We interviewed David yesterday and asked him our standard SOA vendor questions. Considering it was the first interview, we think it went OK… There were a couple of interesting things to come out of the interview: Cape Clear markets itself as an ESB vendor, but its view of what is “in” an ESB is much [...]
Posted on Wednesday, February 28, 2007 by adminWe let our podcasting get a little bit behind (well actually 3 months or so behind…) recently, and so we’re trying to make up for it now. We have two initiatives underway, and this is the first (you’ll find about the second one soon). We’ve just recorded the first of a series of interviews with [...]
Posted on Wednesday, February 28, 2007 by adminUncategorized
We’ve been meaning to blog about TIBCO’s ActiveMatrix product family for a few weeks now, since we were briefed on it in December. However it took a while for us to get to a point where we felt we had something particularly “aha” to say about it. What makes ActiveMatrix so potentially valuable is also [...]
Posted on Friday, February 16, 2007 by adminUncategorized
If you’re interested in what’s happening (and there’s a lot) in the world of user-centric and federated identity you’ll want to know about Microsoft’s CardSpace, OASIS’ SAML, OpenID and the Liberty Alliance’s ID-Web Services Framework (ID-WSF), all of which I have discussed here in one way or another. Given recent developments, it’s also important to [...]
Posted on Thursday, February 8, 2007 by adminUncategorized
So EMC has announced that it plans to sell off 10% of VMware via an IPO. I may not be a financial analyst but this seems like a pretty smart move by Joe Tucci et al. Virtualisation is hot, as VMware’s 86% revenue growth in 2006 clearly shows, and EMC sees an opportunity to exploit [...]
Posted on Thursday, February 8, 2007 by adminUncategorized
Bill Gates’ keynote yesterday at the RSA Conference was his last. He is handing over to chief research and strategy officer, Craig Mundie, with whom he shared the stage yesterday. Gates marked his departure with a couple of significant identity-related announcements: one primarily focussed at the consumer, the other at the enterprise. The first concerned [...]
Posted on Wednesday, February 7, 2007 by adminUncategorized
A couple of interesting CardSpace items of note. The first comes via Kim Cameron, Microsoft’s Identity Architect, and highlights how Otto (a German online retailer) is using CardSpace for its rich client shopping application. The post should of interest to any organisations considering CardSpace-based authentication since it explains the process through which individuals get a [...]
Posted on Tuesday, February 6, 2007 by adminUncategorized
I highlighted (with more than a little cynicism) Symantec’s Security 2.0 vision back in October. Yesterday, at the DEMO conference, the company announced one element of that vision – its Identity Initiative – and demonstrated the Norton Identity Client. This is good news for those promoting user-centric identity, given Symantec’s solid footprint in the consumer [...]
Posted on Thursday, February 1, 2007 by admin
