Novell has unveiled Identity Manager 4, a unique family of solutions that securely manages identity and access across physical, virtual and cloud environments. Novell Identity Manager 4 is the industry’s first solution to ensure consistent identity, security and compliance policies for an organization’s entire IT ecosystem, whether in the data center or in the cloud. As a result, customers and partners can better protect their corporate data while reducing the cost and complexity of demonstrating compliance.

Novell Identity Manager 4 family has two distinct offerings. One extends the capabilities of Novell Identity Manager 3.6 to include enhanced scalability and tight integration with Microsoft SharePoint, SAP ERP systems, and cloud applications including Salesforce.com and Google Apps. It also offers out-of-the-box reporting capabilities and tools for data cleansing and policy framework design.

Further, Novell Identity Manager 4 Advanced Edition redefines enterprise-grade user provisioning by integrating sophisticated roles management, advanced workflow capabilities, and intelligent reporting capabilities. It is designed to support the identity and compliance needs for the most advanced enterprise or managed service provider. Novell Identity Manager 4 Advanced Edition also includes tools for data cleansing, policy framework design and the ability to define roles and entitlements using a simple drag and drop functionality, eliminating the need to write code.