Forrester Names Symplified a Leader in Cloud Identity, Access Management

- Alert) alternatives to on-premises monolithic IAM offerings. Leaders in this market offer SaaS application access control and will continue to have a positive impact by expanding strong authentication, provisioning and attestation capabilities,” analysts wrote in the report. “Symplified provides great access control to SaaS applications. It has its own IP-based solution, which is one of the longest-standing in the cloud IAM market.”

As on-premises IAM solutions mature, according to Forrester, cost savings will dictate which providers will lead the pack. In its evaluation of the six service providers in the cloud IAM category, Forrester touted Symplified for its architectural stability and protocol and endpoint support.

“(Symplified) offers good architectural stability through its Identity Router customer-premises equipment infrastructure, which can be deployed as a software or hardware appliance or as a cloud connector,” the report said. “Symplified offers broad protocol and endpoint support, and it partners with Symantec’s VIP service for strong authentication as well as CSC (News - Alert) for reseller and system integration.”

Symplified is a “pioneer” of cloud-based Single Sign-On (SSO) offering SAML-as-a-Service federation capability since 2006, according to Eric Olden, CEO of Symplified.

“We believe that being recognized as a Leader in Cloud IAM by Forrester further validates our position in the market,” Olden said. “Symplified is leading the way in making cloud SSO secure, simple and seamless – enabling enterprises to better navigate the challenges of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies and the proliferation of both public and private cloud-based services and applications.”

Earlier this year, Symplified announced the availability of Symplified Structure, which allows service providers, telcos and cloud application hosting companies to integrate identity and access management (IAM) across their suite of cloud services, MSP News™ reported.

Symplified Structure is built on the company’s IAM platform and can be bundled or embedded into any service provider datacenter and private-label branded. The service can be delivered via the Symplified Trust Cloud that is hosted on the Amazon Web Services (News

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YouTube Insists Users Use Their Real Names

account. This is typically easier said than done because of course there are people who refuse to agree to these wishes, which follows them having to explain their reasoning’s beyond wanting anonymity.

Choices offered by Google include:

My channel is for show or character. My channel is for a music artist of group. My channel is for a product, business or organization. My channel is well-known for other reasons. My channel is for personal use, but I cannot use my real name. I'm not sure, I'll decide later.

Recently, YouTube has additionally launched its own face-blurring tool, a critical tool for protesters trying to protect themselves from government recrimination. This tool allows YouTube to never completely take away the option to comment anonymously, allowing people to have the best of both worlds.

Situations such as this, make balancing the needs for free speech and making sure the Web doesn’t consist of vile comments quite difficult. For YouTube, this is definitely a step in the right direction, keeping in mind that the true question is whether or not YouTube users will actually start using their real names to prevent the amount of vulgarity from expanding.

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