Bitium was a developer of the cloud service Bitium, which provided single sign-on and identity management for software as a service (SaaS) cloud-based applications before its merger into Google Cloud. Bitium allowed end users to access all of their cloud software accounts using a single set of login credentials. The product could integrate with cloud apps using SAML for enhanced security.
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Cloud computing |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Founders | Erik Gustavson Scott Kriz |
| Defunct | 2019 |
| Successor | Google Cloud |
| Headquarters | Santa Monica, California |
Key people | Scott Kriz, CEO |
| Products | Bitium single sign-on and identity management |
| Parent | |
| Website | https://www.bitium.com |
Bitium also allowed companies to extend their existing directory structured to cloud apps. Bitium could integrate with Active Directory, LDAP, HRIS, Google Apps[1] and other on-premises directories to allow for centralized user access and control.
Bitium was founded by Erik Gustavson and Scott Kriz.[2]
Bitium was backed by venture capital firm Polaris Partners and was an early graduate of the Amplify.LA accelerator. The corporate office was located in a building which was the former studio of artist Richard Diebenkorn. Bitium had been featured at CIO.com.[3]
Acquisition
editOn September 26, 2017, Google Cloud announced that it acquired Bitium,[4] a step towards better management of enterprise-grade cloud customer services across an organization, through integration of features like setting security levels and access policies for applications.[5][2][6] At the end of September 2018, Bitium announced that it would close down all accounts for customers outside the United States, Canada and Mexico at the end of 2018.[citation needed]
Bitium was fully merged with Google Cloud and ceased to exist in 2019.[citation needed] However, some of its technology is still used by Google.[citation needed]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Bitium Drops Into Google Apps Marketplace To Give Enterprises Certainty".
- ^ a b "Google acquires Bitium to boost its cloud identity management capabilities | VentureBeat". venturebeat.com. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
- ^ "10 Cloud Security Startups to Watch in 2014".
- ^ Tsidulko, Joseph. "Google Buys Identity Management Startup Bitium | CRN". www.crn.com. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ "Welcome Bitium to Google Cloud". Google. 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
- ^ Etherington, Darrell. "Google Cloud acquires cloud identity management company Bitium". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2017-09-27.