* IdM leaders weigh in on IT budgets, identity access and cloud computing
* Move could push OpenID into a better relationship with SAML-based SSO and federated system
* IdM leaders weigh in on mergers and acquistions in the near future
* Gartner purchases the analyst firm, which has had a good grasp of identity issues over the years
* Industry insiders agree that cloud computing security will be a major topic in the year ahead
* Recent terrorist act shows the limitations of siloed data
* And you thought you had many usernames to remember ...
* Standards, Y2K and vendor 'solutions' dominated the identity mgmt. news a decade ago
* Sentillion found its niche concentrating solely on IAM in the healthcare industry
* The problems and search for answers are the same in Europe as in the U.S.
