Dropbox Adopts Single Sign-On Technology
Symplified is named a partner to Dropbox for Business, integrating its IDaaS services with Dropbox single sign-on.
2013
May 22, 2013
March 27, 2013
Managing the Chaos of Identity and Access Management
Wired
Commentary from Symplified CTO and co-founder Darren Platt on IAM and the key elements of an effective approach to Identity as a Service.
February 21, 2013
Is Single Sign-On a Security Tool?
Dark Reading
SSO has largely been delegated in the eyes of infosec pros as a tool of convenience, but a survey shows IT increasingly viewing it as a security lever.
February 15, 2013
February 15, 2013
February 5, 2013
February 5, 2013
Single Sign-On Increasingly Connected in the Cloud
Dark Reading
Behind the scenes, identity and access solution providers continue a broad effort to integrate to cloud services, the biggest hurdle to SSO adoption
January 30, 2013
Symplified Wins Client in Thailand
TechRockies
Boulder-based Symplified has added a new client, based in Thailand, for the firm’s single-sign on technology. Symplified said that Edulabs Global Learning Solutions Company, Ltd., which is based in Bangkok, Thailand, is using its technology to connect students into its cloud-based educational materials. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed. Edulabs is developing a mobile learning product for K-12 and higher education students, including teaching, learning, instruction, training, and certification tools.
January 15, 2013
Boulder’s Symplified fills out executive team
Launch Boulder|Daily Camera
2012
December 17, 2012
Single sign-on moves to the cloud
Network World
Symplified is among eight SSO solutions Network World reviewed that cut help desk calls and boost password security
December 11, 2012
Mobile Biometrics: The Next Phase of Enterprise Authentication?
Network Computing
Darren Platt, CTO of Symplified, an identity management provider, says that it all depends on the use case and the specific asset being accessed by a device
November 29, 2012
Google Webmaster Tools Erroneously Reactivates Obsolete User Accounts
eWEEK
According to Darren Platt, CTO of identity and access management vendor Symplified, the incident highlights the potential problems of “identity silos” created by companies when they use cloud services
November 16, 2012
Study: Sensitive Data Still Placed In Cloud
Channelnomics
A cloud study conducted by identity and access management services firm Symplified revealed that despite overwhelming security concerns, one third of enterprises place highly sensitive data in the public cloud
October 23, 2012
7 Costly IAM Mistakes
Dark Reading
Blunders that lead to costly identity and access management failures
August 22, 2012
Symplified technology review & rating
PCMag.com
3.5/5 stars — Hosted offering requires no hardware setup; has pre-built connections with hundreds of popular services; integrates wide range of services and user directories.
August 21, 2012
Symplified Names Higdon its New CEO
Denver Business Journal
August 2, 2012
August 1, 2012
June 22, 2012
BYOD Boon: Make Identities Part of the Cloud OS
CSO Magazine
Symplified’s founder will argue at an upcoming conference one way to deal with the problem: Push access management and control into the cloud
June 4, 2012
16 Boulder County-based Firms Among ‘Colorado Companies to Watch’
Boulder Daily Camera
March 21, 2012
Five Ways You Can Avoid IP Theft
Entrepreneur Magazine
3 — Control access to sensitive data. For instance, Symplified offers a cloud-based access management service that works with other cloud-based applications
February 10, 2012
Three Ways BYOD Changes Company Architecture
CIO Magazine
I spoke to three companies that have found unique solutions in managing the BYOD trend without compromising the user experience
January 18, 2012
The Daily Start-Up: Symplified Snags $20M To Manage Cloud-Based Apps
The Wall Street Journal
2011
December 11, 2011
Healthcare Cloud Brings Access Control Concerns
Informationweek
N.Y. nurses service finds single sign-on enables its mobile workforce to use its multiple, disparate cloud apps.
