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Tahoe Forest Health System Chooses MetaPass As Universal Single Sign-On Solution
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-(Business Wire)-July 22, 2008 - MetaPass, Inc. today announced the deployment of its universal single sign-on (SSO) solution at Tahoe Forest Health System located in Truckee, California. The access to all of the organization's applications has now been consolidated, delivering a true 100% single sign-on experience to the organization's users.
Single sign-on gives computer users the ability to log onto multiple systems without having to authenticate with passwords multiple times. Users log on securely once and then access all other applications with a single click, drastically increasing network security and user productivity, while reducing user frustration and help desk costs. MetaPass is the only single sign-on solution to offer 100% compatibility with all of their customers applications without any integration work. Installation takes only a day, and, once up-and-running, MetaPass customers have access to a true universal single sign-on solution.
"With MetaPass, our users access their secure applications much more quickly and safely than before," said Jay O'Hanlon, Director of IT Operations at Tahoe Forest Health System. "MetaPass integrated effortlessly with all of our systems. On both the user and IT sides, password problems are a thing of the past."
Although the concept of SSO has existed for over 10 years, it has always been a major interoperability challenge. The virtually infinite number of applications all have different ways to authenticate users. Old-generation SSOs typically use many different "connectors" to communicate credentials (IDs, passwords...) to applications. This requires the SSO vendor to write and maintain a never-ending number of connectors, making it virtually impossible to cover all possible cases. Often, connectors do not work reliably or are not available for applications, resulting in failed SSO projects.
On the other hand, MetaPass, the latest SSO generation, has a single connector that interfaces universally with any and all types of applications. Using patented virtualization technology, and running in the operating system at an abstraction layer higher than applications, it treats all applications the same, without exception or special cases. This results in a full, 100% integrated SSO solution completely up and running instantly, without the need to change anything. Typically, it delivers a complete SSO solution integrated with all applications in less than one day. Moreover, there is no need to maintain code as applications evolve over time.
Because it is universal, MetaPass is the only SSO in the industry that runs on multiple platforms, such as Windows, Linux, and Mac OSX, on both server and desktop sides. As a flexible and extendable platform, it also integrates with directories (LDAP), provisioning systems (SPML), and strong authentication devices such as smart cards, tokens, and biometics.
About MetaPass, Inc.
Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, MetaPass provides the industry's only multiplatform identity and access management software that does not require scripting or programming for customer integration. Enterprises around the world benefit from MetaPass patented platform to control and simplify access to their digital assets, strengthen security, and comply with regulations. -0- *T MetaPass, Inc. 1230 Oakmead Parkway Sunnyvale, CA 94085 USA +1-408-907-3991 Voice +1-408-716-2689 Fax public.relations@metapass.com http://www.metapass.com *T
About Tahoe Forest Hospital District
Tahoe Forest Health System serves the communities of Truckee, North Lake Tahoe., Kings Beach, Tahoe City, Incline Village, Nevada and the Sierra Valley. Proudly serving the community since 1952, Tahoe Forest Health System provides a wide range of high quality, state-of-the-art in and outpatient services. For more information, visit the website at www.tfhd.com.
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