tuesdaynight » Identity Management http://www.tuesdaynight.org spots of thoughts: ian glazer and friends rant, rave and ruminate Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:33:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Waiter – there’s no (more) identity in my blog http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2010/05/13/waiter-theres-no-more-identity-in-my-blog.html http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2010/05/13/waiter-theres-no-more-identity-in-my-blog.html#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 21:47:50 +0000 Ian Glazer http://www.tuesdaynight.org/?p=637 Sorry to interrupt you attempting to set you Facebook privacy settings, but I have to tell you something. I’ve got me a new blog over at Gartner. You can get all my rambling goodness on identity management related stuff over there. As for the rants about privacy, they are likely going to stay here, but [...]]]> Sorry to interrupt you attempting to set you Facebook privacy settings, but I have to tell you something. I’ve got me a new blog over at Gartner. You can get all my rambling goodness on identity management related stuff over there. As for the rants about privacy, they are likely going to stay here, but you never can tell.

Also, I am thinking of building a new version of Privacy Mirror to use the graph API. Any one have feature requests?

]]> http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2010/05/13/waiter-theres-no-more-identity-in-my-blog.html/feed 0 T Minus 7 days to Catalyst EU http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2010/04/12/t-minus-7-days-to-catalyst-eu.html http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2010/04/12/t-minus-7-days-to-catalyst-eu.html#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:10:29 +0000 Ian Glazer http://www.tuesdaynight.org/?p=628 I’ve been a bit quiet on Tuesdaynight lately… sorry – it has been a bit crazy around here lately.

At any rate, we are 7 days away from Burton Group Catalyst EU! In the 7+ years that I’ve been involved in one way shape or form with Burton Group, I’ve never been to a Catalyst [...]]]> I’ve been a bit quiet on Tuesdaynight lately… sorry – it has been a bit crazy around here lately.

At any rate, we are 7 days away from Burton Group Catalyst EU! In the 7+ years that I’ve been involved in one way shape or form with Burton Group, I’ve never been to a Catalyst EU – so I am very excited. For those of you joining us, you are in for a treat – John Seely Brown will delivering the keynote for us. Besides Mr. Brown, the IdPS team has got some great content waiting for you:

  • Bob will kick things off with a look to the future identity architecture
  • I’ll be talking about the IdM market as a whole
  • Lori and I will have a serious conversation with our dear friend – provisioning

Fun for the whole family…

For those of you not heading to Prague, follow the conversation on Twitter. We’ll be using the #cat10 for the conference and the identity conversation will be on #idps.

See you there either in person or virtually…

]]> http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2010/04/12/t-minus-7-days-to-catalyst-eu.html/feed 0 Confirmation: HP to stop seeking new IdM customer http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2008/03/04/confirmation-hp-to-stop-seeking-new-idm-customer.html http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2008/03/04/confirmation-hp-to-stop-seeking-new-idm-customer.html#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:38:24 +0000 Ian Glazer http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2008/03/04/confirmation-hp-to-stop-seeking-new-idm-customer.html Bob, Lori, and Gerry at Burton Group have confirmed what I had heard only in rumor: HP is effectively pulling Identity Center from the market. It will continue to focus R&D on its existing Identity Center customer but will not be actively seeking new ones.I’d love to have seen what the business case was for [...]]]> Bob, Lori, and Gerry at Burton Group have confirmed what I had heard only in rumor: HP is effectively pulling Identity Center from the market. It will continue to focus R&D on its existing Identity Center customer but will not be actively seeking new ones.I’d love to have seen what the business case was for HP’s original acquisitions into the space and then the analysis to make this decision. Tough choices.

]]> http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2008/03/04/confirmation-hp-to-stop-seeking-new-idm-customer.html/feed 0 Filling the holes: thoughts on an EMC/Courion combo http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2008/02/08/filling-the-holes-thoughts-on-an-emccourion-combo.html http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2008/02/08/filling-the-holes-thoughts-on-an-emccourion-combo.html#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:57:37 +0000 Ian Glazer http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2008/02/08/filling-the-holes-thoughts-on-an-emccourion-combo.html So RSA’s parent company, EMC has entered into agreement with Courion to offer Courion’s suite of products including:

PasswordCourier – password management AccountCourier – user provisioning RoleCourier – role engineering and management ComplianceCourier – policy verification and self-assessment

This, as Ian Yip points out, does fill the gapping hole in the EMC/RSA identity management story [...]]]> So RSA’s parent company, EMC has entered into agreement with Courion to offer Courion’s suite of products including:

  • PasswordCourier – password management
  • AccountCourier – user provisioning
  • RoleCourier – role engineering and management
  • ComplianceCourier – policy verification and self-assessment

This, as Ian Yip points out, does fill the gapping hole in the EMC/RSA identity management story left by Oracle purchasing Thor, RSA’s old user provisioning partner.

