Database Reference
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Oracle Identity Manager
Oracle Identity Manager
(
OIM
) automates the user's access privileges and provi-
sioning of IT resources. Oracle acquired this product from
Thor Xellerate
. OIM is
a J2EE-based application and is primarily used for identity management. Oracle li-
censes this product based on the number of users for an enterprise that includes
both internal and external users.
Oracle provides
Identity Manager Connector
for the database, Microsoft
Active
Directory
,
BMC Remedy
, and others. The
Oracle Identity Manager Connector
has to be licensed to integrate and manage users for these systems.
The
Oracle Identity Manager
manages user provisioning and access privileges for
the users. It has an admin console and a design console for power administrators
and developers for customizing and configuring the Identity Manager.
The
Oracle Identity Manager
connects to different systems using connectors for
userprovisioningandprovidingaccessprivileges,asshowninthefollowingdiagram:
