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Re:Cloud Identity by tomashertus on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @01:38PM (#16640508)
I find it very interesting that it took Google such a long time to introduce this service. They had to have a SSO implementation in place for years and with such lucrative prices in the identity market(all products are around $4/user a month) it is low-hanging fruit for Google and seems like obvious step. In addition, many companies are already tight to GSuite and GMail, so I assume another Google Service will be easy to adopt. Would be interesting to see how this will affect Okta and other direct competitors such as Ping Identity, Janrain and Centrify in the long term. I really like their "Google-grade Security" marketing!

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Re:Cloud Identity by puzzle on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @02:13PM (#16640854)
Yeah, I asked Eric Sachs (who runs the identity efforts at Google) and others a few times over the years. They always directed me to Okta, Ping, etc.
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Re:Cloud Identity by kjgkjhfkjf on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @05:22PM (#16642546)
Eric Sachs no longer runs identity at Google. You have your explanation why right here.
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Re:Cloud Identity by puzzle on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @05:51PM (#16642756)
Hah, interesting. His old site is still up https://sites.google.com/site/ericsachs2/ but at least his LinkedIn page is up to date. Thanks!
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Re:Cloud Identity by hb3b on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @06:51PM (#16643187)
They acquired Bitium. An identity as a service is in the works. Since the Oktas and Onelogins have virtual LDAPs I’m sure that will be coming as well.
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