There are some acquisitions within the Identity space that come as no surprise. For example, when Sun acquired Vaau as a knee-jerk reaction to Oracle’s acquisition of BridgeStream (sorry, I had to get that jibe in), it came as no surprise. Equally, as the other independent role management vendors get bought up, that will be expected also. The only slight surprises may come from who buys who. However, every now… Read More »Strange Acquisitions
Yesterday, the BBC announced the their iPlayer can now be run on the Wii through the use of the Internet Channel and that they even hope to provide a separate channel to remove the dependancy on the Opera browser. I had to try it. How cool!!
I’m sure like me you are constantly getting invitations to the myriad of different social networking/web 2.0 sites out there. Personally, I have accounts on: FacebookLinkedInMySpaceNaymzPlaxoDel.icio.usClaimIDTechnoratiand i’m sure there are others…… I don’t have the time to keep all of these up to date, never mind joining any more. Looking specifically at the number of social networks out there, surely there has to be a point when these must start… Read More »Social Networks galore!!
As always, I am constantly talking to new people about Identity Management in the Enterprise. We always talk about the usual topics; provisioning, authentication, authorisation, audit etc. More and more recently I have been asked by people what my thoughts are on OpenID. Previously, these types of discussions were limited to the hardcore ID people such as the Identity Gang. But now, I seem to be getting asked the question… Read More »OpenID in the Enterprise
Its been a while since I last posted and I must admit I am way behind on reading other people’s blogs. Things have been hectic both at work and at home. However, I hope to start being a bit more active on my blog now and get back into the swing of posting regularly. I certainly have plenty to catch up on. Thanks for sticking with me!
Limitations in the characters that can be used in a URL can make for some interesting interpretations of website names. I can’t believe that the people who came up with these actual real website names didn’t spot their obvious ‘faux pas’. http://www.expertsexchange.com ‘Experts Exchange’ or ‘Expert Sex Change’ http://www.whorepresents.com ‘Who Represents’ or ‘Whore Presents’ http://www.penisland.net ‘Pen Island’ or ‘Penis Land’ http://www.therapistfinder.com ‘Therapist Finder’ or ‘The Rapist Finder’ Made me chuckle!!… Read More »Interesting web site names
Recently there has been a lot of coverage in the media on missing Madeleine McCann. Initially, there was a massive international manhunt and lots of coverage on all types of media (newspapers, television, radio, internet etc). Everyone was backing the McCanns in the search for their daughter, including a number of famous celebrities such as David Beckham and J.K. Rowling. However, over the past couple of weeks the Portugese police… Read More »Media Influence on Persona
San Francisco has redeemed itself. After my slightly derogatory comments earlier in the week, today I had chance to explore a bit more of the city. After walking round for several hours as well as driving a number of miles around, I managed to find the ‘better’ places in the city. I would love to come back to San Francisco when I aren’t working and bring my wife. She would… Read More »Better experience
I know I have been fairly quiet on the blogging front recently. Not only have I had a lot on at work but I have been travelling quite a bit. I also find it interesting when I travel to compare the different places I have been and to make some observations. Over the past couple of weeks I have been to both Munich and San Francisco. Unfortunately, I didn’t get… Read More »Recent travels
Finally, after much speculation and a couple of leaks on the Internet, Oracle has finally announced that they have bought Bridgestream for their Enterprise Role Management capabilities. Despite Mel’s thoughts that Oracle has paid over the odds for them, I think this is a very good announcement for Oracle. This acquisition stands to further enhance Oracle’s already comprehensive offering in the Identity and Access Management space and put them in… Read More »Its official (finally)