Ping Identity's Open Source Identity Federation Toolkits Surpass 10,000 Downloads

Building Upon SourceID for SAML, Ping Identity Announces the Immediate Availability of PingFederate v2.0, a Commercial Identity Federation Gateway

Denver, CO – March 2, 2005

Ping Identity Corporation (www.pingidentity.com) today announced that over 10,000 copies of the SourceID™ identity federation toolkits have been downloaded from the SourceID open source website (www.sourceid.org). SourceID is the leading open source project for identity federation - with numerous federation deployments in production. SourceID offers toolkits for open federation standards such as Liberty Alliance, SAML, and WS-Federation.

Andre Durand, CEO of Ping Identity, commented, "SourceID downloads have grown steadily over the past two years. Building upon this success, we're delighted to announce the immediate availability of PingFederate v2.0, a commercial identity federation gateway which leverages SourceID for SAML to provide sophisticated out-of-the-box federation functionality to IT administrators. As the market and the demands for federation solutions mature, we saw the need to provide not only developer level tools for federation, but an administrator level product as well. PingFederate provides this functionality, reducing costs and deployment times while leveraging standards for maximum interoperability."

Federated Identity allows enterprises and service providers to securely link and exchange identity information across partner, supplier and customer organizations. Federation takes an open, standards-based approach that eliminates the cost overruns, security loopholes, and user inconvenience caused by rigid, proprietary, "silo-ed" application architectures. Federated Identity has become a key initiative and competitive differentiator for Global 2000 businesses.

For more information about Ping Identity's solutions see www.pingidentity.com, or call 303.468.2882.

About SourceID

SourceID (www.sourceid.org) is the most widely used open source toolkit for identity federation. SourceID's multi-protocol support and workflow architecture make it a powerful and unique choice for developers and enterprises engaged in federated identity pilots and production deployments.

About Ping Identity Corporation

Ping Identity Corporation (www.pingidentity.com) provides advanced software and intelligent services for simplified identity federation. Ping's products focus exclusively on open standards, ease of deployment, and secure scalability. Ping's recent release of their commercial federation gateway - PingFederate - under the unique "pay as you succeed" licensing model, is the market leader for identity federation.

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