Well, I knew that. This is a question that, unspoken or explicit, often arose every time I introduced somebody to Infocard (and between enterprise engagements, Mix, regional events, webcasts, colleagues & relatives that actually happened quite a lot of times by now :)). And the question is: “When I authenticate with a…
If you don’t mind my thick Italian accent, tomorrow I have yet another webcast on Infocard! Abstract As e-commerce moves from a transactional to a customer-centric process, winning and maintaining the trust of your customers becomes more important than ever. Microsoft “Infocard” is the code name for a new technology in WinFX that…
or “la sagra della federazione” :). Windows Live embraces Federation, claim based authe tication and WS-*; insodoing, Infocard is really the natural step to make! Read all about it here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnlive/html/winliveidserv.asp
Good news, you’re in very good company. I’ve spent the last few months flying around the Globe, helping BIG players in the enterprise space to devise ways in which they can start getting pragmatic with Infocard in their business. While I can’t go into details, for obvious reasons, I believe that sharing some…
Ah, BTW it’s more than 3 years that I preach from this soapbox 🙂
WS-Policy made it as well! It was finally submitted to a standard body: W3C was the logical choice, given the “meta” personality of the specification.The authors (BEA Systems Inc, IBM, Microsoft, SAP AG, Sonic Software, Verisign) are joined in the submission by an impressive list of co-submitter: Adobe Systems Incorporated, CA, Ericsson, IONA…
This Monday (April, the 24th,, at 11AM Pacific Time) I’m scheduled to deliver a positioning webcast, during which I will suggest some use of WinFx (excluding WPF) to address common issues in Manufacturing. Abstracts and subscriptions are available at the longest URL ever, that I will hide for your viewing convenience here. Abstract:…
While I’m on the topic, I just recalled something that never fails to bother me everytime I watch Minority Report. We spent rivers of virtual inks on many ppts, showing how adopting a federation approach saves you from odd situations in which an employee who resigned from its company is still able to…
As announced, the Longhorn Server SDR is here! I’m happily attending a session delivered by our Stuart Kwan, naturally about Identity. While exploring the challenges that a user faces while dealing with his many passwords, and the tendency to reuse the same credentials on multiple websites, he came out wiht a memorable (and…
An interesting paper, which decomposes the effectiveness of phishing through the analysis of its tricks arsenal. Infocard, the high assurance certificates and the completeness of the info given to the user by the Identity Selector address directly some of the concerns, while others are dispelled by the nature of the system itself (see older posts on…