Bouncing off noting IBM’s acquisition of Encentuate, I ask Brandon to explain the difference between Enterprise SSO and SSO. As with most things prefixed with “Enterprise,” the use of the E-word doesn’t really explain what the exact technology is. In this case, ESSO simply means Single Sign On for non web applications: things like GUI, desktop applications, that is. SSO, on the other hand, is understood to mean Single Sign On for web applications.
Raising the topic of another M&A move - Ping buying the SaaS-SSO parts of Sxip - we, as ever, we also talk about eagerly awaiting the industry-wide victory of OpenID.
Finally, we round up with some music recommendations.
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