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Too Many Managers in Enterprise IAM?

by Earl Perkins  |  January 27, 2011  |  1 Comment

An interesting thing begins to happen when you’re assigned the job of researching and analyzing identity and access management. If you aren’t careful, you can begin to lose sight of just why IAM is actually being done, and more importantly, for whom? I’ve always had this uncomfortable feeling that as an analyst, as vendors, and [...]

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Identity in 2011: Anything but Dull

by Earl Perkins  |  January 6, 2011  |  Comments Off

I watched throughout December 2010 at all of the “predictions” and “projections” for the coming year, and was somewhat depressed. I am not that good at making predictions, an unwise admission as an analyst. It’s fun as long as no one takes you seriously, otherwise it can be a problem. I am however a lover [...]

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