Dave Kearns (Network World) on the SSO Summit

"The attendance was small (a little over 100 attendees), but most were security and/or IT managers, execs and implementers from fairly large organizations. And all were willing to share their own experiences, and their questions, about the right path to take and the right reasons to take it for reducing the number of authentication points a user needed to see during the course of the business day."

"I did hear that some people had trouble getting their finance departments to sign off on a conference held at a ski resort, but I'll guarantee that no one went skiing. This was no junket, but a valuable learning experience."

"I should mention that the audience was very international – not usual for a “first annual” conference. I spoke with attendees from all over the U.S., Canada, the U.K., France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand and Brazil. The issues surrounding SSO, federation, governance, security, audit and other aspects of authentication are universal – the reasons why things are done (varying compliance issues, for example) differ but the mechanics of doing it are the same the whole world over."

We had a great time, and really appreciated you coming Dave!