2008 is going to be a good year for identity management-based collaboration

Security: Identity Management Alert NetworkWorld.com | Security Research Center | Update Your Profile 2008 is going to be a good year for identity management-based collaboration By Dave Kearns Responses to "prediction" newsletters usually come in hard and fast, and last week's predictions newsletter was no exception. I'll be talking about some of those reactions over the coming weeks but today I want to concentrate on one particular area: the convergence of federation, role-management and provisioning - along with entitlement management - to produce real tools for collaboration. Read full story Dave Kearns is the editor of IdM, the Journal of Identity Management as well as a consultant to both vendors and users of IdM technologies. He's written a number of books including the (sadly) now out of print "Complete Guide to eDirectory." His other musings can be found at the Virtual Quill, an Internet publisher which provides content services to network vendors: books, manuals, white papers, lectures and seminars, marketing, technical marketing and support documents. Virtual Quill provides "words to sell by..." Find out more by e-mail. Comments to this newsletter can be e-mailed to Dave here.  MORE STORIES SPONSORED BY SILVER PEAK Best Practices for WAN Optimization with Data Replication Learn the keys for successful data protection across the WAN in this informative whitepaper, Best Practices for Deploying WAN Optimization with Data Replication. Get tips on how to configure these platforms and how to optimize your deployment. RELATED NEWS: Podcast: Top Identity Management trends for 2008 As part of our Prediction Week of podcasts, we talk with David Ting from Imprivata about the top identity management predictions and issues for the year. 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