Xellerate Identity Manager from Thor Technologies is now certified to run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Centrepiece of Thors offerings centre on identity management and user access privileges across multiple platforms, applications and physical assets. The processs are all automated.

Thors is aiming for the whole range of enteprises as a market. SMEs can have individual components of Xellerate Identity Manager as Xellerate Password Manager and Compliance Manager.

Identity verification and identity management are one of the fastest growing sectors of the IT industry. Recently the US government issued standards for smartcard based authentication for 1.6m Federal employees.

Moves towards service oriented architectures and web services mean that proprietary platforms will be less prominent. Authentication of a users identity is essential for applications or indeed components to trust a request.

By adding Red Hat Enterprise Linux support to Xellerate Identity Manager, we are responding to the needs of our customers, who are requesting the unparalleled flexibility and adaptability that characterise our solution across all platforms within their organisations, said John Aisien, vice-president of marketing and business development at Thor.

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