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A tipping point?: Way back in the early mists of identity time, I was speaking with Bryan Field-Elliott then CTO of Ping Identity about the earliest drafts of the Liberty Alliance protocols, and whether or not they could be used for what we then called "internet identity." (Note: "internet identity" is now called...; Tags: internet identity, OpenID, identity; Blog posts 2006-10-20
Identity for the Internet, Windows and Skype - oh my!: Three loosely coupled bits of news floated around yesterday; interesting enough to spark my interest in taking a look at each of them:1. OSIS link Internet identity systems: "OSIS" stands for "Open source identity selector" and is a truly significant development as Phil Windley pointed out. Its server-side work is...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Live, Windows Live ID, identity, Microsoft Windows CardSpace; Blog posts 2006-06-22
The return of the walled garden: Yesterday, I wrote about how Microsoft's OneCare and Check Point's Zone Alarm ID Lock were band-aids on the identity problem. Today, we see more announcements as AOL and McAffee enter the fray. The truly interesting thing though is a quote in the AOL piece from a Gartner analyst. Therein...; Tags: identity; Blog posts 2006-06-07

Microsoft shares SaaS architecture insights: As I mentioned yesterday, there are some smart people at Microsoft who really understand what SaaS and on-demand is all about, which is just as well considering how much buzz surrounds the whole concept of service-oriented computing, from SaaS to SOA to Web 2.0. Some of the most actionable insights...; Tags: Service level management, Microsoft, Architecture, Web 2.0; Blog posts 2006-11-07
Anonymity and identity: Anonymity and identitydefaultsEric, defaults are not binary. They are a way of talking about a baseline expectation and what requires justification in a highly non-binary world. So, let me take it out of sw lingo. In the real world, and currently on line, you need a special reason to...; Tags: identity; Discussion threads 2006-08-10

Identity on the mind: Last week the Burton Group Catalyst conference focused on an identity management, from enterprise single sign-on to user-centric identity. This week the "identorati" are gathered together for the Identity Mashup Conference hosted by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School. Mark Dixon has a good summary...; Tags: Identity, Identity Mashup, mashup; Blog posts 2006-06-19
Harnessing the content flow: The New York Times redesigns its online site the first major one in five years to make the reader experience "simpler and more useful," including links to the most blogged articles, topic pages, personal pages with guidance from NYT editors and more emphasis on multimedia content. All very nice,...; Tags: Value at Risk, aggregation, Wikio; Blog posts 2006-04-03
The Friends-and-Family Era: Dave Winer has done a lot of smart technology development, but I'd look somewhere else for ideas about how to fix venture capital. In a much-talked about posting, Winer says the associates, partners and general partners in venture funds who sweep"Web 2.0" is the Friends-and-Family era...; Tags: Dave; Blog posts 2006-01-30

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