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07-28-2009, 03:17 AM
Sun Microsystems announced new versions of OpenSSO Express and Sun OpenDS Standard Edition software, updating key components of its open source identity management portfolio.To download the latest versions of the software, visit: https://identitymanagement.dev.java.net/ (https://identitymanagement.dev.java.net/).
With OpenSSO Express 8.0, customers will benefit from simple, open, and Internet-scale security for .NET and Java-based applications, as well as software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications in a cloud environment. With Sun OpenDS Standard Edition 2.0 software, customers will benefit from better performance and scalability for large-scale deployments.
“In a recent survey that Sun conducted with a targeted group of identity management customers, results showed that user provisioning and Web single sign-on (SSO) were top investment areas for the next 12 months,” said Daniel Raskin, Chief Identity Strategist, Sun Microsystems. “The enhancements we've made to the new versions of OpenSSO Express and Sun OpenDS Standard Edition software address areas of great concern for our customers today and offer IT organizations powerful, open source technologies that are easy to use and fit any budget.”
With the release of OpenSSO Express 8.0, Sun continues to build a unified solution to manage SSO to all resources, including internal and external Web applications and Web services, as well as popular SaaS applications. OpenSSO Express 8.0 is the first access management solution to provide mobile one-time password, which allows two-factor authentication out-of-the box without the need for a third party product. In addition, OpenSSO Express 8.0 also includes Fedlet support for .NET applications and rapid salesforce.com federation.
By choosing Sun's mobile one-time password, organizations can expect to lower their operational expenses as employees can use their cell phones as a physical token device instead of a separate piece of hardware. Sun's Fedlet now supports .NET applications, allowing any SAML 2.0 identity provider to quickly federation-enable .NET service providers without compromising capabilities. A mere 1.5MB download, the Fedlet can be deployed in minutes, allowing companies, running a single Web application that are not interested in deploying and maintaining an entire federation infrastructure, to run a standalone service provider.
Additionally, Sun's OpenSSO Express 8.0 now offers rapid salesforce.com federation, allowing users to directly access Salesforce CRM and Force.com built applications using their enterprise login in just a few minutes. OpenSSO Express is the only access control solution that includes access management, federation, and secure Web services in a single product. OpenSSO Express is available in the world's largest open source, identity management project called OpenSSO.
The latest version of Sun OpenDS Standard Edition software helps enterprises meet their growth targets with their existing hardware platform. Sun OpenDS Standard Edition 2.0 software now offers a new, easy-to-use management console and delivers 10 times better write performance, with the ability to quickly write data to the OpenDS directory at database speeds without upgrading any hardware.1 Providing up to 14,000 write operations per second, Sun OpenDS Standard Edition 2.0 software enables customers to improve their organizations' performance, as well as support up to eight replication instances of an organization's identity repository. As a result, customers will be able to benefit from high availability within a high performance identity architecture.
For more information, visit sun.com (http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2009-07/sunflash.20090727.1.xml)
With OpenSSO Express 8.0, customers will benefit from simple, open, and Internet-scale security for .NET and Java-based applications, as well as software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications in a cloud environment. With Sun OpenDS Standard Edition 2.0 software, customers will benefit from better performance and scalability for large-scale deployments.
“In a recent survey that Sun conducted with a targeted group of identity management customers, results showed that user provisioning and Web single sign-on (SSO) were top investment areas for the next 12 months,” said Daniel Raskin, Chief Identity Strategist, Sun Microsystems. “The enhancements we've made to the new versions of OpenSSO Express and Sun OpenDS Standard Edition software address areas of great concern for our customers today and offer IT organizations powerful, open source technologies that are easy to use and fit any budget.”
With the release of OpenSSO Express 8.0, Sun continues to build a unified solution to manage SSO to all resources, including internal and external Web applications and Web services, as well as popular SaaS applications. OpenSSO Express 8.0 is the first access management solution to provide mobile one-time password, which allows two-factor authentication out-of-the box without the need for a third party product. In addition, OpenSSO Express 8.0 also includes Fedlet support for .NET applications and rapid salesforce.com federation.
By choosing Sun's mobile one-time password, organizations can expect to lower their operational expenses as employees can use their cell phones as a physical token device instead of a separate piece of hardware. Sun's Fedlet now supports .NET applications, allowing any SAML 2.0 identity provider to quickly federation-enable .NET service providers without compromising capabilities. A mere 1.5MB download, the Fedlet can be deployed in minutes, allowing companies, running a single Web application that are not interested in deploying and maintaining an entire federation infrastructure, to run a standalone service provider.
Additionally, Sun's OpenSSO Express 8.0 now offers rapid salesforce.com federation, allowing users to directly access Salesforce CRM and Force.com built applications using their enterprise login in just a few minutes. OpenSSO Express is the only access control solution that includes access management, federation, and secure Web services in a single product. OpenSSO Express is available in the world's largest open source, identity management project called OpenSSO.
The latest version of Sun OpenDS Standard Edition software helps enterprises meet their growth targets with their existing hardware platform. Sun OpenDS Standard Edition 2.0 software now offers a new, easy-to-use management console and delivers 10 times better write performance, with the ability to quickly write data to the OpenDS directory at database speeds without upgrading any hardware.1 Providing up to 14,000 write operations per second, Sun OpenDS Standard Edition 2.0 software enables customers to improve their organizations' performance, as well as support up to eight replication instances of an organization's identity repository. As a result, customers will be able to benefit from high availability within a high performance identity architecture.
For more information, visit sun.com (http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2009-07/sunflash.20090727.1.xml)