Abstract: The solution of the present application addresses the problem of authentication across disparately hosted systems by providing a single authentication domain across SaaS and cloud hosted applications as well as traditional enterprise hosted applications. An application delivery controller intermediary to a plurality of clients and the disparately hosted applications providing single sign on management, integration and control. A user may log in via an interface provided, controlled or managed by the ADC, which in turns, authenticates the user to the application in accordance with policy and the host of the application. As such, the user may login once to gain access to a plurality of disparately hosted applications. From the user's perspective, the user seamlessly and transparently gains access to different hosted systems with different passwords and authentication via the remote access provided by the system of the present solution.

Abstract: The solution of the present application addresses the problem of authentication across disparately hosted systems by providing a single authentication domain across SaaS and cloud hosted applications as well as traditional enterprise hosted applications. An application delivery controller intermediary to a plurality of clients and the disparately hosted applications providing single sign on management, integration and control. A user may log in via an interface provided, controlled or managed by the ADC, which in turns, authenticates the user to the application in accordance with policy and the host of the application. As such, the user may login once to gain access to a plurality of disparately hosted applications.