From the Trenches at Sun Identity, Part 4: Virtual Federation, a Pioneering Way for Exchanging Authentication Data
Sun identity architect Rajeev Angal describes the challenges enterprises face with federation and explains how virtual federation, a unique capability in the upcoming Sun Federated Access Manager, effectively resolves all the issues.

Updated: Securing Applications With Identity Services, Part 1: Authentication
Learn how to configure OpenSSO so as to authenticate users with identity-service interfaces that support SOAP with WSDL and REST. This updated article reflects the latest UI and parameters for the REST operations.

An Overview and Demonstration of OpenSSO and Federation
At CommunityOne 2008, Sun's identity management experts describe the latest model of effecting single sign-on and the process of federating across enterprises with OpenSSO.

Developer-centric Q&As! Nine sections are now available: General; Administration Console; Authentication; Single Sign-On (SSO) and Sessions; Liberty Alliance and SAML (1) and (2); Identity Management; Service Management SDK; and Performance and Sizing, Policy, Session Failover and Deployment, and Agents.

Also see the general FAQs on Sun's identity management products and find out why you should choose them:

• Sun Java System Access Manager FAQ
• Sun Java System Directory Server FAQ
• Sun Java System Federation Manager FAQ
• Sun Java System Identity Manager FAQ

Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 Documentation Read the Release Notes, Technical Overview, Administration Guide, Developer's Guide, Performance Tuning Guide, and more.

Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.3 Documentation View the Release Notes, Evaluation Guide, Deployment Planning Guide, Installation Guide, Migration Guide, and other guides.

Sun Java System Federation Manager 7.0 Get the Release Notes, User's Guide, and more.

Sun Java System Identity Manager 7.1 Browse the Release Notes, Administration Guide, Deployment Tools Guide, Installation Guide, and Resources Reference.

These business-level white papers examine the challenges facing enterprises today and show the role identity management plays in solving those issues:

Identity Management Case Studies
Check out these identity management-related customer success stories.