Cloud vs. On-Premise

Lighthouse Gateway™	On-Premise
TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP (TCO) With no hardware to purchase and maintain, and no large capital expenditures on professional staff, the Lighthouse Gateway solution costs 30-60% less during its first 3 years of operation.	TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP (TCO) With an on-premise infrastructure you incur the following costs: Initial costs of installation for hardware and software Continual costs for space, power, cooling, back-up, and monitoring Continual costs for maintenance and upgrades, to hardware and software In-house professional, skilled personnel to execute design, installation, maintenance, and continual support
TIME-TO-MARKET Gateway’s cloud solution has you up and running nearly 75% faster than a traditional, on-premise deployment. Your organization can be exploiting Gateway’s benefits within days or weeks!	TIME-TO-MARKET Moderate sized on-premise Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions typically take an average of 12-24 months to stand up. Worst of all, much of this effort is reinvention of solutions that have been crafted time and time again. Architecture, Design, Installation, Configuration, Custom Development, Integration, Testing, and many other aspects of this time-consuming and expensive proposition are on-premise chores that delay your organization’s ability to immediately begin exploiting the Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution, itself.
HARDWARE NEEDS With the Gateway Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution you have no need for on-premise hardware. This solution eliminates costs for hardware, maintenance, and upgrades.	HARDWARE NEEDS With an on-premise solution your infrastructure will need to be chosen, purchased, and installed, and will demand continual support, upgrades, and maintenance.
DATACENTER Put your trust in the Gateway’s Datacenter, a SSAE 16 (formerly known as SAS70 Type II) compliant environment with 24x7x365 surveillance and support, and Tier 3 datacenter conformance. The Gateway’s Datacenter also offers: Redundant Power, Cooling, and Connectivity 24x7x365 guard surveillance A locked, caged, and monitored environment Biometric Facility Access A 24x7x365 Network Operations Center AES-128/256 encryption between all infrastructure end-points Man-Traps US Department of Defense 100+ point server hardening implemented A 24x7x365 Level 1, US-Based Help Desk	DATACENTER On-premise datacenters require organizations to: Obtain physical rack space Power/Cool the facility Continually back-up data Secure and monitor the facility
SOFTWARE NEEDS Within your Service Agreement, you receive all the required software maintenance, upgrades, and patches. Gateway handles all of your software management needs, eliminating the cost of specialized personnel often required with an Identity and Access Management (IAM) environment.	SOFTWARE NEEDS Much like the hardware needs for an on-premise solution, software needs are also demanding. With an on-premise solution customers should expect to incur expenses for software maintenance, patches, and upgrades. The need and cost of acquiring skilled personnel to maintain software activities becomes yet another responsibility of any organization that chooses an on-premise Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution.
COMPLIANCE Gateway services are audited by CISA certified auditors using the COBIT framework to ensure that your business is compliant with industry regulations. This service ensures that the Gateway delivers more than just technology – it delivers technology that enables you to meet your business objectives.	COMPLIANCE When standing up an on-premise IAM infrastructure, it is often likely that the organization’s configuration may fail to meet the standards of regulators and auditors – despite best efforts and intentions. Ensuring compliance with industry regulations is another time-consuming responsibility of an organization that chooses an on-premise solution, no less a risky proposition.
SECURITY LEARNING CURVE The list goes on and on - JAAS, JACC, SSO, WS-Security, SAML, WS-Federation, WS-Trust, X.509, LTPA, LDAP, SSL, Liberty Alliance, PEP/PDP, RBAC, ABAC. With a limited staff it can be difficult to handle the ever growing list of complex standards and protocols. Leveraging Gateway allows you to focus on your core business, while exploiting the latest security standards with ease.	SECURITY LEARNING CURVE Constantly evolving and complex security standards become yet another responsibility when an organization chooses an on-premise solution. Organizations need to ensure that they can dedicate either financial resources or their internal staff to combat the demands of these ever-changing industry standards.
STAFFING NEEDS Lighthouse Gateway eliminates your need to acquire a specialized in-house staff to support an Identity and Access Management (IAM) infrastructure, often a costly and difficult initiative. With Gateway, administrators utilize wizards and intuitive point-and-click GUIs, eliminating the need for custom code development and specialized skills.	STAFFING NEEDS When choosing an on-premise solution organizations make the choice to invest in hiring, retaining, and training a highly skilled, professional, and certified staff.
SUPPORT The Gateway’s services include more than just an Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution. Lighthouse Gateway comes with the following: The knowledge and skills of an accomplished team that has grown from military and IBM roots A 24x7x365 Level 1, US-Based Help Desk A 24x7x365 Network Operations Center offering around-the-clock monitoring On-Going Services Support A High-Availability Service Level Agreement With Lighthouse Gateway you can feel confident that your Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution and your business are fully supported!	SUPPORT When operating an on-premise Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution, help desk operations and service availability become an unexpected burden on an organization’s resources and finances. Monitoring, data back-up, help desk integration, and general availability of skilled help become the challenge of your organization.

