This Thing is OFF (in a good way). BONUS: Catalyst SPML SIG
blogger: Bob Blakley Pam recently asked "is this thing on?" We have indeed been pretty quiet; the combination of preparing for two Catalyst conferences, migrating from Burton's IT infrastructure to Gartner's, doing three months' work in a two-month quarter (we've...
Catalyst Europe is Coming Up Fast!
Blogger: Bob Blakley We hit the stage for Catalyst Europe on April 19. If you haven't already made your plans to join us in Prague, we've got a little treat for you at the end of this post. We're going...
SPML: Life Support Redux
Blogger: Mark Diodati Two weeks ago, Burton Group published a blog post on the viability of using SPML to build viable, interoperable provisioning services. Many thanks to those who have contributed to the discussion. In particular, Jeff Bohren, Anil John,...
SPML Is On Life Support ….
Blogger: Mark Diodati But it (or something like it) is desperately needed. At Burton Group, we closely watch emerging identity standards. In particular, we pay close attention to the development and adoption of the Service Provisioning Markup Language. We have...
Identity Services: Tackling Authorization
Blogger: Kevin Kampman At the end of 2009, the Identity Services Work Group (ISWG) found a formal home at the Kantara Initiative. Encouraged by its prior work products, and the interest and participation at Burton Group’s Birds of a Feather...
Oracle and Sun Clear a Big Hurdle
Blogger: Lori Rowland Thursday the European Commission gave Oracle its unconditional approval to take over Sun Microsystems. Oracle still awaits approval from other jurisdictions including Russia and China, but given the EU’s ruling it is likely that these approvals will...
Catalyst Tickets: Get ‘em While They’re Hot
Blogger: Bob Blakley Somebody asked me this today: Is it true that the Burton Group Catalyst conferences have been cancelled now that we've been acquired by Gartner? Um, how shall I put this... DON'T BE SILLY: THE CATALYST CONFERENCES ARE...
CIO Wisdom: Taking Care of Business
Blogger: Kevin Kampman At the Dayton Technology First CIO Forecast on December 9th, there were a number of key insights set forth about what firms should expect in 2010. The Forecast was facilitated by Burton Group Executive Strategist Jack Santos;...
Gartner acquires Burton Group
Blogger: Gerry Gebel Under normal circumstances, we are making comments on vendor merger and acquisition activity in his blog. Today, tables are turned as Gartner announced the acquisition of Burton Group this morning. Needless to say, it’s an exciting and...
Catalyst Europe call for papers extended
Blogger: Gerry Gebel Here's a reprieve for all of you busy with Christmas shopping and holiday preparations: the Catalyst Europe call for papers has been extended until January 4th. Please consider sharing your identity management experiences with your peers in...
Facebook privacy revisited: Privacy Mirror version 2
Blogger: Ian Glazer Facebook's recent changes to its privacy system has been garnering a lot of attention and not a lot of it is good. Both the EFF and Kaliya Hamlin (via ReadWriteWeb) have written up their takes on the...
ActivIdentity acquires CoreStreet
Blogger: Mark Diodati You may have seen that ActivIdentity Corporation will acquire CoreStreet Ltd. Since its de-emphasis of its enterprise single sign-on business (primarily the result of the Protocom acquisition in 2005), ActivIdentity has focused on strong authentication. While ActivIdentity...
