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Thursday, December 10, 2009
Microsoft strengthens Healthcare IdM PortfolioMicrosoft announced today the acquisition of Sentillion, Inc., an acknowledged leader in IdM for the Healthcare industry.Earlier this year, the Gartner Group placed Sentillion in the "Visionaries" quadrant of their Magic Quandrant for User Provisioning, saying: "Sentillion's singular focus is on meeting the identity management needs of healthcare entities. It remains in the Visionaries quadrant due to its continuing innovation in healthcare provisioning needs, continued customer growth, its increasing name recognition within healthcare, and its expanding partner network for resale and system integration."So why did Microsoft pick this particular company? Let's go back a couple of years to an interview I did with Sentillion CEO Rob Seliger. I tried to get him to admit an interest in branching out beyond healthcare. Nothing too exotic; perhaps an allied market like pharmaceuticals? But he wouldn’t be baited. He claimed Sentillion knows the market well – the company was spun-off from HP’s Medical Products Group nine years ago - and wants to leverage its expertise to do healthcare identity better than anyone else. Some say they were doing just that. And now they have Redmond's deep pockets behind them - the sky's the limit. At a time when the US is about to undergo a healthcare revolution, Microsoft shows remarkably agility in getting out in front. Labels: acquisition, Gartner, Microsoft, provisioning Comments: Post a Comment
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