Symplified… So long and thanks for all the fish!

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 Simplified So long and thanks for all the
fish!

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As many of you have heard, Simplified is exiting
the access management market. The companys
founders had a long history in the single sign-on
srever business, having founded Securant in the
late nineties. Securant was acquired by RSA in
September 2001, and evolved into RSA Clear trust,
which is still in production today at many
organizations.   It seemed logical that the
experienced team behind such a successful product
would have launched an equally successful SaaS
offering. I dont know the whole back story, but
many things have to align for a startup to
succeed. You need good execution, but you also
need a little bit of good luck.
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I first ran into Simplified at the Digital
Identity World in 2008 (thanks for the flying
monkey!). At the next Digital Identity World, I
had a long conversation with Eric Olden about
utility computing. He gave me a copy of the book
The Big Switch, which provided valuable evidence
in my thinking about how utility computing could
make sense for SSO and access management, and how
lowering the price could actually expand the size
of the market.   Although Gluu has many
competitors, identity provider saml is a very
large global market, which Gluu cannot serve
alone. Were sad to see the exit of one of the
early innovators who helped pave the way for a
new delivery model for access management. Here at
Gluu were grateful for Symplifieds early
leadership, dedication to their customers, and
management excellence.   Article
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