Case Study: International Retailing Group reduces access management costs with IBM Security Access Manager

An international retailing group Protecting user access and improving efficiencies while reducing costs 30 - 40 percent annually

International Retailing Group, an international retailing group, needed to reduce costs and gain new security capabilities for user access management across its 300,000 users. The company’s challenge was to move from a legacy software-based solution to a more efficient system to better support access for new mobile and cloud applications.

Working with vendor IBM Security and IBM Business Partner Palmetto Security Group, the company upgraded to the IBM Security Access Manager appliance. This solution cut hardware requirements by 50% and is expected to deliver 30-40% in annual savings on licensing and maintenance. IBM Security's appliance also provides out-of-the-box protection against threats, which is projected to save the company hundreds of labor hours each year.