Clear Skye Inc., the "Better Way to IGA" identity company, today launched "Elevate," a global partner program for leading Identity and Access Management (IAM) system integrators and consulting services firms.

Experienced partners are critical to build, deliver and manage a successful Identity Governance program. Recognizing this need, Clear Skye has placed channel development at the center of its business model. Clear Skye's Elevate partners are selected based on a proven record of experience helping their clients build and manage successful identity programs. Elevate partners will receive access to Clear Skye product training, and generous co-marketing and resale options, as well as the opportunity to develop innovative modules and integrations that will drive increased value for customers and new revenue streams for themselves.

Concurrent with the launch of the Elevate partner program, Clear Skye announces partnerships with Assertiv Consulting, Burning Tree, ICSynergy, Identropy, IDMWORKS, IPG Group, MavenNext, Metsys, NetBR, S3 Consulting, Sopra Steria, and Zigabyte as founding Elevate program members. These partners are seasoned experts in the Identity Governance space and through Elevate will provide Clear Skye with immediate global reach and the scale to meet the growing demand for IGA built natively on the Now Platform.

"Clear Skye is one of the most disruptive product developments in the IGA space that we have seen in the last few years," said Paul Bedi, CEO of IDMWORKS. "We're excited to partner with Clear Skye so we can greatly improve IGA results through true alignment between ITSM and Identity Governance on the Now Platform."

As a result of this new partner program, Clear Skye customers will benefit from the decades of IGA program experience partners bring to the table, saving them significant time and money over the course of their program. Clear Skye's presence on the Now Platform also offers its partners the ability to bridge different, historically siloed practices within their organizations. Risk Management and Service Management practices can now be integrated with Identity Governance practices, delivering a more streamlined engagement model to partners while simultaneously allowing their clients to benefit from cross domain unification.

"Clear Skye has quickly become a strategic partner to Sopra Steria because it allows us to unite our ServiceNow and Identity and Access Management practices," said Mads Myrvoll, Sopra Steria Head of Service Management Consulting. "The Clear Skye solution enables us to deliver tremendous value to our customers because it is more than IGA. It facilitates an enterprise-wide risk management system."

Clear Skye's Elevate partner program will be instrumental in helping Clear Skye meet the increasing global demand for its Clear Skye IGA solution. Clear Skye's partners will further its efforts to simplify security and compliance for enterprise organizations and help customers gain more value from their Now Platform investment.

"Successful Identity Governance programs require a strong team that combines internal stakeholders, software solutions and experienced advisors," said Luis P. Almeida, CRO of Clear Skye. "The Elevate program members are critical for Clear Skye to meet its growth and customer success goals. This impressive group of early movers is a tremendous validation of the Clear Skye approach and shared opportunity, and I am excited to go to market with this amazing set of organizations."