Essentially, myOneLogin is a hosted service that customers can use for their own systems without installing any additional hardware or software on-site or on their devices. Although the service can work with any behind-the-firewall browser-based application, its true potential is in providing SSO services to new hosts of cloud-based applications that are sneaking their way into the enterprise today.

Pronto is a web based user access management software solution that plugs into an existing Microsoft SharePoint 2007 server and provides a comprehensive path to streamlining the process of managing users for access to different SharePoint 2007 sites with one or more site owners.

...Microsoft is supporting “claims-based” authentication, in which users can gain access to systems using “claims” about their identity that are issued and signed by recognised organisations, either within the same corporate entity or by an external entity. This approach integrates Microsoft's own technology such as InfoCards and open standards such as SAML assertions. However, Microsoft is not yet going as far as to adopt SAML protocols for web security.