Vmware, Inc.

Abhishek Soni

Lakshman Rao Abburi

Michael Almond

Jagjit Singh Sethi

Balamurugan Kannan

Dongwei Feng

Systems and techniques are described for authenticating a user. A described technique includes receiving, by an identity management application running on a user computer, a request to authenticate a user to access a user application using the user computer. The technique includes determining, by the identity management application, that a mobile device associated with the user is connected to the user computer using a short distance wireless connection. The technique includes requesting, by the identity management application running on the user computer, authentication information for the user from the mobile device over the short distance wireless connection. The technique includes receiving, by the identity management application running on the user computer, the authentication information for the user from the mobile device over the short distance wireless connection. In response to receiving the authentication information, the technique includes authenticating the user to access the user application using the user computer.

Phone factor authentication

Techniques for communicating between service nodes within a hybrid cloud computing system. These techniques include utilizing a messaging provider within an off-premise computing system to pass messages between off-premise servers holding a connection to an on-premise computer system and off-premise servers holding a connection to an end user computer system.

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Abhishek Soni