Abstract: For efficient deployment of thin client applications to an end user, an apparatus for efficient deployment of thin client applications to an end user is disclosed. A method and computer program product also perform the functions of the apparatus. The apparatus, in one embodiment, includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor, wherein the code identifies, on a server, a first file package for a thin client application, the first file corresponding to a current version of the thin client application, receives identifying information for a second file package stored on a local device, compares the first file package to the second file package, and determines a minimum set of updates needed to transform the second file package into a copy of the first file package, in response to the first file package differing from the second file package.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, from an end user device, authentication data of a user of a web service; storing, in a single sign-on service, data for authenticating the user to the web service; receiving, at the single sign-on service, one or more initiations for the web service from the user; generating, using a processor, anticipatory sign-on data for the user based on the one or more initiations for the web service; and storing, at the single sign-on service, the anticipatory sign-on data. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Abstract: For efficient deployment of thin client applications to an end user, an apparatus for efficient deployment of thin client applications to an end user is disclosed. A method and computer program product also perform the functions of the apparatus. The apparatus, in one embodiment, includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor, wherein the code identifies, on a server, a first file package for a thin client application, the first file corresponding to a current version of the thin client application, receives identifying information for a second file package stored on a local device, compares the first file package to the second file package, and determines a minimum set of updates needed to transform the second file package into a copy of the first file package, in response to the first file package differing from the second file package.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, from an end user device, authentication data of a user of a web service; storing, in a single sign-on service, the authentication data; receiving, at the single sign-on service, one or more initiations for the web service; generating, using a processor, real-world placeholder data for the user; and employing the real-world placeholder data in an automated sign-on process to the web service. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, from an end user device, authentication data of a user of a web service; storing, in a single sign-on service, the authentication data; receiving, at the single sign-on service, one or more initiations for the web service; generating, using a processor, real-world placeholder data for the user; and employing the real-world placeholder data in an automated sign-on process to the web service. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, from an end user device, authentication data of a user of a web service; storing, in a single sign-on service, data for authenticating the user to the web service; receiving, at the single sign-on service, one or more initiations for the web service from the user; generating, using a processor, anticipatory sign-on data for the user based on the one or more initiations for the web service; and storing, at the single sign-on service, the anticipatory sign-on data. Other aspects are described and claimed.