Entries from Talking Identity tagged with 'User Provisioning'
More Things about Federated Provisioning
My previous post on federated provisioning generated some interesting responses, both in the comments and in the blogosphere (see responses from Ian, Pamela and Pat Patterson). The topic has been so engaging (starting with Jackson Shaw's post) that while I...
The Thing about Federated Provisioning
Ian Glazer recently blogged about federated provisioning, saying "Federated provisioning should not exist; there is only provisioning.". Well, I think he's both right and wrong about this. Let me explain. Suppose two companies, Acme and Omega enter into a federation...
We're Number 1! We're Number 1!
UPDATE (August 27, 2008): I have updated the blog post to avoid violating certain copyright issues with Gartner Gartner has released their latest Magic Quadrant on User Provisioning. It's good to see that we have built on our previous success...
Whoa! Talk about trying to spread FUD
A colleague of mine forwarded me this Sun blog post by Paul Walker commenting on the rise of Oracle IAM to leadership status. I read it with some amusement, as I remembered my days at Thor when I, a hard-working...
Getting the Last Word In on Metadirectories
I doubt it. I doubt that there will be a last word on metadirectories for a long time to come. Technology that works has a way of sticking around, even when they have outlived their purpose, and are forced into...
Virtual Directories + Provisioning = No more Metadirectory
There has been an interesting discussion going on regarding the fate of metadirectory technology. Dave Kearns talked about it in his newsletter recently (see: Is the metadirectory dead). In it, he quoted Jackson Shaw, who brought it up as context...
Announcing Oracle Identity Manager 9.1
The latest release of Oracle Identity Manager, Oracle's best-in-class user provisioning and administration solution, has finally hit the shelves (so to speak). Release 9.1 has been eagerly anticipated for a while now, and brings with it a host of new...
Oracle in Gartner's Leaders Quadrant for User Provisioning
A lot of people wait with bated breath for Gartner's Magic Quadrant reports on various technologies to come out. And in a relatively new and evolving space like user provisioning, the report carries even more weight in influencing the consumer...
The Simple Things Seldom Are
It's amazing how often we (and by "we" I mean those of us who deal with the high flying world of identity management) get brought back to earth by the reality of everyday life. Usually, this happens when someone asks...
Update: Generic Technology Connector Links
Jason Sears posted a comment regarding the lack of information about the Generic Technology Connector I discussed in a previous post. Since this is a fairly new feature of the product, the public information available is somewhat limited. Below are...
Understanding OIM's Generic Technology Connector
Anyone that has implemented any kind of provisioning solution knows that the most difficult part of deploying a solution is creating the connectors - those components that allow the provisioning system to integrate with the managed target systems. Oracle sells...
IDC, Silicon Image Demonstrate How SMBs Can Meet Compliance Demands with Oracle Identity Management
People always ask if OIM can be deployed in an SMB environment. Given that most of our initial customers were large enterprises that were putting complex deployments in place, it was very hard to provide good references for this question....
Postcard from the Gartner IAM Summit
2 weeks ago I attended Gartner's first IAM summit. Entering an arena long dominated by Burton and RSA, they nonetheless seemed to have a respectable turnout, even if it was mostly people like me curious to find out what their...
Ask Dr. K: Directory Synchronization Vs. Provisioning
Inspired by the Daimler-Chrysler series of ads around the enigmatic Dr. Z, I am starting a new series in my blog called "Ask Dr. K" (you'll find a link to that section on the right under Site Navigation). This is...
Analyzing Microsoft's approach to provisioning
Gartner's MQ report on provisioning calls out the different approach that Microsoft has taken to the provisioning space. Termed the "enterprise access management" approach, it essentially advocates the externalized authn and authzn model that requires less pushing of data into...
Gartner MQ for User Provisioning published - Oracle Named "Leader"
I have been neglecting this blog for a while, and it took an event of historic importance to pull me out of my reverie and back into the blogosphere. No, I am not talking of the arrival on this earth...
Selective Delegation: The key to a successful attestation process
One of the philosophies at Thor (that we have proudly carried over to Oracle) is our commitment to building products that deal with the dirty realities of our customer's deployment needs, instead of living on some idealized plane. Getting there...
Is SPML the Rodney Dangerfield of Standards?
One thing that I found surprising at the CAB was the lack of discussion around SPML. Admittedly, the standard hasn't made enough progress, and is nowhere near the maturity that (for instance) SAML has achieved. But I would have thought...
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