SSO comparison request from executive management (IAM David Bantz)

[Keith Hazelton]

Mike,

Thank you for this well argued and well supported mini-essay.  ‹Keith
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On 2015-12-18, 19:08, "users on behalf of Mike Schwartz"
<users-bounces at shibboleth.net on behalf of mike at gluu.org> wrote:

>David,
>
>Ping has 1,000 customers--and only a small handful of universities.
>Shibboleth is the most widely deployed SAML IDP on the planet. I think
>Shibboleth has more installations than Ping in the UK alone.
>
>Ping does not support multi-party federation metadata, and privacy
>protecting features were a secondary consideration. So in addition to
>its lower adoption rate, it has less features that universities need.
>
>SAML is stable. If you need OpenID Connect, there are many free open
>source alternatives (like the Gluu Server which integrates well with
>Shib). So buying expensive proprietary enterprise software should only
>be a last resort.
>
>Open source software has been shown to have a lower defect rate than
>proprietary software. Here are just a few articles that show how moving
>from open source to proprietary software would be contrary to the
>current trend in both education, government and enterprise IT in
>general:
>
>  Rise of Open Source
>  http://www.gluu.co/rise-foss-platform
>
>  Open source software gains traction in federal IT
>  http://www.gluu.co/foss-govt
>
>  Embrace Open Source:
>  http://www.gluu.co/.1g7i3
>
>  Open Source Golden Age:
>  http://www.gluu.co/foss-golden-age
>
>  Open Source Beats Proprietary Software
>  http://www.gluu.co/.v3qh
>
>  Open Source marches into Enterprise
>  http://www.gluu.co/.vaf4
>
>  Open Source in big companies
>  http://www.gluu.co/enterprise-foss
>
>Ping's $100M in VC funds gives them lots of budget to market. But it
>doesn't make them a profitable business. So long term, their business
>model is no more sure a thing than a strong community of dedicated
>individuals and instutions with a common goal.
>
>If your managment wants to shell out 1/4 million for enterprise
>software, perhaps they should re-direct those funds to the Shibboleth
>Foundation--I think they'll see a better return.
>
>thx,
>
>Mike
>
>
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>Michael Schwartz
>Gluu
>Founder / CEO
>mike at gluu.org
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