Centrify Corporation introduced a new Windows Azure cloud-based offering that extends Microsoft Active Directory and lets organizations centrally secure and control access to their increasing deployments of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) apps and other cloud services across a variety of operating systems and platforms.
The new solution also gives end users an option to provide much needed Single Sign-on (SSO) to address the password sprawl associated with these new technologies.
The rapid adoption of SaaS applications combined with Bring-Your-Own Device (BYOD) programs means that IT organizations increasingly don't own the endpoint devices or back-end application resources. Centralized management of users' digital identity that spans on-premise and cloud resources provides the visibility and control required for organizations to achieve compliance, reduce costs and mitigate risks, while also enabling productivity and secure access for user centric, mobile workforces.
This comprehensive SaaS and Cloud Services support - coupled with Centrify's support for more than 400 operating systems and dozens of on-premise apps, and rich support for mobile devices - lets Centrify customers take advantage of their existing Microsoft Active Directory investments across the industry's broadest range of systems, mobile devices and apps deployed both on-premise and in the cloud. Centrify's new Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) offering - Centrify DirectControl for SaaS was unveiled and demonstrated for the first time at the Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit in Las Vegas.