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Quest Software invests in Symplified

Bob — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:12:34 +0000

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

Cloud Office from Oracle Announced

Bob — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 15:57:39 +0000

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

PING Identity’s Cloud Identity Conference

Bob — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:03:59 +0000

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 (Ian Barnett) who is going through how organizations can implement SAML for a host of reasons. One interesting conversation that came up was around the differences between SAML and OpenID and how their origins put them on a similar path but for different reasons.

A similar discusssion arose around Microsof’t's ADFS 2.0 and SAML 2.0 and there was certainly more than a little confusion about how the two do or do not interoperate effectivly.

Ebay sells Skype majority stake – woops!

Bob — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:09:12 +0000

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.

Cloud Based Virtual Desktops – pretty cool!

Bob — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:08:20 +0000

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 infrastructure to deliver the desktops from an on-premise deployment.

For more information on this see PC World – http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/171183/ibm_puts_virtual_desktops_in_the_cloud.html