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Novell Releases SecureLogin 7

The latest take on its enterprise single sign-on (SSO) solution
By Maureen O'Gara
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September 11, 2009 01:15 PM EDT
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Novell has released SecureLogin 7, the latest take on its enterprise single sign-on (SSO) solution, said to cut the time required to SSO-enable an organization's applications from weeks to days.

Password proliferation is supposed to cause significant losses in IT and end-user productivity. A recent Novell survey found that at least 30% of IT help desk time is spent dealing with password-related issues.

Current SSO solutions alleviate password proliferation by minimizing the number of times an individual has to enter his credentials. However, for an organization to benefit, IT departments must integrate applications, a complex and time-consuming task.

Some applications can't be integrated at all and some Java apps can't recognize sign-on and password change prompts when the interface provides nothing but graphical content for the ESSO product to analyze.

SecureLogin 7 works with Windows, web, Java and enterprise applications. A new wizard automatically integrates many applications. With 64-bit support for Vista and Windows Server 2008, it's supposed to deliver greater interoperability with existing platform and operating system investments.

SecureLogin 7 is the first release following Novell's acquisition of a perpetual source code license from ActivIdentity in February.

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