With WSO2 Cloud Identity, Users Can Sign On Once to Access Multiple Enterprise and Cloud Applications

WSO2 announced the debut of WSO2 Cloud Identity. The latest WSO2 Cloud offering helps companies eliminate the complexity of deploying identity management and authentication across multiple Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications as well as internal and traditional systems.

Comprehensive identity management primarily has been the domain of large enterprises with the budgets, resources and technical staff to implement them. WSO2 Cloud Identity lowers the barriers for small and medium businesses by eliminating the need for internal software, dedicated hardware, and systems administrators. Instead, WSO2 provides enterprise identity management as a simple-to-manage, pay-as-you-go hosted service that can scale to meet companies’ needs.

By supporting a broad set of authentication and security standards, WSO2 Cloud Identity gives administrators a central identity management system while users gain single sign-on access to different cloud applications. Initial cloud application support includes Google Apps, which is available with today’s beta release of WSO2 Cloud Identity, and Salesforce.com, which will be added at the end of the month.

“SaaS and other applications in the cloud have played a remarkable role in making enterprise-class applications accessible and affordable for small and medium-size businesses,” said Paul Fremantle, WSO2 co-founder and CTO. “With our WSO2 Cloud Identity, those companies now have an enterprise-class system that offers easy set up and enables a centralized, scalable approach to identity management and authentication across all their applications running in the cloud.”

WSO2 Cloud Identity is based on the proven functionality of the open source WSO2 Identity Server, which supports open identity standards. The WSO2 Cloud Identity offering is completely self-service; it allows each company or organization to register and configure its own domain, add users, and start using the service from day one with no software setup. The WSO2 Cloud Services team manages the system on a scalable, reliable, infrastructure providing a one-stop service for identity across the Web and internal systems.

The result is that for the first time, companies of any size can get enterprise-class identity and entitlement management unified for both internal and externally hosted applications, running in the cloud with no need for a systems administrator or dedicated hardware. The Web-based administration and configuration model means that the system can be configured easily and effectively from any Web browser.

The WSO2 Cloud Identity beta release is available at http://identity.cloud.wso2.com from WSO2 and includes product support. There is no charge for limited use during the initial evaluation period. Ongoing pricing will be announced at a future date. WSO2 offers a range of additional service and support options, including consulting and implementation support.

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