Atlassian Simplifies Web 2.0 Password Management with OpenID.New Feature, CrowdID, Authenticates Users on Enterprise and Web 2.0 Applications SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Atlassian today announced the release of Crowd 1.1 with support for OpenID, a popular framework that is quickly becoming the standard to help Internet users access the websites and online services they use most. Crowd is sign-on software (SSO See single sign-on and CSO. SSO - single sign-on ) that authorizes users across web applications both behind and in front of a company firewall. Priced so any organisation can afford it, Crowd is available for a fully functional 30-day evaluation at www.atlassian.com/software/crowd. Released earlier this year, Crowd 1.0 simplifies user sign-on and identity management by helping businesses manage authentication and authorization for multiple web applications. A powerful administration console makes it possible to manage directories, users and their security rights all within a unified security architecture. Crowd can be used in any IT environment. Crowd's new feature, known as CrowdID, uses the OpenID standard, a single sign-on An identification system that lets users log into multiple Web sites on the Internet with one username and password. Single sign-on systems are also used within an enterprise, enabling users to access all authorized resources in the local network using the same username and password. protocol. It bridges an existing gap by connecting authenticated users between enterprise applications located behind a firewall with Web 2.0 applications outside the firewall. Users no longer have to remember a handful of different logins and passwords, despite utilising many different web applications and online accounts. Other single sign-on solutions either have OpenID services or behind-the-firewall user management. Crowd is one of the only commercial systems to have both. "The rapid success of services like IM and blogging, in addition to the many traditional CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. , ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. , and knowledge management applications used by businesses today, has created a mess for users and a security nightmare for IT departments. With OpenID, Crowd delivers all the functionality to solve these growing issues," said Mike Cannon-Brookes, co-founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. at Atlassian. Crowd runs on the most popular J2EE application servers and supports nearly all JDBC-compliant databases. Crowd is available to evaluate and purchase today from the Atlassian website: www.atlassian.com. About Atlassian Atlassian develops affordable, lightweight software that helps enterprises collaborate better. Its products include Confluence, widely recognized as the most-advanced enterprise wiki A Web site that can be quickly edited by its visitors with simple formatting rules. Developed by Ward Cunningham in the mid-1990s to provide collaborative discussions, there are several "wiki" tools on the market for creating such sites, including www.editme.com, www.seedwiki.com, www. , and JIRA JIRA Japan Industries Association of Radiological Systems (trade organization) JIRA Japan Investor Relations Association , one of the world's most popular issue trackers for IT project management. The company has more than 7,000 customers in over 85 countries, including 30 of the world's top 50 corporations. For more information, visit: http://www.atlassian.com . |
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