* Breaking news from Microsoft Professional Developers Conference, IT Infrastructure Management Conference, Computer Security Institute Conference, Digital ID World, Yankee Group Telecom Forum * Counting down to Comdex * Links to free Network World Technology Tours Stuff goes here.At the recent IT Infrastructure Management conference Senior Writer Denise Dubie caught up with none other than William Shatner, best known as “Star Trek’s” Capt. James T. Kirk. Denise chatted with him after his keynote address at the show and found out why he doesn’t like voice-recognition technology and what he thinks is proliferating like tribbles. Read their Q&A below.Senior Editor John Fontana just got back from Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles, where Microsoft brass revealed further details of the company’s ambitions for Longhorn, which is expected in 2006. Read John’s reports below for what Microsoft has planned in the areas of identity management and Web services.News from Microsoft Professional Developers Conference, Los Angeles Microsoft eyes ID management, 11/03/03Microsoft is working on identity technology for its future Longhorn operating system that it hopes will evolve into a cross-platform, standard format that companies can use to secure digital relationships and share resources. https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1103msindentity.html?nlBeyond Windows-centric management, 11/03/03Microsoft last week unveiled a Web services-based technology intended to let its Windows-centric management tools work with other platforms such as Linux and Unix.https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1103msside.html?nlMicrosoft to release threat-modeling tool, 10/30/03Microsoft plans to publicly release a threat modeling tool it uses internally to help software developers create more secure software, the company said Thursday. https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1030msthreat.html?nlDevelopers get hands on Microsoft’s NGSCB, 10/30/03In addition to showing off its next-generation Longhorn operating system this week, Microsoft for the first time handed out code that underlies its closely watched Next-Generation Secure Computing Base security technology.https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1030pdcdev.html?nl Microsoft unveils development tools to support management, 10/29/03 Microsoft Wednesday unveiled a Web services-based technology intended to allow its Windows-centric management tools to integrate with other platforms such as Linux and Unix.https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1029msdev.html?nlMicrosoft, Vodafone outline mobile services plan, 10/29/03Microsoft and Vodafone Group published a technical road map and a white paper as part of their effort to allow PC applications to take advantage of services offered on mobile networks.https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1029msvoda.html?nlGates uncovers Longhorn, 10/27/03Microsoft on Monday used its annual Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles to uncover for the first time its Longhorn operating system, which officials said would be the biggest release of this decade.https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1027pdclon.html?nlNews from IT Infrastructure Management show, New OrleansTechies, tribbles and toilets, 11/03/03Best known as “Star Trek’s” Capt. James T. Kirk, William Shatner is something of a techie in real life, too. Last year he penned a book called I’m Working on That, A Trek from Science Fiction to Fact, and last week his keynote address kicked off the inaugural IT Infrastructure Management conference in New Orleans.https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1103shatner.html?nlHelp desks look to reinvent their mission, 11/03/03New automated systems are increasingly making help desks or at least some of their members expendable. But managers overseeing these support groups argue that phasing out people can only go so far.https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1103helpdesk.html?nlWeblog: The human factor, 11/03/03The power of people seemed to be on everyone’s minds last week at the IT Infrastructure Management show in New Orleans. This was true from the opening keynote delivered by William Shatner to a presentation by Kevin Mitnick to multiple presentations by enterprise IT managers. The show focused on more tightly integrating IT people, processes and technology to better serve business users.https://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/management/003688.html?nlNews from Computer Security Institute Conference and Exhibition, Washington, D.C.Cybersecurity a balancing act, former FBI head says, 11/04/03On one hand, U.S. businesses need to protect their trade secrets because national security is tied closely to economic security, but on the other hand encryption might be helping criminals hide their secrets, Louis Freeh, former director of the FBI, told a gathering of cybersecurity experts Monday.https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1104csicyb.html?nlCA unveils plans for identity management suite, 11/03/03Following recent announcements from competitors about identity management plans, Computer Associates said that it will join six of its eTrust products into a unified identity and access management suite.https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1103caunvei.html?nl30th annual CSI Conference kicks off, 11/03/03With memories of August’s worm outbreaks and recent spam attacks fresh in their minds, computer security experts will gather in Washington, D.C. this week for the annual Computer Security Institute Conference and Exhibition.https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/110330thannua.html?nlNews from Digital ID World, DenverLiberty Alliance vs. WS-Federation: Should we care?, 11/03/03At the recent Digital ID World conference, the Liberty Alliance trotted out a white paper, which the group believed marked a milestone or turning point in the evolution of federated identity services.https://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/dir/2003/1103id1.html?nlWeblog: Identity a key for Web services, 10/20/03I spent a few days last week at the Digital ID World conference in Denver where it was quite obvious that identity is a major issue for Web services rollouts and a major issue for the financial health of companies going forward.https://napps.nwfusion.com/weblogs/webservices/?nlNews from Yankee Group Telecom Forum, Arlington, VirginiaSprint’s Forsee: Reorganization ‘changing the culture of the company’, 11/05/03Sprint CEO Gary Forsee said the carrier’s reorganization plan is well underway and all pieces should be in place by Jan. 1.https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2003/1105forsee.html?nlCapellas looks to the future, 11/04/03CEO Michael Capellas this week mapped out the carrier’s 18-month product plan only days after receiving some of the best news the carrier has probably heard in well over a year.https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2003/1104capyankee.html?nl* COUNTING DOWN TO COMDEX 2003:Comdex Las Vegas 2003https://www.comdex.com/lasvegas2003/>Nov. 17-20IT security will be one of the major themes at Comdex Las Vegas. Symantec CEO John Thompson will deliver a keynote address on Wednesday, Nov. 19, and a bunch of security-related tutorials and conferences will run throughout the show. Conference topics include intrusion protection technologies, security policies, wireless LAN security, and Web threats and countermeasures.The tutorials will discuss hacking, secure access using SSL VPNs, and security essentials for managers.Click here for more about security topics at Comdex:https://www.comdex.com/lasvegas2003/exhib/themes/?s=security* NETWORK WORLD TECHNOLOGY TOURS – LANs: Orchestrating YourNetwork Assets (free registration), Nov. 5-13 at a city near you:Gigabit Ethernet hits user desktops…Offloads transform data center performance…Wireless switching drives explosion of wireless networks… The success stories of 2004 will be written at LANs: Orchestrating Your Network Assets, the new Network World Technology Tour event for November. 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