Lighthouse Gateway™

On-Premise

TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP (TCO)

With no hardware to purchase and maintain, and no large capital expenditures on professional staff, the Lighthouse Gateway solution costs 30-60% less during its first 3 years of operation.

TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP (TCO)

With an on-premise infrastructure you incur the following costs:
- Initial costs of installation for hardware and software
- Continual costs for space, power, cooling, back-up, and monitoring
- Continual costs for maintenance and upgrades, to hardware and software
- In-house professional, skilled personnel to execute design, installation, maintenance, and continual support

TIME-TO-MARKET

Gateway’s cloud solution has you up and running nearly 75% faster than a traditional, on-premise deployment. Your organization can be exploiting Gateway’s benefits within days or weeks!

TIME-TO-MARKET

Moderate sized on-premise Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions typically take an average of 12-24 months to stand up. Worst of all, much of this effort is reinvention of solutions that have been crafted time and time again. Architecture, Design, Installation, Configuration, Custom Development, Integration, Testing, and many other aspects of this time-consuming and expensive proposition are on-premise chores that delay your organization’s ability to immediately begin exploiting the Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution, itself.

HARDWARE NEEDS

With the Gateway Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution you have no need for on-premise hardware. This solution eliminates costs for hardware, maintenance, and upgrades.

HARDWARE NEEDS

With an on-premise solution your infrastructure will need to be chosen, purchased, and installed, and will demand continual support, upgrades, and maintenance.

DATACENTER

Put your trust in the Gateway’s Datacenter, a SSAE 16 (formerly known as SAS70 Type II) compliant environment with 24x7x365 surveillance and support, and Tier 3 datacenter conformance.
The Gateway’s Datacenter also offers:
- Redundant Power, Cooling, and Connectivity
- 24x7x365 guard surveillance
- A locked, caged, and monitored environment
- Biometric Facility Access
- A 24x7x365 Network Operations Center
- AES-128/256 encryption between all infrastructure end-points
- Man-Traps
- US Department of Defense 100+ point server hardening implemented
- A 24x7x365 Level 1, US-Based Help Desk

DATACENTER

On-premise datacenters require organizations to:
- Obtain physical rack space
- Power/Cool the facility
- Continually back-up data
- Secure and monitor the facility

SOFTWARE NEEDS

Within your Service Agreement, you receive all the required software maintenance, upgrades, and patches. Gateway handles all of your software management needs, eliminating the cost of specialized personnel often required with an Identity and Access Management (IAM) environment.

SOFTWARE NEEDS

Much like the hardware needs for an on-premise solution, software needs are also demanding. With an on-premise solution customers should expect to incur expenses for software maintenance, patches, and upgrades. The need and cost of acquiring skilled personnel to maintain software activities becomes yet another responsibility of any organization that chooses an on-premise Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution.

COMPLIANCE

Gateway services are audited by CISA certified auditors using the COBIT framework to ensure that your business is compliant with industry regulations. This service ensures that the Gateway delivers more than just technology – it delivers technology that enables you to meet your business objectives.

COMPLIANCE

When standing up an on-premise IAM infrastructure, it is often likely that the organization’s configuration may fail to meet the standards of regulators and auditors – despite best efforts and intentions. Ensuring compliance with industry regulations is another time-consuming responsibility of an organization that chooses an on-premise solution, no less a risky proposition.

SECURITY LEARNING CURVE

The list goes on and on - JAAS, JACC, SSO, WS-Security, SAML, WS-Federation, WS-Trust, X.509, LTPA, LDAP, SSL, Liberty Alliance, PEP/PDP, RBAC, ABAC. With a limited staff it can be difficult to handle the ever growing list of complex standards and protocols. Leveraging Gateway allows you to focus on your core business, while exploiting the latest security standards with ease.

SECURITY LEARNING CURVE

Constantly evolving and complex security standards become yet another responsibility when an organization chooses an on-premise solution. Organizations need to ensure that they can dedicate either financial resources or their internal staff to combat the demands of these ever-changing industry standards.

STAFFING NEEDS

Lighthouse Gateway eliminates your need to acquire a specialized in-house staff to support an Identity and Access Management (IAM) infrastructure, often a costly and difficult initiative. With Gateway, administrators utilize wizards and intuitive point-and-click GUIs, eliminating the need for custom code development and specialized skills.

STAFFING NEEDS

When choosing an on-premise solution organizations make the choice to invest in hiring, retaining, and training a highly skilled, professional, and certified staff.

SUPPORT

The Gateway’s services include more than just an Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution. Lighthouse Gateway comes with the following:
- The knowledge and skills of an accomplished team that has grown from military and IBM roots
- A 24x7x365 Level 1, US-Based Help Desk
- A 24x7x365 Network Operations Center offering around-the-clock monitoring
- On-Going Services Support
- A High-Availability Service Level Agreement
With Lighthouse Gateway you can feel confident that your Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution and your business are fully supported!

SUPPORT

When operating an on-premise Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution, help desk operations and service availability become an unexpected burden on an organization’s resources and finances. Monitoring, data back-up, help desk integration, and general availability of skilled help become the challenge of your organization.