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OpenSSO Enterprise was built in collaboration with OpenSSO, the world’s open source, identity management project. With the addition of OpenSSO Enterprise, Sun’s comprehensive identity portfolio provides easy-to-use, flexible and scalable solutions that streamline and simplify the process of managing user identities across a variety of applications.

Sun allows customers to deploy commercial or open source versions of OpenSSO Enterprise, known by OpenSSO community members as Express builds, and provides full support and indemnification. As a result, customers benefit from an active open source community, support and service from Sun, direct access to Sun engineering and expertise, direct access to OpenSSO source code, and easy access to the latest product innovations.

OpenSSO Enterprise, formerly known as Sun Java(TM) System Access Manager and Sun Java(TM) System Federation Manager, offers a simplified and more intuitive end-user experience. As a result, customers who purchase or upgrade to OpenSSO Enterprise will receive a product that is quick-and-easy to deploy. Main components of the OpenSSO Enterprise solution include:

– Access Management with Embedded Directory Server: in addition to the embedded directory, the new centralized server configuration and centralized agent configuration help reduce the time associated with deploying and maintaining a complex Web access management solution.

– Federation: Sun OpenSSO Enterprise offers a multi-protocol federation hub as well as a lightweight, high-speed federation package called a Fedlet, which provides a new way for service providers to federate with an identity provider in minutes without the need for a standalone federation product or infrastructure. Partner support is included under the identity providers license.

– Secure Web Services: OpenSSO Enterprise provides a standardized, repeatable way to secure Web services within an organization. No plug-ins are necessary and developers and integrators can leverage out-of-box tooling by the NetBeans(TM) IDE and the GlassFish(TM) application server. Sun OpenSSO Enterprise also includes a Security Token Service (STS) that centralizes the process of issuing, validating and translating Web service tokens. Moreover, Sun’s STS — unlike others — can be deployed standalone to support third-party solutions.

Pricing Information

Customers interested in purchasing OpenSSO Enterprise have two options — license all product features or federation only. The entry-level pricing for the entire product is a fixed price of $40,000 (USD) for less than 25,000 users. The entry-level pricing for federation only is a fixed price of $20,000 (USD) for less than 25,000 users and includes unlimited partner connections. For implementations with more than 25,000 users, pricing is based on a per user pricing model. Customers can also obtain OpenSSO Enterprise as part of a Sun Java(TM) Identity Management Suite subscription or Sun Java(TM) Enterprise System (JES) subscription.