Be the IAM Hero: How to Optimize Your Investment with Ping

Hey there, IAM champion! We know your IAM ecosystem is vast and varied, with many players involved. From IBM and Microsoft to HR systems and CRMs, your Ping IAM stack is integrated with countless solutions from different vendors. Managing all these connections can be overwhelming, and the IAM landscape often feels fragmented.

You're not alone in feeling this way. Many of the largest enterprises in the world are our customers and they are in the same boat, grappling with the complexity of their IAM investments across use cases and the systems they touch. With a shortage of IAM skills and constant identity security threats, it’s no surprise you’re seeking simplicity, optimization, and agility for the future.

The costs of maintaining a complex IT architecture with redundant or ineffective software vendors are real:

• 30% of businesses are overpaying for software¹

• 25% of company software goes unused¹ 

• $4.7 million is the average cost for maintaining integrations²

The costs are exactly why the largest enterprises in the world are reacting:

• 95% of IT execs are planning vendor consolidation³

• 40% of IT leaders cite integration as a key priority⁴

• 20% average revenue increase for “fully integrated” companies⁵

Consolidating your vast and complex IAM ecosystem saves time and money while streamlining your infrastructure. So, you must analyze, review, and work to maximize all your Ping investments. 

It’s time for you (with Ping’s help!) to ask the tough questions: What are your priorities? What is the ROI of your Ping investments? What integrations are easy to work with and are standards-based, and what integrations are sucking up costs and require custom code? Are you leveraging Ping for all your use cases? If not, why? What software management costs can you save by moving to Ping’s cloud instead of self-managing? What new capabilities does Ping offer to make your job easier?

As Ping is already one of your chosen identity vendors, we have a vested interest in your success. We want you to meet your security, experience, and future-proofing goals. We offer a variety of tools to help you assess, optimize, and get more out of your Ping investments. Let us help you do more with your existing solutions. Some of the services we offer on this front include:

1. Health Check Workshop: Review your current Ping stack and evaluate whether the configuration applied is in accordance with identity best practices.

2. OOTB Integrations in the Directory and Backstage Marketplace: Let our 400+ technology partnerships with over 4,000 integrations benefit you fully. If we don’t have an integration you need, tell your customer success manager or AE about it! We’ll do our best to work with that vendor to make it as easy as possible for you to leverage them in your user journeys.

3. Ping Library: Leverage this collection of reusable code snippets, DaVinci flows, UX components, utilities, and more to save time and implement best practices.

4. "Value Unlock" Forum & Touchpoints: If you have the Premium or Elite Care Package, take advantage of our Value Unlock Forum where we help identify ways to capture more value from your current license(s). We also have our Milestone and Alignment touchpoints to help ensure we’re solving your biggest challenges.

Since we serve the largest enterprises in the world, we have a direct line to the leading IT, engineering, and digital experience minds in the world. When discussing these questions we generally see three major themes emerge: security, intuitive experiences, and future-proofing.  

First, IAM leaders are focused on security at the most foundational level. 'Without security, there is nothing.'  Security underscores IAM efforts in all areas. Compliance and fraud protection are high priorities to help ensure safety.

Next, the primary area of focus is around intuitive experiences. 'Experiences that keep them coming back.' This is about empowering administrators to solve complex, dynamic challenges and enabling users to achieve their goals easily.

The final area of need and priority is future-proofing the IAM stack. 'Securing Growth with Confidence.' This involves cloud migration but is also about optimization, making it easy to orchestrate, change, and test new experiences so that you can be agile to innovate and grow with confidence.

The reality is that all of these areas of focus and need converge around your identity fabric. By leveraging Ping’s full suite of capabilities, you can combine your core IAM systems for all use cases: CIAM, workforce, IGA, Partner, ioT, and easily add threat protection, identity verification, IGA, and more —all under one roof. Learn more about how all our services work with your IAM stack.

With Ping, you’re not just adopting a platform; you’re joining a community of leaders in digital identity management. Customer success is NOT optional at Ping. We only succeed when you do. 

Your journey to becoming an IAM hero starts with a single step. Embrace the future with Ping and transform your organization’s digital identity landscape today. As you heard on the roadshow, we, the newly combined Ping Identity, offer best-in-class solutions for every identity use case, deployment model, and identity innovation. 

Take advantage of all we offer, and let’s succeed together. 

• Complete IAM Capabilities: The most comprehensive set of IAM functionalities available.

• Cost and Time Efficiency: Save resources by consolidating your IAM needs with Ping.

• Seamless Integration: Enhance your existing Ping investments effortlessly.

• Future-Proof Infrastructure: Stay ahead with adaptable and innovative IAM solutions.

• Become the IAM Hero: Lead your organization to security and efficiency with Ping.

Your journey to becoming an IAM hero starts now! Talk to your AE and customer success team today.

¹https://www.tropicapp.io/blog/saas-vendor-management

²https://resources.mulesoft.com/ty-report-connectivity-benchmark.html#loaded

³https://www.cio.com/article/657327/what-it-executives-are-saying-about-vendor-consolidation.html

⁴https://www.thedailymba.com/2020/10/14/7-major-ways-youll-benefit-from-vendor-consolidation-now/

⁵https://hub.pingidentity.com/2024-it-pro-survey/ai-and-identity-fraud-protection-take-priority