As part of a continued commitment to providing professional services for notable Software as a Service solutions, we are planning on hosting a webinar on Google Apps and wanted to get your feedback first. This will help give a feel for what you could benefit from, and help tailor the presentation and information to appropriately address your needs.
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Google made a fairly significant announcement today that will certainly have an impact on federated services such as OpenID, and how organizations using Google Apps manage their online identities.
We’re happy to announce that the Google OpenID Federated Login API has been extended to Google Apps accounts used by businesses, schools, and other organizations. Individuals in these organizations can now sign in to third party websites using their Google Apps account, without sharing their credentials with third parties.
In addition, Google Apps can now become an identity hub for multiple SaaS providers, simplifying identity management for organizations. For example, when integrated with partner solutions such as PingConnect from Ping Identity, the Google Open ID Federated Login API enables a single Google Apps login to help provide secure access to services like Salesforce.com, SuccessFactors, and WebEX — as well as B2B partners, internal applications, and of course consumer web sites. See Ping Identity’s post to learn more about their implementation and view the demo
This announcement comes shortly after keen observers noticed Google’s plans to announce this by spotting some discussions that took place on a public OpenID Board mailing list.
JanRain, a recognized leader in the OpenID market also extends their support with an announcement of their own regarding RPX and Google Apps in their most recent blog post.
Introduction to OpenID
Lee LeFever, the plain english guy, offers a clear definition of what OpenID is, “…it’s a standard that enables Internet users to have an online identity (username, photo, profile info, etc.) that is constant for every website to which they belong. OpenID is not owned by anyone and everyone has equal access to it. One password, one login, one identity for each person.”
Check out this video about OpenID for more details:
In a direct response to an increased amount of requests for more information about switching from Microsoft Exchange to Google Apps, a few weeks after Google announced Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook, they created a page that links to migration and sync tools, reasons why to switch, and a couple of customer testimonial videos.
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