Rethink IT IDM Blog

Note: Since publication, Mule iON has been renamed to CloudHub. One of the main SAAS services today is Google. They provide any number of SAAS based apps from Google docs and Google calendaring services, and of course google apps.

Cloud Identity Management has become a top concern for IT this year. The following will interest both Identity and Integration professionals.

The Grey Tower Solution set for Novell environments is based on being able to efficiently transfer Identity related information between the Novell eDirectory Service and an Enterprise Services Bus (ESB) integration services such as MuleESB (As shown below). 

“The concept of an “identity as an emergent eco system” is that identity will not be a supporting process that will be tacked on to support the business process, it will be a central driving force that will act as a ”carrier wave” that will be central to delivering Cloud Services”

“The concept of an “identity as an emergent eco system” is that identity will not be a supporting process that will be tacked on to support the business process, it will be a central driving force that will act as a ”carrier wave” that will be central to delivering Cloud Services”

“Dr. Frankenstein could have been an Identity Management software vendor.”  Like other security software vendors in the Identity and Access Management (IAM) market, Dr. "F." stitched together the parts that made the monster complete. CIO's know well enough that an identity management IT project can be a Frankenstein monster as well, Just add all the right parts like; provisioning \ deprovisioning, Single Sign On, Access Management, Access Governance, Compliance and Reporting, and stitch them all together, add electricity to the servers, and you have a living, breathing Identity Management IT Project... monster.

Have you ever had a project go south because your executive team didn't truly support a project? It’s not personal; you simply didn't show them why it should be important to them. Here is a quick list to help you get executive buy in for your identity and access management project.

From time to time I find the need to get up on my soapbox and try my best to make a point. Microsoft Active Directory alone is NOT Identity Management!

On one of the previous blog post by Ross Mason, "To ESB or Not to ESB", he did a great job in outlining the two basic integration architectures: "Enterprise Service Bus" and "Hub and Spoke". Included in the Blog is a good overview of the benefits and considerations that are relevant for each architectural choice.

Since the great recession started in 2008, there has been a climate of "Big Fish" eating "Little Fish", and ultimately there is a need to integrate systems. In many cases "Fear of the Big Red N" means a witch hunt to migrate away from anything bearing a certain logo.