November 2, 2011
Symplified, Solstice Link on Mobile, Cloud Security
Windows IT Pro
Security-as-a-service provider Symplified has formed a partnership with IT consulting firm Solstice Consulting to address the security of private and public cloud applications accessed using smartphones and tablets by enterprise users
October 25, 2011
Visiting Nurse Service Cares About Cloud Security
Information Management
Symplified, a provider of cloud security products, announced that the Visiting Nurse Service of New York has implemented the company’s technology for centralized cloud identity and access management
October 17, 2011
Authentication-As-A-Service Gains Steam
Improved security, scalability, operational flexibility, and even brand differentiation are driving AaaS
August 8, 2011
5 Cool Tools for Cloud Management
Network World
Testing reveals powerful new ways to spin up, protect, manage and back up cloud services
August 4, 2011
Health Care Is Becoming the Fastest-Growing Vertical in IT: In-Stat
eWEEK
With cloud computing, being adopted by hospitals at a fast pace and wireless spending growing, healthcare IT will experience the fastest growth among US vertical industries, according to a report by In-Stat
July 2, 2011
Federation 2.0: An identity ecosystem
SC Magazine
Standards are maturing just in time for identity federations to meet the new demands for cloud and mobile access, reports Deb Radcliff
June 16, 2011
Lock Down Your Mobile Cloud- and Web-based Apps
Mobile Enterprise
Symplified, a cloud security solutions provider, announced Symplified Mobile Edition, which secures cloud and Web apps on any mobile device so that enterprises can safely make corporate data accessible on tablets and smartphones
June 16, 2011
Smartphones And Tablets Challenge Corporate Security
Adapting security and management for the new generation of mobile devices — everything from the Apple iPhone and iPad to Google Android devices to name a few — is turning out to be a huge corporate challenge.
June 5, 2011
Boulder and Broomfield businesspeople in the news
Boulder Daily Camera
Cloud computing security vendor Symplified appointed 20-year technology start-up veteran Andrew Evans as its Chief Financial Officer
May 12, 2011
Cloud-based security as a service: It’s catching on and here’s why
Network World
When technology manager Lincoln Cannon wants to give his company’s employees and business partners controlled access to various internal resources or cloud-based services the company uses, he goes to one cloud-based single sign-on security service to assign access privileges
May 9, 2011
Products of the Week
Network World
Our round-up of intriguing new products from Symplified, Acronis, Solarwinds among others
May 5, 2011
Symplified Mobile Edition Locks Down Smartphone SaaS
Talkin’ Cloud
Day in and day out, more users are starting to access cloud software and services from their smartphones and tablets
April 14, 2011
Cloud Computing – The Foundation for How We Consume Technology
Cloud Computing Journal
An exclusive Q&A with Eric Olden, CEO & Founder of Symplified
April 8, 2011
CSC introduces new cloud-based IAM offering ‘CloudIAM’
Computer Business Review
Addresses the security and technical challenges faced by enterprises who are transitioning applications to the cloud
March 29, 2011
The Top 20 Cloud Security Vendors Of 2011
CRN
Calling itself “the cloud security company,” Symplified offers a unified access management system built for cloud architectures of SaaS and integrates into existing infrastructure with the cloud to streamline management, reduce costs and boost security
March 9, 2011
Ease Cloud Security Concerns with Federated Identity
Windows IT Pro
Securely extend Active Directory’s reach into the cloud
March 1, 2011
Identity and access control, data security grew 20% in 2010
Infosecurity Magazine
Identity and access control and data security are the two fastest growing segments in the cybersecurity market, with 20% annual growth in 2010, according to Frost & Sullivan
February 23, 2011
Hybrid cloud computing security: Real life tales
CSO Magazine
Mixed IT infrastructures. including cloud and non-cloud systems, will be the norm at many companies for many years
February 14, 2011
VCs: The Time To Make Money In Security Has Finally Arrived
The Wall Street Journal
Despite years of work by security vendors, companies and the government, our computers are far from secure, and some VCs think security is finally being taken seriously enough that the opportunity to make money has arrived
February 14, 2011
RSA Conference Showcases Innovation
PCMag.com
