by Earl Perkins | November 22, 2010 | 3 Comments
I knew that I would have to write this blog at some point in 2010, but I didn’t know when. Attachmate’s acquisition of Novell for $2.2B signals the end to an era. Novell represents one of the original key players in the network operating system and identity management period from the early 1990s until today. In [...]
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by Earl Perkins | October 5, 2010 | 2 Comments
Alright, alright, that’s enough. It seems like every week now we’re reading about one company buying another– this morning it is Oracle acquiring long-time partner Passlogix in the enterprise single sign-on space. In previous weeks news of IAM and security-centric acquisitions have reached a fever pitch: CA and Arcot, VMware and TriCipher, Quest and Voelcker Informatik, [...]
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by Earl Perkins | August 24, 2010 | 1 Comment
Something interesting is developing in the identity and access management arena. It isn’t new– if you look closely, you’ll recognize it from countless other technologies and processes that progress to maturity. IAM is no different. What I’m seeing is the maturing of intelligence. Now I know you are tempted to make some jokes here, like intelligence and IAM [...]
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by Earl Perkins | July 23, 2010 | Comments Off
No, I didn’t pass on or even up– I’ve just been remiss in talking with you, and even responding to some great feedback. Please accept my apologies– I will redouble efforts not to be a stranger in our own blog. How embarrassing. In this blog, I wanted to make a few observations about the IAM market and [...]
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by Earl Perkins | June 15, 2010 | 1 Comment
Hello there. For those that actually read this blog, you are no doubt wondering whether or not I died or moved on to other pursuits. As I frequently say to friends and colleagues alike, never assume a conspiracy when mere ignorance will do. Or in this case, mere laziness on my part. There has been [...]
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by Earl Perkins | May 10, 2010 | 3 Comments
“IAM really isn’t a technology issue…we tend to seek an external answer to what is essentially an internal issue”.
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by Earl Perkins | April 14, 2010 | 7 Comments
It was a privilege to be mentioned in Andy Bochman and Jack Danahy’s 13 April blog at http://smartgridsecurity.blogspot.com/ on a recent research note Gartner produced on smart grid security. I wanted to add to the conversation Andy and Jack have created with the blog, both for further clarification and hopefully a little education as well for [...]
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by Earl Perkins | April 12, 2010 | 1 Comment
I recently completed a move into a newly-built home, my first (and hopefully only) experience with building a home. In all of the chaos of getting things done, it struck me how there are similarities in moving and the IAM market. Yes, I know you can make analogies about almost anything, but stay with me [...]
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by Earl Perkins | March 21, 2010 | 1 Comment
As I write this, I’m sitting in the airport on a Sunday afternoon waiting to take the flight to Salt Lake City, where Novell’s Brainshare event is kicking off tomorrow. Brainshare took a hiatus last year, but they’re back now. Perhaps not coincidentally, Novell also faces the task of responding to a recent bid for [...]
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by Earl Perkins | March 9, 2010 | Comments Off
