SaaS adoption is becoming more common place inside the enterprise. But making external SaaS applications work with internal identity, data and application systems is not trivial. Every SaaS applications introduces its own set of identity, data and application interface formats that need integration with internal systems. Moreover, the requirement that integration take place across the Internet also creates novel security and latency issues not evident in traditional internal integration projects. However a new class of SaaS integration gateway offers hope.

In this Webcast, Layer 7 will explain how a new class of SaaS and cloud aware integration gateway help enterprises make external SaaS applications look like internal resources to employees; Forrester Research Inc. will describe the challenges and critical design points for comprehensive application security in the Cloud. In this Webcast you will learn how to address the three most pressing issues in SaaS integration and connectivity through a single cloud connectivity gateway that addresses

1. SaaS Single Sign-on so that enterprises can leverage their existing LDAP, AD, SSO system to login to any SaaS application
2. How to control what data and application functionality is shared with the SaaS application without worrying about data and interface formats
3. How to track usage and monitor performance across multiple SaaS applications simultaneously from a single dashboard