WALTHAM, Mass., April 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Novell today
announced the government of Mexico's Tax Administration Service, Servicio
de Administracion Tributaria (SAT), has turned to Novell to bring
its federal tax collection and investigation systems online. SAT
chose Novell Compliance Management Platform to centrally manage the
identities for nine million taxpayers and 35,000 employees in a
secure and compliant manner. Within 18 months of implementing
Novell Compliance Management Platform, SAT achieved 100 percent
ROI.
Faced with the complex and time-consuming challenge of managing
tax filings manually across disparate offices around the country,
SAT needed a way to create a single identity for each taxpayer and
centrally manage those identities in a secure manner. Novell
Compliance Management Platform was selected because it tightly
integrates identity, access and security management capabilities.
This combination enables secure, Web-based single sign-on for its
taxpayers, with granular access controls to sensitive data and the
ability to fully monitor all related systems in real time.
"The Novell Compliance Management Platform is an important
solution for mitigating risk. With the ability to monitor security
activities in real time, we have far greater control over our
environment," said Ivan Ivanov,
Identity Management Administrator, SAT. "We have significantly
reduced operating costs required for password management and other
administrative functions. Novell Compliance Management Platform has
already paid for itself in the savings it has provided us."
SAT now has a system in place that provides taxpayers the
ability to complete their tax-related transactions online and check
the status of their tax return via an online portal. All access
requests are synchronized against a single authentication directory
based on PeopleSoft CRM and PeopleSoft HR, providing added
convenience for taxpayers and ease of administration for IT
staff.
A key part of Novell's WorkloadIQ™ vision, Novell Compliance
Management Platform helps businesses address compliance and
security challenges across physical, virtual and cloud
environments. Within 18 months of implementing Novell Compliance
Management Platform, SAT has achieved 100 percent ROI. Moving
forward, SAT plans to integrate legacy systems with directory
services and converge its strategic planning and IT buying
cycles.
"By choosing Novell Compliance Management Platform, Servicio de
Administracion Tributaria can continuously monitor and enforce IT
policies to ensure regulatory compliance and prevent security
breaches," said Jay Roxe, director
of marketing, Identity & Security, Novell. "SAT's success with
managing nine million identities and achieving a rapid return on
investment is further proof of the scalability and cost
effectiveness of Novell's solutions."
About Novell
Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL), a leader in intelligent workload
management, helps organizations securely deliver and manage
computing services across physical, virtual and cloud computing
environments. We help customers reduce the cost, complexity and
risk associated with their IT systems through our solutions for
identity and security, systems management, collaboration and
Linux-based operating platforms. With our infrastructure software
and ecosystem of partnerships, Novell integrates mixed IT
environments, allowing people and technology to work as one. For
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