Re:Okta to Acquire Auth0 for $6.5B
by oftenwrong on Thursday March 04, 2021 @08:45AM
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That's a bad wager to make. In B2B it's not unusual for small, under-resourced companies to have big customers that all require an integration with their own identity solutions.
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Re:Okta to Acquire Auth0 for $6.5B
by DaiPlusPlus on Thursday March 04, 2021 @05:45PM
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That’s my point: IdentityServer (for example) is what enables any org capable of running a website themselves to integrate with other OIDC-conformant identity solutions via federation without having to cede any control over their identity system.
A good business case is a where a company (or public department) outsources their identity system to a company that doesn't have a 24/7 emergency phone line and people can't login and it's a business emergency - but I recognize this scenario is the same as "outsourcing is cheaper than in-sourcing, but outsourcing with the same level of quality and service as in-sourcing costs more than in-sourcing". YMMV.