More businesses are moving to the cloud,and a new offering from Verizon powered by Novell technology will give enterprise clients the much-needed security to run their cloud-based applications. Secure Access Services from Verizon - a new on-demand identity and access management service - will make it easy and cost-effective for enterprise clients to outsource the infrastructure and expertise required to extend and manage user access to cloud-based resources while maintaining control over policies and governance. According to industry experts,adoption of cloud technologies is quickly gaining momentum,with about one-third of enterprises having some enterprise applications or business processes running in the cloud and an additional 16 percent planning to migrate applications or processes in the next 12 months. Security is the No. 1 cloud concern among IT professionals,with some experts cautioning without an adequate identity management and security framework,enterprises are putting themselves at real risk. Many companies today rely on traditional premises-based identity and access management software for securing access to corporate applications. These deployments often involve complex integrations,lengthy deployments,extensive upfront software and hardware purchases,and significant ongoing operational and staffing costs. With Secure Access Services from Verizon,enterprises can quickly tap into centralized management of Web access to applications and network services,identity federation and Web single sign-on - without additional hardware or software,or dedicated IT resources. The services built-in audit features can also help clients ease the burden of compliance reporting related to the access of systems and data.
