Identity Federation Multi-Protocol Solutions

What makes a robust identity federation?

A major contributor to a robust identity federation software solution is broad protocol support. Choosing an identity management product that is specific to a single protocol imposes an inherent limit on how many partners can be added to the identity federation. And, if a product supports more than one identity federation protocol but does not integrate them into one installation or deployment, the effort to configure and use that product as a seamless system multiplies for each additional protocol. The ideal scenario is to choose a product that includes all of the major identity authentication and identity federation sharing protocols into one single deployed installation.

Symlabs Federated Identity Suite is up to the challenge

The developers at Symlabs identified this ideal scenario as an initial requirement, and delivered on it. Symlabs' identity management software, Symlabs Federated Identity Suite, is certified for conformance to OASIS SAML 2.0, Liberty ID-FF 1.2, and Liberty ID-WSF 2.0 & 1.1 standards, and proudly carries the Liberty Interoperable banner. It has also demonstrated interoperability with WS-Federation Passive Requestor profile, making a complete protocol solution. Worthy of note is the fact that these standards are all integrated into one product implementation, meaning that there is no need to re-install, re-configure and re-administer the product to account for each standard you need to support.

A seamless, integrated user experience

Identity federation software can enable Single Sign-On (SSO) for web applications, providing users and customers with a more seamless and integrated experience. Another piece of an ideal identity federation solution is secure authentication. The system should incorporate a means of entering data into personal profiles, as well as provide back-end capabilities to retrieve information out of extensible directories or data stores, and relay user information into them.

Symlabs Federated Identity Suite includes Symlabs Virtual Directory Server as its back-end engine. This is a powerful application in its own right that can handle a tremendous amount of throughput for authentication and Single Sign-On transactions. Symlabs Federated Identity Suite also includes a web GUI for administration of personal data, which facilitates Single Sign-On, federation management, and Single Logout.

Additional advantages

You might expect that such a comprehensive and powerful identity federation solution as Symlabs Federated Identity Suite would involve a difficult implementation with significant hardware costs and administrative effort. In fact, it provides all these advantages with highly optimized code and a very small footprint. Symlabs Federated Identity Suite runs on Microsoft Windows, Solaris 8 or higher, Linux, AIX, HP/UX, and can be ported to other UNIX platforms upon request. Its web GUI makes deployment fast and easy, and with the back-end support of Symlabs Virtual Directory Server, Symlabs Federated Identity Suite proves to be a true turnkey solution.

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