Organizations all over the world are moving to the cloud at record numbers. However, while moving to the cloud they are finding a universal problem; manual approaches to provisioning and managing users across SaaS Application ‘silos’ are breaking down. This is causing significant security and compliance risks and operational costs for organizations migrating to the cloud.

SaaS and cloud-based solutions are migrating mission critical applications outside the firewall, requiring organizations to take a new approach to provisioning and identity management. IT departments and the global SaaS industry require a new generation of solutions and services that fully address cloud-based user provisioning and permissions while leveraging enterprise controls.

This white paper focuses on the unique characteristics of the SaaS business model, the convergence of enterprise business process and on-demand environments, and the resulting requirements IT teams must internalize.