IBM on Thursday snapped up privately-held security software firm Encentuate for an undisclosed sum.
Redwood City, California-based Encentuate provides identity and access management software that simplifies the process of remembering different passwords and usernames.
Encentuate products will be folded into IBM’s Tivoli software line.
IBM Tivoli software manager Al Zollar said Encentuate technology would boost the vendor’s capabilities in enterprise single sign-on by offering customers an easy to use solution with more flexible integration. He said the buy brought IBM strong authentication form factors, dynamic session management and compliance-focused auditing and reporting capabilities
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