Business is becoming increasingly virtual and decentralized, while real-time relationship management with employees, contractors, partners, suppliers and customers is becoming ever more crucial. Even within a single company, password-protected applications reside on different platforms, in separate departmental security domains, in legacy databases derived from prior acquisitions or (thanks to outsourcing) in separate companies around the world.
Federated Identity Standards: Confused?
Posted by: Eric Norlin and Darren Platt March 25, 2004 06:30 AMBusiness is becoming increasingly virtual and decentralized, while real-time relationship management with employees, contractors, partners, suppliers and customers is becoming ever more crucial. Even within a single company, password-protected applications reside on different platforms, in separate departmental security domains, in legacy databases derived from prior acquisitions or (thanks to outsourcing) in separate companies around the world.