(7-Dec-09) Virtual or cloud-based workloads should always be connected to identity and security management features no matter where in the enterprise they travel, according to Novell Canada chief Ross Chevalier.
This idea is the key message Novell Inc. wants IT managers to hear after the company announced its new “intelligent workload management” strategy on Monday. The plan will give users the ability to secure applications across a variety of different virtualization environments, including shops that use VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Citrix Systems Inc. technologies.
Novell’s initiative includes a scheduled Q2 2010 release of Identity Manager 4, which the company says will add role-based access controls that allow for real-time provisioning of access based on a user’s identity.