Analyzing Identity

Last week marked my first visit to a Catalyst conference since departing from Burton Group earlier this year. Let’s just say it is a LOT more relaxing to be there as an attendee and speaker than as part of the production team!!

I found the latest Catalyst to be informative, entertaining, and it exuded a high level of energy – just what you want in a conference. In the identity management sessions, I appreciated the focus on externalized authorization, virtual directories, and federation. The Concordia workshop on authorization was well attended and showcased progress made in a number of areas in the recent past. The workshop also highlighted some areas where the industry can focus energy, such as:

• Continuing to work on OpenAz
• Contributing to the Identity and Access Services Working Group

Burton Group has a great formula for the Catalyst Conference and apparently Gartner agrees since Catalyst 2011 in San Diego was announced last Thursday. I plan to be there, how about you?

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