Critics of single-sign-on software which is developed by companies ranging from startup Passlogix to giants like Sun Microsystems, Verisign and Computer Associates say that they're less secure.
If it wants to work with multiple content providers on the other hand, there is a good bet it might work with a company like Education Elements, which is emerging as a leader in helping schools move to blended-learning models and offering a single sign-on software solution for schools so they can easily work with multiple content vendors.
It did so by offering single sign-on, knowledge-based and multi-factor authentication options, which ensure that the right person signs the right document consistently.
The app also makes it easier to create a new Flipboard accounts by supporting Facebook's Single Sign-on.
Hence the single sign-on approach, in which either the user's computer or the Web site "remembers" passwords.
Instead, single sign-on is built into the handshake between enterprise systems and MobileSpan through the IT management console.
Using Okta, employees get a single sign-on that clears them to retrieve software from a diverse array of software providers.
Through the single sign-on and careful attention to the interface, all the services have a consistent look and feel, he said.
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Integration with Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directories and support of single sign-on prevents employees from going rogue with shared logins.
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No matter which device the music was purchased on, it can be accessed on all other devices through a single Toshiba sign-on.
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The Gateway is a Windows application that authenticates users with single sign-on, connects to corporate content stores, and monitors documents for updates.
The first version of Liberty's specification deals only with single sign-on, not with the more controversial exchange of user information, such as payment details and buying preferences.
The Yammer premium version provides tools for IT administrators and enterprise features such as Active Directory sync, single sign-on support, and integration modules for SharePoint, NetSuite, Salesforce.com and others.
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If you want to live in a Google or Microsoft world, with a single sign-on to those companies' services and all of their apps, an Apple device won't cut it.
Now it needs to tackle the hard part of its strategy: making it all work together seamlessly, for instance by offering a single sign-on for all its services and one-touch access.
Those internally created snaps can also be made aware of the role of the people using them, using mechanisms such as single sign-on, so that precise control of access to the data is preserved.
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Breslin -- who's waiting to sign a lease on an office -- refuses to exploit the single advantage that could grab attention and a lot more business: her family name.
But he offered little detail on how this would be achieved, beyond saying that he wanted more "single sign-ons".
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