...demand will probably fuel growth when economy recovers because organizations have discovered new requirements as they use IdMsystems. Oracle acquisition of Sun is strongly impacting the industry. Oracle will probably not abandon the Sun user...
http://blogs.sun.com/identity/entry/catalyst_conference_day_1
...choose instead to provision information into more robust IdMsystems using SAIP’s web services. Because the SAIP is based...SOAP and WSDL, it can be integrated with most modern IdMsystems, including Oracle’s own Identity and Access Management...
http://www.oracle.com/industries/education/academic-enterprise-whitepaper.pdf