Symplified provides a SAML based solution built for SSO to SaaS applications. Other well known players in this space are Ping Identity and Microsoft with their ADFS solution. http://www.techrockies.com/symplified-raises-9m-more/s-0033073.html
Oracle announced an entry into the online productivity market joining Google Apps and Microsoft Office 365. Pricing and availability has not yet been announced but it is expected to be in line with other competitors in this space. http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/open-office/cloud-office-170206.html
I’ve had the good fortune to find myself at the Ping Identity Cloud Identity Conference. The conference, as the name inplies, is dedicated to dealing with Identity in a SaaS world and all the interesting challenges that happen when identity traverses or is moved into the Internet. Today I’m sitting through one of Ping’s Experts [...]
Following up on my post at the beginning of August about Skype possibly being discontinuedand today it was announced that Ebay is selling off 65% of its share of Skype in a move that is called “Unsurprising” by some analysts. Check out MSNBC’s coverage here.
IBM announced a new service that allows administrators to upload desktop images to their subscription based service. Once uploaded, the administrator can grant access to that image to users from anywhere they choose. There is a fifty desktop minimum and if the administrator doesn’t want to use IBM’s hosted service, IBM can provide them the [...]
