http://matthitchcock.com/2012/01/08/active-directory-in-windows-8-first-look/
Apple http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs C http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ritchie LISP http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/24/creator-of-lisp-john-mccarthy-dead-at-84/
You have to be impressed by this guys life – http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/05/us/obit-steve-jobs/index.html?iref=BN1&hpt=hp_t1.
Last week development released the 6.7.3663 update for ActiveRoles Server. Included in the update are some generic fixes as you would expect, but there is also a set of updates for a long standing limitation that only Internet Explorer worked properly. This update adds multi-browser support and allows the ActiveRoles web interface to be accessed from [...]
Micrsosoft announced the aquistion of Bhold to enhance the FIM family of products. http://www.microsoft.com/pathways/bhold/ http://blogs.gartner.com/ian-glazer/2011/09/23/bhold-wins-the-microsoft-iag-lottery/
For ActiveRoles customers using or considering using Quest Defender, integration between the two products is a requirement. Being able to perform OTP token management from the point where user management is performed is one key to efficient management of strong authentication. Token Management from the ActiveRoles Web Console I was working with a customer this [...]
A friend of mine is working on NFC and I wondered if my Android device would support it – well it didn’t but there is a new version of the phone in development that was just tested by the FCC for NFC compatibility. http://www.nfcrumors.com/08-17-2011/is-the-htc-incredible-s-the-next-google-wallet-enabled-nfc-phone-it-just-passed-through-the-fcc/
My colleague Dmitry Kagansky sharing his insites on Security its cost to government. http://fedscoop.com/tv/quest-federal-cto-dmitry-kagansky-on-security-in-government/
In the past it was common to have a requirement that additional details be presented at the top of a web interface form in ActiveRoles – this would often require modification to the underlying XML making the solution difficult to maintain during upgrades. If the requirement is simple enough there is a workaround that may [...]
Yesterday I had the opportunity to present at the Air Force Information Technology Conference 2011 on HSPD-12 and its impact on logical access control. While preparing for this session I realized I needed to re-visit Microsoft’s PKI (Public Key Infrastructure); especially changes in Windows 2008, Vista and Windows 7 strong authentication support. The first thing [...]
