WiKID is teaming up with Atricore, the open source identity management company, to combine open source single sign on with open source two factor authentication. Atricore are the developers of the JOSSO (Java Single Sign On) project which with support for SAML and other standards has become a widely used technology in the identity management space. SAML works with Federated Identity to allow disparate business applications both within and across corporate boundaries to work seamlessly. Atricore offers several versions of JOSSO.

Targeted squarely at the consumerization of IT trend exploding in workplaces worldwide, VMware Tuesday unveiled its Horizon App Manager. The management service, priced at $30 a user, is the first component to ship as part of the unified, virtual workspace vision the company unveiled as "Project Horizon" last summer.."It extends and it federates," said Noah Wasmer, VMware director of advanced development.

Intel and McAfee announced the Cloud Security Platform this week at Interop 2011 in Las Vegas. The CSP service is aimed at addressing AAA (authentication, authorization, and accounting), data and device governance, and stopping leakage of sensitive data via mobile devices, end users, social networks, and private cloud applications...Enterprises can extend identity-based access control to public cloud and SaaS provider sites; the system also supports federated identity management standards like SAML, OAUTH, and OpenID...

SecureAuth Corporation, a leader in identity enforcement for cloud, on-premise, VPN, and mobile resources, today announced at Interop 2011, a new version of SecureAuth IEP’s SSO and 2-factor authentication that takes full advantage of the Android mobile operating system.