From Tony Murry at ActiveDir.org… “Hi all, The ISP that we have been using to host ActiveDir.org for the past 8 years is shutting down and we are preparing to transfer the site to another hosting service. The mailing list subscription and site user account information will remain the same and no action is required [...]
Nuff Said.
Ok, this is cool. The ActiveRoles Server – Integration Center demo page is available. In the Integration Center you will find 3 to 5 minute videos showing how strategic Quest products integrate with ActiveRoles Server. In addition to a strong history of development innovation, Quest also acquires other organizations with industry leading technologies. The combination [...]
I had the great opportunity last week to participate in the PowerScripting pod cast. Jonathan Walz & Hal Rottenberg host the show and made talking about the projects I have been involved with at Quest and outside of Quest – both easy an fun. Primarily I was on the show to talk about the ActiveRoles [...]
After announcing a year long delay last month, last week Microsoft a change of direction of ILM once again by lumping it into the Forefront suite and renaming the product. I found it interesting that Microsoft acknowledged the industry problem of the complexity of Identity Management software by assigning a tag line to the new [...]
Stuart Kwan, Group Program Manager for the Federated Identity Team and well known to many of us, gave a Microsoft Chanel 9 interview on the topic of where he is driving claims based Authentication & Authorization in the Geneva Server and Geneva client technologies. (Geneva client a.k.a. Windows Cardspace is probably already deployed to your [...]
I am delighted to announce that as of 1pm EST, ActiveRoles Management Shell for Active Directory version 1.2 will be available for download in either 32 or 64 bit editions. Download the latest version here: http://www.quest.com/powershell/activeroles-server.aspx I am especially excited about the Restore-QADDeletedObject command that undelete objects in Active Directory by restoring tombstones back into [...]
IBM has dropped it’s bid to purchase sun according to the New York Times – citing legal concerns on the part of IBM. So what is next for SUN? I would imagine it will continue to shed employees until it reaches the 18% employee reduction goal it set in November last year. Already hard pressed [...]
So for father’s day my family decided it was time I went sailing so they arranged for a bareboat sailboat charter for me. My father also decided to take a break from his retirment job of renovating a decrepid house in which he and my mother will some day live to come along for the [...]
It looks like IBM’s offer for SUN was perfectly timed. Sun announced 1500 employees have been let go as part of the restructuring that will eventually reduce their workforce by 18%. According to SUN, eventually, 5000 to 6000 employees will be let go. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090331/sun-microsystems-layoffs500-workers.htm http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/03/31/ibm-sun-do-they-have-a-deal-does-it-matter/
