26 October, 2006 - 10:53am

According to IDC, enterprises are increasing investments in SaaS solutions more than 20% annually. They expect SaaS to be a $10 billion market within three years and say that 79% of enterprises are currently purchasing or reviewing SaaS solutions. Erin Traudt, IDC's SaaS Research Analyst, notes that security concerns are continuely cited when they conduct their surveys. However, Sxip believes the security issues surrounding on-demand applications can be lessened through the use of delegated authentication.

With delegated authentication the Application Service Provider (ASP) can delegate to their customer the authentication process, thus allowing for web single sign-on, two-factor authentication, integration with the customer’s LDAP or corporate directory, remote access from a mobile user, and more. This allows enterprises to retain control of user access by providing a SSO solution between their internal and external applications in addition to allowing them to easily provision and deprovision employees.

Sxip Identity’s Sxip Access product provides delegated authentication to salesforce.com, Postini, and other leading SaaS providers. The SaaS customer benefits from simplified administration for the IT department, improved user experience with no additional usernames and passwords to remember, and mitigated risk ensuring only authorized users have access to the on-demand applications.