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With the ever increasing mergers and acquisitions happening in the global world and the need to get the heterogenous systems to work quickly at the merged companies, the need for federated identity is getting critical. Add to the M&A phenomenon, the growing relationship with partners and customers implies the need for users from outside the secure domain to access resources.

SAML specification is doing a commendable job in addressing this issue.

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