Provisioning/deprovisioning problematic for a third of organizations
Aug. 18, 2008
Every time we think we've finally gotten a handle on the user provisioning/deprovisioning issue something comes along to disabuse us of that notion. In this case it's the results of a survey of attendees at last spring' ...
Microsoft to unveil tools to push identity platform into the cloud
Oct. 27, 2008
Microsoft Tuesday will unveil an open identity platform code-named Geneva that extends to the cloud and includes development tools, gateway technologies and provides long-awaited support for the SAML 2.0 protocol.
Microsoft reveals holes in Active Directory; Apple's new MacBooks
Oct. 15, 2008
Microsoft Tuesday issued four critical patches to close 10 vulnerabilities, some on critical IT systems such as Active Directory; Apple Tuesday unveiled an entirely new lineup of laptop Macs, carved from blocks of ...
Microsoft reveals critical holes in Active Directory, mainframe gateway
Oct. 14, 2008
It's the mother of all patch days for enterprise IT shops, with both Microsoft and Oracle releasing critical software updates Tuesday.
11 Microsoft security updates due next week
Oct. 09, 2008
Next week will be a busy one for system administrators as Microsoft is planning to ship 11 security updates -- four of them rated critical -- for its products.
Is the metadirectory dead?
Mar. 10, 2008
Last week's Directory Experts Conference had eight vendor sponsors - and two of those were virtual directory companies! One was the grand-daddy of virtual directory vendors, Radiant Logic while the other was the "new ...
Microsoft to simplify directory management
Mar. 03, 2008
CHICAGO – Microsoft is developing a number of tools and technologies designed to make it easier to manage users in Active Directory and for companies to confirm identities with partners.
Windows group-management tools on tap
Jun. 12, 2008
Group management vendor Imanami this week unveiled GroupID 5, a tool for managing distribution and security groups in Windows.
Access Agents solve digital identity problems
May. 28, 2008
In all the discussion of IBM's recent purchase of Encentuate, I seem to have concentrated on its effect on IBM/Tivoli customers as well as on Passlogix, previous supplier of single sign-on technology for those customers ...
The Identity Bus vs. the virtual directory
May. 14, 2008
An anonymous reader posted to the Network World forum asking about the Identity Bus: "Using LDAP as the name or protocol for the Identity Bus makes it sound like a virtual directory to me. What would be the difference? ...
Context in identity
Apr. 21, 2008
Today I want to talk about a company I mentioned a year ago, with all intentions of telling you more about them. But even as I try to get them into today's newsletter, there's a timely issue to tell you about first, ...
Mailbag: Is the metadirectory dead?; Oracle's 2 billion entry directory
Apr. 02, 2008
Today I want to dip into the mailbag and share some readers' comments on recent newsletters. People had lots to say about the death of the metadirectory, the identity hub/bus and Oracle's 2 billion entry directory. So ...
The perfect vehicle for identity
Mar. 24, 2008
At the recent Directory Experts Conference (DEC), Microsoft's Stuart Kwan spoke of what's been called the "identity bus." His contention was that the Microsoft Identity Metasystem was the perfect vehicle (pun intended) ...
Is Microsoft's directory, identity management a service of the future?
Mar. 06, 2008
Microsoft is working on a series of upgrades to its directory and identity technologies in the coming months with the goal of creating a service-based identity platform.
Microsoft: Identity bus is end game for successful identity systems
Mar. 04, 2008
CHICAGO – The end game for corporate identity architectures is an "identity bus" that off-the-shelf applications can plug into in order to authenticate users and provide access control, according to Microsoft.
Microsoft's directory team forced to reconsider ignored standards
Mar. 04, 2008
Recent proclamations by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer that the company would move toward interoperability and support for standards is putting pressure on the head of the company's directory and identity development to ...
Intelius axes cell phone directory
Feb. 04, 2008
Bowing to pressure from consumers and Verizon, Washington-based information commerce company Intelius has announced that it will shut down its online cell phone directory.
Directory on tap for open source
May. 23, 2005
Red Hat next month is expected to provide a missing link in the open source software infrastructure with its release of source code for the Netscape directory server it acquired last year from AOL.
Microsoft switching SharePoint to claims-based authentication
Oct. 16, 2007
Claims-based model linked to Microsoft's Identity Metasystem moving from concept to application layer with SharePoint as the proof point
Directory Experts Conference attendees rate their Active Directory priorities - Network ...
Aug. 01, 2007
I'm not shy about telling people that the NetPro Directory Experts Conference (DEC) is THE place to be for anyone involved with Microsoft's Active Directory and its related technologies, including CardSpace, Identity ...
Longhorn, Active Directory and Kermit the Frog
May. 02, 2007
Last week was NetPro's annual Directory Experts Conference (DEC), an event that anyone connected with Microsoft identity, networking and directory technologies should attend. Over the years I've seen the attendance grow ...
Microsoft: Future for Active Directory is as identity provider
Apr. 24, 2007
Las Vegas – Microsoft Tuesday laid out a vision for Active Directory in which it will take on a major role in pushing out user identity data to applications and securing collaboration between users.
IBM prepping 64-bit, directory, authentication upgrades for delivery beyond Notes/Domino 8 ...
Jan. 24, 2007
Orlando – Even though IBM/Lotus won't send Notes/Domino 8 out for public beta until next month, the company is planning the next versions of the platform that will focus on the server and bring such changes as 64-bit ...
Active Directory, 12/27/99
Dec. 27, 1999
The new year may be a good time to get out the survival gear, because the network operating system landscape in 2000 is likely to be littered with more dead and wounded than a special edition of a Marvel comic book.
Wares extraordinaire: Active Directory, 11/15/99
Nov. 15, 1999
Mark Gibbs: We're about to witness a seismic event with Microsoft's release of Active Directory Services (ADS) as a subsystem of Windows 2000.
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