In June we announced that more than 100 SaaS and BPO providers are now using PingFederate^® and our SaaS Partner program continues to grow. Now nine months into the launch of the program, we asked our SaaS Partners what made them join. Here are the top five responses:

5. Simplifies direct access to SaaS solutions, improving client-user adoption
4. Removes a major obstacle to SaaS adoption
3. Supports the SaaS model and can expand and grow with our business
2. Provides an additional revenue stream
1. Allows us to provide customers with the industry's most trusted SSO solution

More information on the program is available at the SaaS Partner Program page of our Web site.

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Ping Identity's Integration Kit Version 2.0 for SAP NetWeaver is now available for download from the Ping Identity Web site. This new release includes SP-initiated Single Sign-On functionality added to the NetWeaver Login Module and SP functionality updated to use OpenToken.

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All indications at this year's Burton Group Catalyst conference in San Diego point toward tremendous growth for federated identity management. Conference sessions on federated identity management and secure Internet single sign-on were filled to capacity, and Burton analysts indicate strong market demand for solutions that enable an open, scalable model that can support customers, partners, consumers and employees on a broader, Internet scale.

Burton's findings align well with Ping Identity's own market experiences this year, recently shared by Marketing Vice President Mike Donaldson in a final summer season webinar. Titled "Where are we Now? State of the Identity Federation Market", the webinar shares market trends and changes, and key insights to help organizations prepare for rapid changes in identity federation.

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Achieving secure Internet single sign-on for Google Apps, Salesforce.com and SiteMinder isn't impossible and it doesn't require costly, time-intensive projects. Ping Identity's new video tutorials will help you understand how PingFederate can help meet your single sign-on requirements for these and other SaaS and BPO applications.

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Organizations envisioning dozens, hundreds or even thousands of federation partners face scalability challenges when establishing large numbers of traditional static SAML connections. "The Fastest Way to Scale Your Business to Business SSO Connections: PingFederate Auto-Connect™", a new white paper from Ping Identity, details the business and technical factors that impact SAML scalability, and then describe how a new capability of PingFederate called Auto-Connect implements a dynamic SAML profile that eliminates these scalability issues.

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PingFederate and PingFederate Web Services user manuals and documentation are now available for download at the Ping Identity Web site. Customers and prospects have immediate access to the latest versions of these documents through easy Web access.

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