CipherCloud, Entersect, Gazzang, HyTrust, Incapsula, Invincea, Pawaa, Quaresso, SilverTail and Symplified. No, these aren’t names of ancient gods from the Mayan pantheon. They’re all security companies with a product on the market for less than a year, all featured in the RSA Conference’s Innovation Sandbox Monday
February 4, 2011
Peeking over the IAM horizon
Network World
Ireland’s Research and Markets issued a report last month (“Business and Technology Issues in IAM”) with this premise: The extended enterprise needs a comprehensive identity layer
January 11, 2011
Symplified a Company to be Reckoned With
Network World
As I write this, the weather forecast for tomorrow is “cloudy, with a chance of snow.” That same forecast should work for the Identity and Access Management industry over the coming year
January 5, 2011
Funding will aid Symplified’s expansion
Boulder County Business Report
Symplified Inc., which provides security and user-management software for cloud computing systems, announced Wednesday that it has closed a $9.2 million Series B round of venture capital financing, bringing its total funding to $18.8 million
2010
December 30, 2010
Top 10 Cloud Computing Caveats
CIO Update
Like the Buddhist mantras of old, IT vendors appear to be unified in their messaging — the incessant chant of the moment is: “Move to the cloud now.” So should CIOs be listening? Here are ten cloud caveats to consider before embarking upon the journey
December 30, 2010
Top 10 Cloud Computing Caveats
CIO Update
Like the Buddhist mantras of old, IT vendors appear to be unified in their messaging — the incessant chant of the moment is: “Move to the cloud now.” So should CIOs be listening? Here are ten cloud caveats to consider before embarking upon the journey
September 27, 2010
5 problems with SaaS security
Computerworld
As interest in software-as-a-service grows, so too do concerns about SaaS security
September 7, 2010
String Of Deals Shows Demand for Cloud-Based Authentication
Dark Reading
Acquisitions highlight how authentication-as-a-service is now part of identity and access management strategies
August 27, 2010
Bridging the Gap in Cloud Security
CIOHow Merit Medical protects off premise data while offering users single sign-on
August 5, 2010
Symplified Offers Single Sign-On for the Cloud
eWEEK
Although directory services have been used in IT for years, bridging the gap between the corporate directory and the cloud is a chore that many prefer to avoid altogether
July 29, 2010
Symplified Synchronizes Data Center with Cloud
Enterprise Networking Planet
The company has announced a new provisioning fabric for its SinglePoint identity and access management solution
July 12, 2010
The challenges of cloud security
Network World
New thinking and new tools are needed to securely run application workloads and store data in the public cloud
June 25, 2010
Cloud-based security thrives during downturn
OnlySoftwareBlog.com
As enterprise users seek to offload more and more IT-related functionality to cloud service providers, one area of great activity is security
May 19, 2010
Symplified rolls out SSO, federation service for Amazon EC2
The 451 Group
Designed to insulate internal logic and logically separate policy stores in the cloud, the Trust Cloud service for the popular IaaS environment is also a deliberate effort to establish Symplified’s credentials for the identity-in-the-cloud transition (available to subscribers)
2009
July 8, 2009
June 5, 2009
Identity Management as a Service Makes Strides
eWEEK
Identity and access management as a software-as-a-service offering is gaining steam in the market, according to analysts
May 5, 2009
A Tale of Two Cloud Computing Conferences
CIO Magazine
Two recent cloud computing conferences show innovative cloud computing management tools — and an awful lot of IT skepticism
2008
November 11, 2008
Startup of the Week: Symplified
InformationWeek
A SaaS vendor tackles single sign-on and access control for applications in the cloud
June 26, 2008
Startup Symplified delivers SSO in the cloud
Information Security
IDM Poses a particularly difficult problem for mid-sized businesses, which have to compete with larger companies while offering comparable online services to customers and partners
June 9, 2008
Symplified Raises $6M
Denver Business Journal
June 9, 2008
Symplified Takes $6M
TechRockies
June 6, 2008
Boulder’s Symplified software firm raises $6M
Boulder Daily Camera
January 1, 2008
SaaS Adoption Breeds Compliance Challenges
ISSA.org
The increasing use of SaaS is quietly imposign a seismic change on how organizations will control and audit access to sensitive information that resides in the cloud.