Intel does not sell a federated identity management software product. Such 'federated' security technologies have become more important as companies seek to improve the security and privacy of online networks.
Microsoft will today display software that lets customers sign in to a website and then take their identity with them as they browse the web to other federated sites, a representative said. Federated identity lets companies securely extend their...
IBM is today expected to unveil its Tivoli Federated Identity Manager, which allows a corporate client's employees, partners and customers to securely share information over the internet. Federated identity allows employees, customers or partners...
Microsoft's Active Directory - so the companies' software has integrated sign-on and federated identity management mechanisms. Microsoft has also buried the hatchet with Sun in a partnership that includes sign-on and identity management software.
He cited an example - such as downloading movies online from a trusted third-party website - whereby BT Openworld consumers may be able to use the same federated identity for logging on to such services, without needing to manage multiple identities.
We have excellent federated identity systems already in place. Federated identity - the identity of a user spread across distinct identity management systems, assembled by means of a token - still runs up against the wall of trust, according to...