Businesses are currently using web services as a way to transport data between disparate systems. The toolkit, called Web Services Enhancements (WSE) version 2, will let companies use the latest security capabilities from Microsoft and other...
Ballmer preached the value of integration, ensuring that Microsoft products as seemingly disparate as server applications and mobile phone software work together. In addition to the Longhorn client, there will be a Longhorn version of Office...
In the area of security, Novell announced two enhancements to its existing software, which extend support for emerging security standards. To show its commitment to ongoing standards efforts, Novell said on Monday that it will release the code for...
He cited an example - such as downloading movies online from a trusted third-party website - whereby BT Openworld consumers may be able to use the same federated identity for logging on to such services, without needing to manage multiple identities.
Simon Perry, VP of security at software vendor CA, one of the leading vendors in identity management software, explains: "The average user has access to six applications but around 17 identities. One of the benefits with an automated system is that...
According to Kellet, the particular problems associated with identity management are provisioning and deprovisioning of user identities, access control, and identity federation. Stevens said it is possible to build up a thin citizen-data substrate...