This Forecast Update reiterates our forecast for the worldwide identity and access management market and includes a forecast of the IAM submarket segments. Additionally, IDC examines trends shaping the 2006 IAM market and looks ahead to 2007 market dynamics.

This market does not currently include smart card revenue or revenue realized from identity and access management services. For 2006 year-end forecasting purposes, federation is classified as a competitive market, with the bulk of revenue found in the Web SSO submarket and some revenue in the provisioning and advanced authentication submarkets.

The information contained in this study was derived from the IDC Software Market Forecaster database as of November, 2006.

For more information on IDC's software definitions and methodology, see IDC's Software Taxonomy, 2006 (IDC #34863, February 2006).

Note: All numbers in this document may not be exact due to rounding.

Companies Mentioned: CA; Citrix Systems Inc.; Courion; Entrust; Gemalto; ActivIdentity; HP; IBM; IBM Tivoli; Sun Microsystems; Novell; Oracle Corp.; BMC; RSA Security; a division of EMC

• In This Forecast Update
• Future Outlook
• Table: Worldwide Identity and Access Management Revenue by Region and Operating Environment, 2005-2010 ($M)
• Table: Worldwide Identity and Access Management Revenue by Submarket, 2005-2010 ($M)
  • Market Context
  • Table: Worldwide Identity and Access Management Revenue, 2005-2010: Comparison of August 2006 and December 2006 Forecasts ($M)
  • Scenarios
• Essential Guidance
  • Actions to Consider
    • Advice for Buyers
    • Advice for Consumers
    • Advice for Other Vendors
    • Advice for Investors
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  • Related Research