The metasystem includes all foundational identity technologies

On a flight from Sydney to S.Francisco. We were supposed to leave at 1:55pm, we took off almost at 9:00pm. I am really, really pissed off and the only thing that lightens up my mood is re-reading the great comments that the Australian TechEd attendees left on as feedback for the couple of sessions I gave this week . Thanks guys for the kind words, and again thank you for dealing so nicely with my difficult accent! I haven't seen the feedback from New Zealand , yet if it's half as nice as this one

The latest issue of the Architecture Journal is available for download here (I am breaking the news even before the rest of the pages are updated from issue 15 to issue16: see how much I care about you?;-)). What makes this especially interesting is that issue 16 is entirely dedicated to identity! I have to admit that I've yet to read most of the articles, but I've definitely went through 2 of them: One is an interview/profile with Kim Cameron. It's a nice read, and I am sure you'll enjoy to know

Timely patching of one's operating system needs to be one of the host of requirements placed on any identity provider

Ahh, I’ve been looking forward for this post for a looong time. We just made available for download the bits of the Beta of “Zermatt” Developer Identity Framework . “ Zermatt ” is the codename of a .NET framework that helps developers build claims-aware applications to address challenging application security requirements using a simplified application access model. Let me expand a bit on that. If you want to develop applications that take advantage of claims & identity Metasystem goodness in

Microsoft has released a beta of its most important developer tool to date

Amongst other things, those that attract lots of users.

Brett McDowell, executive director of Liberty Alliance, is one of the founding members.

Sean Nolan explains his approach to user-centric identity

Neil says the issue is not with the language you use to perform the querybut where the data is located