I’m pleased to announce a strategic alliance with 3Eye Technologies, a value-added distributor of mobility and cloud solutions. As we continue to gain momentum through the Identity Automation 2.0 growth strategy, a targeted initiative to scale the business with increased focus on execution, the new partnership will provide new routes to accelerated profitability and deliver more value to customers.

There’s no question that merger and acquisition (M&A) transitions are incredibly complex, making successful integration a major component in realizing their full value. From a technology standpoint, this means implementing solutions, such as modern Identity and Access Management (IAM), that make integration as simple as possible.

Time and time again, we see data breaches frequenting the headlines, and it isn’t slowing down anytime soon. In fact, 2019 alone saw two of the top five largest data breaches recorded in all time.

At Identity Automation, we’re proud of our complete Identity and Access Management (IAM) products we provide to our customers. Part of being one of the top IAM solutions providers is keeping our products up-to-date to meet the changes and innovations our industry presents with daily. To do that well, we needed someone with a strong background in technology and the grit to keep our products moving forward.

As organizations continue their migration to the cloud, for many this now includes their Active Directory (AD). For example, in the education space there’s been a recent push by Microsoft for school districts utilizing Office 365 to adopt Microsoft InTune, a mobile device management platform for K12 education. However, InTune only works with Microsoft Azure AD, thus, requiring a shift from an on-premise AD model to SaaS-based Microsoft Azure AD.

It was another great year for Identity Automation at Gartner’s Identity and Access Management Summit. Gartner is the world’s leading research and advisory company, and attendees included trailblazers, thought leaders, and industry experts pushing the bounds of Identity and Access Management (IAM). Key members of our team put their cards on the table in sunny Las Vegas and had some serious conversations with representatives from varied backgrounds and industries.

As recently as five years ago, establishing strong network controls and ensuring a defense-in-depth posture was enough to minimize the risk of a cyber-attack and keep the bad actors out of your network. However, times have changed, and the delineation of organizational perimeters has blurred between on-premise and cloud-based resources as more and more users need remote access to resources and accounts.

Access Management (AM) is a critical area in any cybersecurity strategy that refers to how identities are applied to the data and resources in an organization’s environment, ensuring users have the correct access to the appropriate systems, resources, and applications.

Another year has passed and we’re now in a new decade. Looking back on our 16 years as a company in the Identity and Access Management (IAM) industry, we’re excited to see where the next ten years takes us and how IAM technologies will continue to evolve.

This year has been an exciting time as we’ve continued to expand our presence in the healthcare industry! Following our 2018 acquisition of HealthCast Inc., we hit the ground running with a series of new healthcare content.