Radiant Logic, the market leader for virtual directories and a Gartner 2012 Cool Vendor, announces the release of RadiantOne VDS 6, the first federated identity service. Designed to provide one logical access point for enterprise identities, VDS 6 enables authentication and authorization across multiple identity sources and authentication protocols. VDS 6 is purpose-built to address the demands of single sign-on (SSO) and authorization for the cloud and federations in high-volume, heterogeneous environments.

“Providing SSO for cloud and federation deployment is a critical initiative and the BYOD (bring your own device) trend is increasingly important. However, the current patchwork of internal identity silos is a roadblock for medium and large enterprises,” says Michel Prompt, CEO of Radiant Logic. “Federation-based protocols like SAML, OpenId, and OAuth establish a secure pipeline to the enterprise, but without the ability to logically gather identities into one place and address the complexity of existing internal authentication systems, you can’t achieve SSO. When the enterprise is the ultimate identity provider, going the last mile into identity silos is a major challenge. The truth is that the other side of a federation or cloud application deployment is a federated identity. Virtualization lets you leverage the identity investments you’ve already made, while building the identity hub you need.” Read more Radiant Logic Releases