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 [...]
I get one question frequently from both customers and colleges. “Why was ActiveRoles able to so easily beat the competition over the past seven years?” Unfortunately, there isn’t a single answer, rather it is a combination of design elements put into the product over time. Purpose Built for Active Directory -Unlike other solutions, ActiveRoles was [...]
The 1.4 version of the ActiveRoles AD CMDLETS went live a few moments ago and you can download them here http://www.quest.com/powershell/activeroles-server.aspx.
In late June or early July, a new version of the Active Directory PowerShell CMDLETS will be released. I wanted to give everyone a teaser about the new features to be added. Here you go! - Certificate management - Support for cross-domain group membership - inactive accounts enumeration - single command to search in multiple [...]
This is clever… wish I had thought of it. Go to Google and enter Find Chuck Norris then click I feel lucky.
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 [...]
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 [...]
Kuppinger Cole produced a report covering the provisioning product I’ve been managing since 2004. The report paints a great picture of where Kuppinger Cole sees the product’s position in comparison to the rest of the market. Personally, it is very rewarding to see how well respected our product has become. (Read the report here)
I took this photo during our lunch break. As you can see by trhe photo most people are thrilled to have me stop talking and given some great food.
Apparently NASA ran out of money, so we are no longer watching for Earth destroying asteroids. This is one way to solve the US’s Heath Care problems. http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/08/nasa-asteroid-tracking-program-stalled-due-to-lack-of-funds.ars
