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.

Bitium
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryCloud computing
Founded2012; 12 years ago (2012)
FoundersErik Gustavson
Scott Kriz
Defunct2019
SuccessorGoogle Cloud
HeadquartersSanta Monica, California
Key people
Scott Kriz, CEO
ProductsBitium single sign-on and identity management
ParentGoogle
Websitehttps://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

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On 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Bitium Drops Into Google Apps Marketplace To Give Enterprises Certainty".
  2. ^ a b "Google acquires Bitium to boost its cloud identity management capabilities | VentureBeat". venturebeat.com. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  3. ^ "10 Cloud Security Startups to Watch in 2014".
  4. ^ Tsidulko, Joseph. "Google Buys Identity Management Startup Bitium | CRN". www.crn.com. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  5. ^ "Welcome Bitium to Google Cloud". Google. 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  6. ^ Etherington, Darrell. "Google Cloud acquires cloud identity management company Bitium". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
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