In 2005, as in 2004, compliance will be the primary driver for enterprise investment in identity management. But new challenges are emerging: the rise in fraud and identity theft, the increasing consumer demand for privacy protections, and the drive by companies to partner with other businesses to interconnect their online services. The pressures behind these new market forces are welling, and attention to will start to fundamentally shift the direction of the identity management market in 2005. Provisioning takes center stage in identity-enabled architecture. Enterprise single sign-on (E-SSO) comes of age.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2117594/what-s-ahead-for-identity-management-in-2005.html