IMAP and POP3 email systems are some of the most vital systems which operate in many companies today.  No other system captures the users’ time and attention as much.  No other system manages such vital information for the organization and for the user.

For a wide variety of reasons, Google Apps is quickly growing in popularity as a major productivity and collaboration platform. 

Many organizations require support for both IMAP and/or POP3 email systems and Google Apps.

From both a security perspective, and to enable personal and organizational productivity, support for Single Sign On between IMAP and/or POP3 email systems and Google Apps is critically important.

SAML 2.0 is the standard that has been embraced by the marketplace as the dominant protocol for enabling SSO between disparate systems.

Providing support for SAML 2.0 based Single Sign On between POP3 and/or IMAP email systems and Google Apps is a vital requirement for many organizations today.  Many more organizations will require this key SSO capability as more and more Google Apps implementations occur.