The other side of this equation is that Courion has lacked a web access management tool.  That is not to say that I think they truly needed one and I applaud Courion for sticking to their knitting and making a really great business/end-user focused suite.  But that being said, they are in Gartner’s leadership quadrant for user provisioning with the big boys, all of whom have WAC/WAM capabilities.  In a toe-to-toe fight against those guys I am sure there are cases where no having a WAM product has hurt them.  (Although people proclaim the identity management suite dead or at least a non-issue, I have to imagine that there are still RFPs out there looking for the whole enchilada no matter how poorly integrated it might be.)  This is the long way around to say that RSA Access Manager (Securant not to be confused with Securent – anyone else confused by this?) helps fill a hole in the Courion family of products.

All in all if EMC were to actually buy Courion, it would be too surprising.  At the very least, it wouldn’t increase employees’ commute to work too much…

]]> http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2008/02/08/filling-the-holes-thoughts-on-an-emccourion-combo.html/feed 0 ERM and the organization: Kevin’s response http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2008/01/14/erm-and-the-organization-kevins-response.html http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2008/01/14/erm-and-the-organization-kevins-response.html#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:21:06 +0000 Ian Glazer http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2008/01/14/erm-and-the-organization-kevins-response.html A while back I had commented on consolidation in the role management world.  As I have said before, from product management and marketing perspectives, integrating a role management tool into an existing identity management suite is a no-brainer.  This is not to say that the implementation and deployment are no-brainers as well – so don’t [...]]]> A while back I had commented on consolidation in the role management world.  As I have said before, from product management and marketing perspectives, integrating a role management tool into an existing identity management suite is a no-brainer.  This is not to say that the implementation and deployment are no-brainers as well – so don’t get too excited Greg ;)   What is more interesting is where major vendors like Oracle and Sun will take enterprise roles management.

I had also mentioned that it would be great for Kevin Kampman of Burton to weigh in on the subject, and sure enough, he did.  I am intrigued by his concept of “return on organization.” But to see this return it first requires identity management vendors to share this value proposition with the parts of the enterprise that really care; it forces IdM vendors to sell to “the business.”  Making identity management truly relevant to the entire business has always been one of IdM’s challenges.  Role management does present a new way of taking older topics to a new audience but I wonder if potential customers are ready to hear it.

]]> http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2008/01/14/erm-and-the-organization-kevins-response.html/feed 0 Congratulations to IBM: Tivoli Identity Manager 5.0 is released! http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2007/12/13/congratulations-to-ibm-tivoli-identity-manager-50-is-released.html http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2007/12/13/congratulations-to-ibm-tivoli-identity-manager-50-is-released.html#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:55:10 +0000 Ian Glazer http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2007/12/13/congratulations-to-ibm-tivoli-identity-manager-50-is-released.html A hearty congrats to my friends and old co-workers at Tivoli on a job well done.  ITIM 5.0 has been officially released!

Having been part of the beta program, I can say that this is an amazing release.  A great deal of thought and research has gone into ITIM 5.0 and in the bits I [...]]]> A hearty congrats to my friends and old co-workers at Tivoli on a job well done.  ITIM 5.0 has been officially released!

Having been part of the beta program, I can say that this is an amazing release.  A great deal of thought and research has gone into ITIM 5.0 and in the bits I have seen, customers are really going to enjoy using it.  Yes, I said enjoy.  The new user interfaces are enjoyable to use.  Amazing and true.

Good work everyone.

