Archive for January, 2010

SUN Identity Manager Customers SOL? (2010-1-29)

When IBM was bidding on SUN I posed the question…  Question: What do you get if IBM acquires SUN? Answer: IBM. The same joke appears to be coming true now that Oracle is completing acquisition of SUN. My colleague Jackson Shaw did a great job explaining the situation and sharing his incite on what this means to [...]

Windows IT Pro Editor’s Choice: ActiveRoles (2010-1-26)

Eric Rux at Windows IT Pro magazine took on the job of installing and reviewing a bunch of AD Administration and Provisioning products to help readers select the most comprehensive and complete solution. Eric compared four different products and to me it was no surprise that ActiveRoles came out on top as the clear winner.  What [...]

Quick Connect 4.5 Goes Gold! (2010-1-19)

Following up on our highly successful 4.0 release, 4.5 went gold last week. We are now going through the internal processes needed to release the product to the public next month. The biggest news about this release is that Quick Connect can synchronize passwords between Active Directory and connected systems. Active Directory and connected systems [...]

How you can personally help Haiti (2010-1-15)

You can donate $10 to the Red Cross by texting Haiti to 90999. This is really-really cool and it appears that $5M has already been raised; a billion will probably be needed. Once you send the txt message, you will get a message back asking you to confirm your donation to which you must reply [...]

My next web cast:Access Accountability and Sustained Compliance (2010-1-12)

On January 27th I’ve been asked to deliver another web cast showing  how you can ac hive Access Accountability and Sustained Compliance with Quest’s ActiveRoles Server. I’m going to demonstrate the new features of ActivceRoles Server and Self-Service Manager that allow you to get control over the access granted within your organization while at the [...]