<s>
Bitium	B-Application
was	O
a	O
developer	O
of	O
the	O
cloud	B-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
Bitium	B-Application
,	O
which	O
provided	O
single	O
sign-on	O
and	O
identity	O
management	O
for	O
software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
(	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
)	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
applications	O
before	O
its	O
merger	O
into	O
Google	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bitium	B-Application
allowed	O
end	O
users	O
to	O
access	O
all	O
of	O
their	O
cloud	O
software	O
accounts	O
using	O
a	O
single	O
set	O
of	O
login	O
credentials	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bitium	B-Application
also	O
allowed	O
companies	O
to	O
extend	O
their	O
existing	O
directory	O
structured	O
to	O
cloud	O
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bitium	B-Application
could	O
integrate	O
with	O
Active	B-Protocol
Directory	I-Protocol
,	O
LDAP	B-Protocol
,	O
HRIS	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
Apps	I-Application
and	O
other	O
on-premises	O
directories	O
to	O
allow	O
for	O
centralized	O
user	O
access	O
and	O
control	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bitium	B-Application
was	O
backed	O
by	O
venture	O
capital	O
firm	O
Polaris	O
Partners	O
and	O
was	O
an	O
early	O
graduate	O
of	O
the	O
Amplify.LA	O
accelerator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bitium	B-Application
had	O
been	O
featured	O
at	O
CIO.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
26	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Google	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
announced	O
that	O
it	O
acquired	O
Bitium	B-Application
,	O
a	O
step	O
towards	O
better	O
management	O
of	O
enterprise-grade	O
cloud	O
customer	O
services	O
across	O
an	O
organization	O
,	O
through	O
integration	O
of	O
features	O
like	O
setting	O
security	O
levels	O
and	O
access	O
policies	O
for	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
September	O
2018	O
Bitium	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
close	O
down	O
all	O
accounts	O
for	O
customers	O
outside	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
Canada	O
or	O
Mexico	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bitium	B-Application
was	O
fully	O
merged	O
with	O
Google	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
and	O
ceased	O
to	O
exist	O
in	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
some	O
of	O
its	O
technology	O
is	O
still	O
used	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
