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Rapattoni SSO connects with eNeighborhoods MLSAlliance
MLSAlliance adopts SAML 2.0 to be compliant with Single Sign-On
portals
SIMI
VALLEY, Calif., October 29, 2007 – eNeighborhoods
announced today that its MLSAlliance data sharing platform is
now SAML 2.0 compliant, paving the way for the product to work
with Single Sign-On (SSO) identity portals. Rapattoni
Corporation's SSO feature, which is available to all Rapattoni
MLS customers, can now include links to MLSAlliance systems. The
first deployment of the new SSO feature went live this month on
the California MLSAlliance system for the nearly 50,000 members
of Quattro, a data-sharing initiative in Northern California
that utilizes Rapattoni MLS. Quattro was founded in 2006 by the
San Francisco Association of REALTORS®, MetroList Services, Inc.
in Sacramento, and the Bay Area Real Estate Information
Services, Inc.
Rapattoni provides SSO software and hosting for all of its MLS
customers to take advantage of at their option. This feature
allows members to log on one time — using their user ID and
password, and optionally a stronger token-based authentication —
and then be able to access any other authorized website without
having to log on again.
The California MLSAlliance, developed and managed by
eNeighborhoods, is an MLS gateway providing agents and brokers
with a single source for accessing real estate information
throughout California. The system provides 185,000 brokers and
agents in California with access to over 2.5 million active
listings and off-market properties from 47 local real estate
associations.
"Working with Rapattoni's technology staff we were able to
accomplish SAML 2.0 compliance in just a few weeks," said Dan
Woolley, senior vice president of technology for eNeighborhoods.
"SSO technology opens many important opportunities for the real
estate industry. It paves the way for effective reciprocal
agreements between MLSs, it facilitates MLS data sharing, and at
the same time it brings wonderful convenience to MLS
subscribers."
Rapattoni's Single Sign-On (SSO) feature is
based on the security industry standard SAML technology. This
technology allows the customer to establish "trust"
relationships between websites. Rapattoni's SSO program creates
and sends an attached SAML "file" along with a link that can be
received by any complying vendor's website. This process allows
the user to avoid repeated logons. Once the user has gained
access to a compliant remote site, they can move freely between
the websites.
About eNeighborhoods, LLC
eNeighborhoods™ is the nation's premier compiler of real estate
related home and neighborhood information, providing the real
estate and marketing services industries with a comprehensive
set of marketing and analytical tools. In 2002, eNeighborhoods
became an endorsed REALTOR Benefits® of the National Association
of REALTORS®. The company provides MLS data sharing and
marketing tools to top MLS organizations in the United State,
Canada, and Australia. The company also powers the Internet's
top real estate franchise website, remax.com, and maintains
strategic alliances with major real estate franchisers,
including RE/MAX International, Realogy, Century 21, Coldwell
Banker, ERA, EXIT Realty, GMAC, Keller Williams, Prudential,
Realty Executives and, as well as many of the major independent
brokerages. eNeighborhoods is the proud founding sponsor of
NAR's Good Neighbor Awards which educates, encourages and
rewards outstanding community service by real estate
professionals throughout the country. eNeighborhoods is owned by
Dominion Enterprises, Inc., a leading media and information
services company serving employment, real estate, automotive,
recreation and industrial markets in the United States. Dominion
Enterprises has over 6,600 employees nationwide and 2006 annual
revenue of over $850 million. For more information on the
companies, visit
www.eneighborhoods.com and
www.dominionenterprises.com.
About Rapattoni Corporation
Rapattoni Corporation has been serving the real estate industry
under the same name and management for 37 years. The company
provides an array of integrated products and services for real
estate associations and MLS organizations including Internet MLS
systems, association management software, and Secure Logon with
Single Sign-On identity portals for online security and
convenience. Rapattoni is fully certified as a NAR Realtor®
Secure provider, and continuing its rapid growth as an MLS
system provider with more than 100 MLS organizations under
contract and approximately 300,000 agents served. The company's
association management customers represent more than 85% of the
nation's Realtors®. Rapattoni's headquarters and
state-of-the-art Internet data center are located in Simi
Valley, California.
For more information contact Public Relations Manager Paula
Allen at (800) 722-7338, or visit the company's website at
http://www.rapattoni.com.
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