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The Hidden Cost of Enterprise Identity Sprawl Why Your Oracle Investment is Bleeding Money

Enterprise organizations are unknowingly hemorrhaging budget through ‘identity sprawl’—orphaned user accounts across Oracle Fusion Cloud, JD Edwards, SAP, PeopleSoft, and integrated enterprise applications. This data-driven session reveals how 20-25% of enterprise software licenses belong to terminated employees, costing organizations $200K-$576K annually in waste while creating massive security exposure.
Based on analysis of 498,795 service interactions across 62 Fortune 500 companies, this presentation exposes the hidden crisis plaguing modern ERP environments and demonstrates how forward-thinking organizations are transforming identity governance from a compliance burden into a competitive advantage.
What You’ll Learn:
Quantified Impact: How identity sprawl costs your organization $264K+ annually through license waste alone
Industry Benchmarks: Why typical providers find only 8-12% waste while we consistently discover 20-25%
Platform-Specific Solutions: Proven approaches for SAP GRC, Oracle Fusion ESS, JD Edwards UBE, and PeopleSoft environments
Competitive Advantage: How 87% faster resolution times translate to $162K annual efficiency gains
Implementation Roadmap: 90-day path to operational excellence with measurable ROI

Key Takeaways:
19.5% of all IT service requests involve identity management issue
Emergency response in 15 minutes vs. 4+ hour industry average
100% audit success rate vs. 78% industry standard
$576K average annual ROI for 5,000-user enterprises

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The Hidden Cost of Enterprise Identity Sprawl Why Your Oracle Investment is Bleeding Money