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Social nets and identity fragmentation: faberNovel Consulting has mapped out some trends in social networking and digital identity. The research paper PDF here titled "Social network websites: best practices from leading services," compares LinkedIn and Xing and Match.com and Meetic. The research paper also touches on the how identity is changed by...; Tags: Fragmentation, Identity, Digital Identity, faberNovel Consulting, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2007-12-02
Podcast Potpourri: If youre interested in some terrific audio examinations of several of the topics irregularly covered here, be sure to check out these current offerings:on attention, the "Who Owns You" panel from Supernova 2006, at IT Conversationson digital identity, the PodLeaders interview with Kim Cameron (if digital identity is your thing,...; Tags: Uncategorized, Copyright, Identity, Licenses, Podcasting, Syndication, Attention, digital identity; Blog posts 2007-01-27
There's a user in there somewhere: This piece by Robert Young (on Om Malik's blog) caught my eye this morning. The blog entry outlines why social networks are the "new media," but it does so by highlighting the importance of digital identities.My interest in this should come as no surprise, especially in light of my recent...; Tags: digital identity, Web 2.0; Blog posts 2006-05-30
Stealth MXP: Comprehensive Digital Identities in One Device: Security tokens have been used for strong authentication of individuals to systems. They have traditionally come in many forms including smart cards, USB keys, biometric readers, and one-time-password devices. Despite the multitude of capabilities and form factors of tokens that have appeared in the market they have all been limited...; Tags: Digital Identity, Portability, MXP, Security; White papers 2006-04-06
Welcome to the Digital ID World blog: There are many formal definitions of Digital Identity (see here, and here, for examples.) Here at Digital Id World, you will find that Eric and I have one of the largest conceptual views of digital identity and its significance to networked computing that you will find anywhere. Given that, it...; Tags: identity; Blog posts 2006-04-04

MIIS 2003 Design Concepts for Correlating Digital Identities: The success of an identity integration solution is closely tied to the quality of the planning the users do upfront. To properly design and plan an identity integration solution, one must have a complete understanding of how the design decisions a person makes affect the data flow in and out...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Identity Integration Server, Digital Identity; White papers 2006-01-01
digital identity defined: Must watch: I've seen Dick Hardt's presentation on the nature of digital identity evolve over the last several months, and the version available here really captures the complexities of participating in an online world and how identity is at the center of the Web experience. Dick is the founder...; Tags: digital identity; Blog posts 2005-09-28
Identity Management as a Cybersecurity Case Study: As the Internet has become integral to the basic functioning of industrialized societies, so has cyber security become central to general security. However, the players involved in ensuring a secure cyberspace - that is, governments and private enterprises - may have different interests: One government's preferred order is anathema to...; Tags: Cyber Security, University Of Oxford, Digital Identity, Identity Management, Government; White papers 2005-09-08
A unifying theme for Microsoft?: David Berlind referenced this open letter by Eric Norlin in a recent Between the Lines blog post. In it, Mr. Norlin argues that Microsoft needs to present its customers a unifying theme that will fit its disparate products into a cohesive whole. The need for such a theme is obvious....; Tags: Microsoft Corp.; Blog posts 2005-08-11
digital identity: An Architecture for digital identity: One has all seen cities that don't quite seem to have a sense of place, where the zoning didn't yield a coherent set of uses or designs, and things appeared thrown together. This results from a lack of planning. Imagine the difficulty and danger of living in a place where...; Tags: Digital Identity; Book chapters 2005-07-28
digital identity with a capital 'I': I’m at Digital ID World 2005 conference in San Francisco. Phil Becker, editor in chief of Digital ID World and host of the event, kicked off the event defining his notion of digital identity, with a capital "I." He describes digital identity as the organizing construct for the network regardless...; Tags: Phil Becker, compliance, digital identity; Blog posts 2005-05-10
Microsoft's Identity Chief: After Passport, Microsoft is rethinking identity: Microsoft's Identity Chief: After Passport, Microsoft is rethinking identityleaning on insidersI think Cameron is not only leaning on insiders at Microsoft, all the way up to Bill Gates, to mend fences and adopt more of an open position, he's leaning on the industry for an identity breakthrough.DannyWeb Hosting -...; Tags: Authentication/Encryption, digital identity, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2005-03-21
Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking Develops New digital identity Solution: Actively meeting client needs is paramount to success in the financial services industry. When its client wanted a straight-through, automated digital certificate management process, Citigroup sought a global technology solution to serve as the intermediary between the client and various certificate authorities, each of which requires a different infrastructure to...; Tags: Digital Certificate, Microsoft Corp., Investment Banking, Citigroup Inc., Digital Identity, Digital Security, Network Security, Microsoft Windows, Security, Servers, Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware; Case studies
New digital identity Tool Makes Community Web Sites Safer, Easier to Use: Telligent Systems, Dallas, offers Community Server, an application platform for rapidly enabling online communities. More than 100,000 copies of different editions of Community Server have been downloaded or licensed. Community Server enables individuals and organizations to attract consumers and encourage them to become actively involved with an online community. However,...; Tags: Web, Community, Microsoft Corp., Web Site, Digital Identity, Community Server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Development Tools, Operating Systems, Software, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development; Case studies

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BriefingsDirect Insights analysts probe future of online advertising and find transactional lucre lurking: Read a full transcript of the podcast. The future of online advertising captures the headlines and attention when the likes of Microsoft courts the likes of Yahoo! And Wall Street still has a hard time figuring out how much Google is worth, based on just those little...; Tags: Software, Advertisement, Business, Online Advertising, Bookkeeping Service, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Does the Kindle have iPod-ish potential?: Amazon's Kindle may meaningfully contribute to the e-tailer's revenue in a couple of years, according to Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney. Mahaney's take--delivered in a research note outlining the bullish case for Amazon--takes a few leaps Techmeme. Mahaney has little data on the Kindle (just like the rest...; Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Insurance, Operational Accounting, Financial Planning, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-15
The newspaper's last stand: Interesting news today...or was it yesterday? I have no idea. I got off an eleven hour flight from Johannesburg this morning, and then had to race to the US embassy to get more visa pages in my passport because I've managed to fill every available visa slot with stamps, causing...; Tags: Newspaper, CBS Broadcasting Inc., London Underground, Consumption Habit, E-books, Internet, Personal Technology, John Carroll; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Aliph releases new Jawbone that is 50% smaller than the original: IMHO, one of the best Bluetooth headsets you can buy after getting the swing of putting it on and off is the Aliph Jawbone. Today the announced a new model that has several improvements that look like they actually listened to what consumer wanted changed. There should be one at...; Tags: Gram, Battery, AT&T Corp., Model, Aliph Jawbone, Battery Life, Engineering, Retail, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-15
The real question: Is Microsoft still interested in Yahoo?: I actually believed Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer when he said he was walking away from buying Yahoo. I wasn't among the crowd who thought Ballmer was just posturing, waiting for Yahoo stock prices to plummet and Yahoo shareholder lawsuits to mount before sweeping back in and getting Yahoo for a...; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Site Development, Financial Accounting, Internet, Finance, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?: As expected, billionaire Carl Icahn launched his proxy war to turn over Yahoo's board of directors and one of his nominees is Mark Cuban, who sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo and then took those funds to buy the Dallas Mavericks. Just for entertainment value I may buy a...; Tags: Shareholder, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Chairman, Mr., Mark Cuban, Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Director, Yahoo Shareholder, Bebchuk, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-15