Security: Identity Management Alert
May. 11, 2008
Free-email newsletter: Identity management news and resources from NetworkWorld.
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
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, ...
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.
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
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'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 ...
Microsoft: Identity bus is end game for successful identity systems
Mar. 04, 2008
CHICAGO – The end game for corporate identity architectures is an
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.
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 ...
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.
2000 Power Issue, 12/25/00
Dec. 25, 2000
Our annual guide to total networking power
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.
Power Struggles: Stuck in directory limbo, 12/25/00
Dec. 25, 2000
The struggle to understand directory services begins with knowing Microsoft's Active Directory and Novell's eDirectory, but runs much deeper.
The power of prognostication
Dec. 18, 2000
Overall, I think I did pretty well as a prognosticator. (Of course, if I hadn't, I would probably not mention it here.) But what about the year to come?
When noise means nothing
Mar. 15, 1999
There's been a lot of noise on the directory services front over the past few weeks, but Macbeth's words probably best sum up the recent news: 'It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.'
Active Directory expands beyond Windows
Jul. 11, 2005
Microsoft last week extended its directory beyond Windows with the introduction of an interoperability program and agreements with key partners.
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.
Buzz roundtable: Directories, 09/27/99
Sep. 27, 1999
Read how Network World columnists deflate directory hype.
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