Neil Macehiter: February 2007 Archives

If you're interested in what's happening (and there's a lot) in the world of user-centric and federated identity you'll want to know about Microsoft's CardSpace, OASIS' SAML, OpenID and the Liberty Alliance's ID-Web Services Framework (ID-WSF), all of which I... Read More..

Bill Gates' keynote yesterday at the RSA Conference was his last. He is handing over to chief research and strategy officer, Craig Mundie, with whom he shared the stage yesterday. Gates marked his departure with a couple of significant identity-related... Read More..

A couple of interesting CardSpace items of note. The first comes via Kim Cameron, Microsoft's Identity Architect, and highlights how Otto (a German online retailer) is using CardSpace for its rich client shopping application. The post should of interest to... Read More..

I highlighted (with more than a little cynicism) Symantec's Security 2.0 vision back in October. Yesterday, at the DEMO conference, the company announced one element of that vision - its Identity Initiative - and demonstrated the Norton Identity Client. This... Read More..