A group of just over 100 customers, industry experts and vendors attended the first annual SSO Summit July 23-25, in Keystone. The two-day event was packed with user case studies, industry insights from the likes of John Haggard and Gunnar Peterson, and open discussion through a series of breakout sessions designed to solve real-world problems associated with Web security and scalable SSO.
If you're considering whether or not to make plans to attend next year, here are some thoughts on this year's conference from those in attendance:
“Normally, I don't find much value in breakout sessions, they tend to be space fillers and socializing sessions, but not here. I was impressed by the topic-centered groups, I think there were seven or eight for each round, in that they addressed real and interesting questions. I had difficulty choosing which to sit in on. Fortunately, we pulled together at the end of each session to share the highlights from each group. Even though there were a number of new-to-SSO attendees, the depth and breadth of collaboration within the small groups was impressive.”
- Christopher Paidhrin HIPAA & IT Security Officer ACS HCS, Inc., on Identity 360
“I was very much impressed by the level of discussion that took place. The attendance was small (a little over 100 attendees), but most were security and/or IT managers, execs and implementers from fairly large organizations. And all were willing to share their own experiences, and their questions, about the right path to take and the right reasons to take it for reducing the number of authentication points a user needed to see during the course of the business day.”
- David Kearns, on NetworkWorld's Security Identity Management Alert
“All of the presentations on Day 2 were awesome and I must say I especially liked the customer presentations and the fact there were a lot of customers presenting. To me, this makes it all worthwhile.”
- Jackson Shaw on Jackson's Identity Management & Active Directory Reality Tour Travelblog
“I can't stress enough how a 50-200 person conference comprised of around 50-60% enterprise folk (instead of just vendors and *cough* consultants) is ideal. Real, in-depth conversations instead of just "where is the party" a la RSA. Also, this conference has a laser focus on SSO, so all 150 of us are able to look through the prism from lots of angles.”
- Gunnar Peterson, Principal, Arctec Group, on 1 Raindrop
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