Sun Google Security Support
April 24, 2009
Now that Sun Microsystems has been rescued by Oracle, the news about Sun’s tailoring some of its security services to support Google Apps slipped into the media stream. Sun has tweaked its identity services so that it plays more nicely with MySQL. You can read more detail here in “Sun Ties Identity Software to Google Apps Premier, Amazon Cloud Platform” in Network World here. Sun’s support for Amazon’s cloud services hedges Sun’s bets. My view is that tension will rise between Oracle, Sun Microsystems’ and Google once the honeymoon ends. My research suggests that Google will be pulled deeper into0 enterprise data management. I don’t think the Googlers will be able to pass up an opportunity for more enterprise revenue.
Stephen Arnold, April 24, 2009