]]> http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2007/12/13/congratulations-to-ibm-tivoli-identity-manager-50-is-released.html/feed 0 The Enterprise Role Management Integration Challenge http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2007/12/04/the-enterprise-role-management-integration-challenge.html http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2007/12/04/the-enterprise-role-management-integration-challenge.html#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:48:08 +0000 Ian Glazer http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2007/12/04/the-enterprise-role-management-integration-challenge.html Nishant, in a light hearted manner, took my post on Sun acquiring Vaau as a bit of a dare. This is how I responded to his comment:

Since I don’t believe that ERM is an end in and of itself, I am more curious where the market and technology will go now that two “suite” [...]]]> Nishant, in a light hearted manner, took my post on Sun acquiring Vaau as a bit of a dare. This is how I responded to his comment:

Since I don’t believe that ERM is an end in and of itself, I am more curious where the market and technology will go now that two “suite” vendors have made acquisitions. If, by orchestrating some sort of challenge between Oracle and Sun to integrate and innovate, I can help move things along, then yes, by all means, consider it a challenge. Maybe the gang at Burton Group can referee this?

How vendors like Sun and Oracle integrate their ERM acquisitions will have a very tangible impact on the future direction of identity management. Both are in a position to unlock the true value of enterprise role management.

The step of integrating ERM in user provisioning is a no brainer, though it will be interesting to see how fast each vendor can do it. What is more interesting is the step beyond that. I started to ruminate on that before… guess we’ll have to wait and see what comes.

In the meantime, it would be great if someone like Kevin Kampman would weigh in on this.

]]> http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2007/12/04/the-enterprise-role-management-integration-challenge.html/feed 4 The ERM World is Getting Smaller: Sun to acquire Vaau http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2007/11/14/the-erm-world-is-getting-smaller-sun-to-acquire-vaau.html http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2007/11/14/the-erm-world-is-getting-smaller-sun-to-acquire-vaau.html#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:05:21 +0000 Ian Glazer http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2007/11/14/the-erm-world-is-getting-smaller-sun-to-acquire-vaau.html A second enterprise roles management company has been acquired.  Sun has announced intent to buy Vaau.  Congrats to Sachin, Steve Tiches, and the rest of the gang at Vaau.  You are definitely joining a great team.

It will interesting to see how fast Sun can tie Vaau’s various components to their existing suite.  I have [...]]]> A second enterprise roles management company has been acquired.  Sun has announced intent to buy Vaau.  Congrats to Sachin, Steve Tiches, and the rest of the gang at Vaau.  You are definitely joining a great team.

It will interesting to see how fast Sun can tie Vaau’s various components to their existing suite.  I have to imagine that what was Identity Auditor, now part of Identity Manager, will be replaced entirely by Vaau’s identity audit capability.  Comparing Sun’s time to integrate Vaau to Oracle’s time to integrate Bridgestream ought to be interesting as well.

]]> http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2007/11/14/the-erm-world-is-getting-smaller-sun-to-acquire-vaau.html/feed 4 More coverage of Cisco and Securent http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2007/11/02/more-coverage-of-cisco-and-securent.html http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2007/11/02/more-coverage-of-cisco-and-securent.html#comments Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:46:33 +0000 Ian Glazer http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2007/11/02/more-coverage-of-cisco-and-securent.html I think that Phil’s take on this sits somewhere in between Dave’s cynicism and Eric’s unabashed joy.

I do agree with Dave in that I doubt that this acquisition signals a market consolidation – the entitlement market is too new.  Look at the role management market as an example: it’s been around for a few [...]]]> I think that Phil’s take on this sits somewhere in between Dave’s cynicism and Eric’s unabashed joy.

I do agree with Dave in that I doubt that this acquisition signals a market consolidation – the entitlement market is too new.  Look at the role management market as an example: it’s been around for a few years, lived longer than most expected, and just now are we seeing consolidation.

]]> http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2007/11/02/more-coverage-of-cisco-and-securent.html/feed 0 Identity Management and Photography http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2007/11/02/identity-management-and-photography.html http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2007/11/02/identity-management-and-photography.html#comments Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:39:12 +0000 Ian Glazer http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2007/11/02/identity-management-and-photography.html I love shooting without a flash. So does Bob and he just published a good public service announcement for shooting without using a flash. (I do like that second shot of Mike a lot.)

There are a bunch of people in the greater identity management world who would consider themselves amateur photographers. I wonder if [...]]]> I love shooting without a flash. So does Bob and he just published a good public service announcement for shooting without using a flash. (I do like that second shot of Mike a lot.)

There are a bunch of people in the greater identity management world who would consider themselves amateur photographers. I wonder if there is commonality of photography and IdM that practitioners of both find compelling.

From a content perspective, the aspects of a picture I take that I really like are, in some sense, a reflection of me. Maybe this photo/IdM thing comes back to relationships. We are looking for ourselves in our subjects.

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