ForgeRock (NYSE: FORG), an international digital identity provider, recently announced its continued expansion across Asia and has made ForgeRock Identity Cloud “available locally from two new data centers in Indonesia and Hong Kong.”
As mentioned in the update, this move expands ForgeRock’s Identity Cloud into 17 different regions globally, giving the firm the largest Cloud IAM footprint among all IAM service providers in order to address the increasing demand for Cloud-powered digital identity to help “comply with data sovereignty requirements.”
By adding these data centers to the existing one in Singapore, ForgeRock supports large, multinational enterprises to deliver apps and services “quickly to their customers locally and ensure crucial services like telehealth and mobile banking are secure.”
This expansion in Asia will also help enterprises address relevant regulatory and compliance requirements around data sovereignty and data residency. Combined with the platform’s tenant isolation and multi-layered defense-in-depth security architecture, ForgeRock Identity Cloud “prevents the ‘noisy neighbor’ issue by ensuring that one customer’s traffic does not negatively affect other users’ cloud performance.”
ForgeRock CEO Fran Rosch stated:
“Our continued investment in Asia addresses the need for cloud services across the region as organizations turn to digital transformation to grow their businesses With this expansion, ForgeRock is bringing the patented security and data sovereignty of ForgeRock Identity Cloud and reliable cloud infrastructure to enterprise customers in the region who want to create digital experiences at Internet scale.”
As noted in a release, many of Asia’s largest brands are using ForgeRock to enable consumers and employees to “safely access the connected world, including Standard Chartered Bank, BTPN Bank, Telekomsel, XL Axiata, Mobile Premier League (MPL), and Mox Bank.”
ForgeRock’s identity platform offers full-suite IAM and identity governance and administration (IGA) capabilities. it can be implemented across an organization for all identities, and “can be deployed on-premises, in any cloud environment, or as a service.”
The firm’s concierge-style support along with its uptime guarantee, “provide a level of service and reliability needed for the world’s most demanding enterprises.”