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The News Never Changes
Found in San Francisco. Guess the news is the same today as it was in 1897.
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Push vs. Pull in identity — sounds familiar?
The blogosphere is buzzing over Bob Blakley’s recent presentation at the Gartner/Burton Catalyst conference. The issue seems to be this, as expressed by Ben Goodman of Novell: According to Blakley’s assertions, identity management today is based on a “push” model as IdM applications centrally store user entitlements and those entitlements are “pushed” out to the…
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WikiLeaks and the End of the Establishment
This time around, it’s serious. The recent publication of the massive Kabul war diary by WikiLeaks signals the end of business as usual for the establishment. This publication happens to target the military establishment, but its reverberations will be felt in all parts of society, and eventually, in all countries and regions. Back in the…
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The New New Open Stack
Seems there’s a new kid in town. The old kid was the Open Stack for identity and social media protocols, or as I sometimes referred to, the Open Pile. Today, Rackspace and a few other companies apparently announced a new Open Stack, which has nothing to do with the old one. Instead, it appears that…
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How I’d like to Fly
I arrive at the airport. At curbside, I drop my (to be checked) bags onto the conveyor belt. Takes 10 seconds. As I walk through the front door of the terminal, my smart phone rings and confirms the number and weight of my bags. It also gives me specific instructions how to get to my…