed in this competitive market. Burton Group’s Identity and Privacy Strategies Report, “The Identity Management Market 2007: An Expanding Universe”, Our Catalyst 2007 Keynote “Identity Management Market Landscape 2007: Enabling Security and Control Objectives in the Enterprise”, and our “Vantage Point 2007: Trends in Identity Management” telebriefing, all noted that HP’s ability to compete, mindshare, and market momentum has been in sharp decline.
Burton Group has been contacted by HP customers who report that HP is no longer going to seek new customers for its Identity Center product. We have contacted HP and the company confirms that HP Software has decided to focus its investment in identity management products exclusively on existing customers and not on pursuing additional customers or market share. HP is in the process of reaching out to each customer regarding the change. Last week Burton Group spoke to HP Software Vice President of Products Eric Vishria regarding this development.
Vishria explained that the Identity Center product line was not performing in this highly competitive market at a level that’s acceptable to HP, but added that the product supports the operations of a number of HP’s critical customers. HP has therefore made the decision to focus research and development efforts on existing customers only.
This was posted on the Burton's Group Identity Blog. Interesting stuff, read more:
Customers of other IdM vendors and customers considering new IdM deployments should also be carefully scrutinizing this announcement. As the market becomes increasingly competitive it is imperative that customers evaluate the viability and long-term strategy of their existing and potential IdM vendors. Burton Group predicts that the market will see continued, or even increased, consolidation in coming months.
