Ping Identity Launches SaaS Partner Directory

Ping Identity, which provides secure Internet single sign-on solutions for over 300 enterprise customers, government agencies, and service providers worldwide, has launched an <!--ZZZLinkBegZZZ-->SaaS Partner Directory.  Company officials say the directory, which is an element of the company’s SaaS Partner Program, is a resource to help customers easily find and connect with SaaS vendors whose offerings support standards-based Internet Single Sign-On and automated user provisioning.

Ping Identity Launches SaaS Partner Directory

Ping Identity, which provides secure Internet single sign-on solutions for over 300 enterprise customers, government agencies, and service providers worldwide, has launched an SaaS Partner Directory.  Company officials say the directory, which is an element of the company’s SaaS Partner Program, is a resource to help customers easily find and connect with SaaS vendors whose offerings support standards-based Internet Single Sign-On and automated user provisioning.

Where do OpenID and InfoCards fit?

One of the more interesting sessions at the recent "first annual SSO Summit" was an open space presentation called "Where do OpenID and InfoCards fit?" OpenID is getting the spotlight now, but InfoCards will win in the end. It's a conclusion the whole group appeared to agree with as we found numerous ways that the CardSpace technologies could eventually become quite useful to the enterprise.

Where do OpenID and InfoCards fit?

One of the more interesting sessions at the recent "first annual SSO Summit" was an open space presentation called "Where do OpenID and InfoCards fit?" OpenID is getting the spotlight now, but InfoCards will win in the end. It's a conclusion the whole group appeared to agree with as we found numerous ways that the CardSpace technologies could eventually become quite useful to the enterprise.

The first annual SSO Summit

I recently attended the first annual SSO Summit at the Keystone resort near Denver and I was very much impressed by the level of discussion that took place. The attendance was small (a little over 100 attendees), but most were security and/or IT managers, execs and implementers from fairly large organizations. And all were willing to share their own experiences, and their questions, about the right path to take and the right reasons to take it for reducing the number of authentication points a user needed to see during the course of the business day.

Asserting Security

Brian Campbell of Ping Identity, Co-chair of the OASIS Security Services Technical Committee, on the importance of SAML.XML.org.

The Computerworld Honors Program:  Honoring Those Who Use Information Technology to Benefit Society

Ping Identity among 2008 Laureates.  On June 2, 2008, the Laureates Class of 2008 were honored in Medal Ceremonies at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington D.C. This is one of the Program's more diverse and accomplished groups in recent history, and we would like to congratulate each and every Laureate, whose innovations with information technology benefit us all.

7 Security Questions to Ask Your SaaS

QUESTION 2: What are the sign-on, access and authentication policies?

The most common way to get at an application via the Internet is via a username and password. "The normal way is to go to their front door," says Patrick Harding, chief technology officer for Ping Identity, a Denver company that makes identity federation software.  But a growing number of companies are working with their service providers to pull the SaaS sign-in process into the bounds of their firewall or VPN, providing a higher degree of authentication.

Ping, IBM Acquisitions Make for a Busy Time in the Single Sign-on Sector

I’ve a feeling that Andre Durand and his merry band at Ping will be quicker off the mark to integrate the (mainly) Web SSO technology they acquired from Sxip. It’ll be interesting to see what Ping does about the name, though, as Sxip Technology will still exist and its Sxipper application for Firefox will continue to be available.

Sxip Product Will Strengthen Ping's Sign-on Capabilities

On 11 March 2008, Ping Identity, a federated single-sign (SSO) software provider headquartered in Denver, Colorado, announced the acquisition of Sxip Access, an identity management gateway developed by Vancouver, British Columbia-based Sxip Identity. Sxip Access will be sold alongside PingFederate, Ping's multiprotocol federated SSO solution, which includes integration kits for portals, custom applications and identity management systems. Ping will also acquire the Sxip Access development staff. Sxip Identity will focus on consulting and on its Sxipper product, a free sign-on/form-completion plug-in for the Firefox Web browser.