Identity management in 2007: Oracle goes shopping, federation gets interoperability

Security: Identity Management Alert NetworkWorld.com | Security Research Center | Update Your Profile Identity management in 2007: Oracle goes shopping, federation gets interoperability By Dave Kearns Before getting to my predictions for this coming year in identity management, let's take a look back at 2007 - including Oracle's identity shopping spree and the efforts by industry bodies to advance convergence and interoperability - and compare those activities to our expectations. 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 MESSAGELABS Executive Guide: A look at data protection Read this Executive Guide, "Keeping Data Safe and Found," to learn the latest news, analysis, and real-world user advice on protecting corporate data. This comprehensive Executive Guide examines technologies and methodologies, the cost of regulatory compliance and how IT professionals are juggling these issues today. Learn more today. Download this Executive Guide now. RELATED NEWS: Personal information record losses reach new heights, 01/02/08 More than 120 million people in the U.S. had personal data exposed in 2007 as identity theft reached record heights. That's according to research from the nonprofit organization the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) which reported 446 separate breaches exposing 128 million records. 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