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Lots of Good Stuff Coming
I’m still alive; I’ve just been immersed in my new job. I’m learning tons of good stuff and am getting close to the point where I can take a deep breath, have a drink, and make time to do a little blogging. There is some amazing work going on at… From e-Literate on November 22, 2004 at 10:56 p.m..

Profusion
ProFusion is one of the tools available to search specialized databases, and can be customized to search only the ones you are interested in. http://profusion.com/... From Teaching and Developing Online. on November 22, 2004 at 9:55 p.m..

The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names
http://www.yadvashem.org/wps/portal/IY_HON_Welcome Six million Jews were murdered by Nazi Germany and its collaborators in the Shoah. Yad Vashem undertook to retrieve the names of the Jewish victims and to preserve their memory.This is the moral duty of the Jewish People; our last respects to the victims. The computerized database prepared by Yad Vashem, with the assistance of other institutions, now includes the names of approximately half of these victims. We make their names accessible here, in reverence and aw From Archivalia on November 22, 2004 at 9:53 p.m..

Conservation Commons
http://www.conservationcommons.org/ On November 19, a coalition of conservation groups officially launched the Conservation Commons. [...] From the press release: 'The creation of a "Conservation Commons" was announced today at the 3rd IUCN World Conservation Congress in Bangkok, Thailand. Birdlife International, Conabio (Mexico), The South Africa National Biodiversity Institute, Conservation International, UNDP, The Natural History Museum (London), The Brazilian Center for Environmental Information (CRIA), NASA, Chevron-Te From Archivalia on November 22, 2004 at 9:53 p.m..

Kevin Sites, Eyewitness, Cameraman and Blogger, Discusses Mosque Shooting
It's powerful stuff, and not to be missed: "So here, ultimately, is how it all plays out: when the Iraqi man in the mosque posed a threat, he was your enemy; when he was subdued he was your responsibility; when he was killed in front of my eyes and my camera -- the story of his death became my responsibility." From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on November 22, 2004 at 9:46 p.m..

Is Open Source a form of Computer snobbery?
I have been following the open source movement for a couple of years, about the same time as I started to be called a geek. Why is it that the computer world has made me feel like I should not... From Teaching and Developing Online. on November 22, 2004 at 8:55 p.m..

2004 Academic Weblog Awards
The Guardian has published a weblog special. And the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle is just in the final two weeks of the "Best of blogs" award. James Farmer (Incorporated Subversion) suggests to run an academic weblog award. These are the categories: Best individual academic Best teaching Best links & commentary Best melding of technology and pedagogy Be From owrede_log on November 22, 2004 at 8:47 p.m..

Digital copyrights video lecture
This is an hour-long video lecture covering a layperson’s introduction to the technology/copyright wars. (Oct. 2004) ¶ From Open Artifact on November 22, 2004 at 8:00 p.m..

the army and km...
There is a press release today on a partnership between Internosis and Quest Software designed to deliver world class Microsoft services and solutions. According to this press release: "...U.S. Army Project Manager, Defense Communications and Army Switched Systems / From judith meskill's knowledge notes... on November 22, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

federal government goes rigid...
A recent press release announces that The Federal Government Partners With RIGID Systems. An excerpt from this press release: SAN RAMON, Calif./EWORLDWIRE/Nov. 1, 2004 --- The federal government is spending its money wisely as it partners with RIGID Systems of Columbia, Md. RIGID Systems has worked in a variety of federal government departments, including the U.S. Census Bureau, National Institute of Standards and Technology, From judith meskill's knowledge notes... on November 22, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Stephen Downes - Blogging is about engaging with content and its authors
Stephen nails it yet again. Find the text, audio and/or video that interests you (it could be yours or others!) and engage with it through text, video and audio blogging! From Educational Blogging - Educause.: QUOTEDespite obvious appearances, blogging isn't really about writing at all; that's just the end point of the process, the outcome that occurs more or less naturally if everything else has been done right. Blogging is about, first, reading From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on November 22, 2004 at 7:53 p.m..

When TV Meets the Web
The number of Dutch broadband connections (cable and ADSL) increased from 2.53 million on 30 June 2004 to 2.85 million on 30 September 2004. This brings the number of Dutch households with broadband access to 40.4 percent, and seems to indicate a tipping point for the TV business online. The Secretary of State for Media, Medy van der Laan, has issued a recommendation that the three channels of the Dutch public broadcaster should be distributed live over the Internet, and other plans include those of ISP Wanadoo: l From unmediated on November 22, 2004 at 6:56 p.m..

Freeware 3D suite: Blender for Mac OS X, Linux, Win 2.35a
Just released; the exciting Blender 2.35 version. Now with a full undo system, complete rewritten and upgraded mesh modeling, Outliner tool, new deform features, and much much more... From unmediated on November 22, 2004 at 6:56 p.m..

are you an 'idea practitioner'?...
Thomas H. Davenport and Laurence Prusak have written a book--What's the Big Idea: Creating and Capitalizing on the Best Management Thinking (Harvard Business School Press). Babson Insight has an article-- The Practice of Ideas: Identifying, Advocating and Making It Happen by Davenport and Prusak, that expounds on some of the concepts put forth in their book. Here is an excerpt on 'Idea practitioners&a From judith meskill's knowledge notes... on November 22, 2004 at 6:56 p.m..

ibm toolkit, take 2...
On InternetNews.com, Jim Wagner writes about version 2 of IBM's toolkit--Toolkit, Heal Thyself. The toolkit, according to Wagner's article, is predominantly used by IBM's Independent Software Vendor affiliates--such as Hitachi Software Egineering, Zero G Software and Macrovision. Here's an excerpt regarding the components of this toolkit and the nature of this version 2 update: "...The toolkit is broken down into four components: the Autonomic Mana From judith meskill's knowledge notes... on November 22, 2004 at 6:56 p.m..

WAN, IFRA Merger Would Benefit Online Publishing
Talks about the potential merger of IFRA and the World Association of Newspapers, two of the world's largest newspaper media associations, are under way. The WAN Board met today in London and gave its executives the authority to talk to IFRA about a full merger of the two associations. WAN said that a joint announcement from the two organizations about the final shape of closer cooperation is expected at the end of January or the beginning of February. The IFRA Board will discuss the issue at its next meeting on January From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on November 22, 2004 at 6:55 p.m..

LORnet
Was a true privilige and pleasure to participate in the LORnet conference. In my opening keynote (slides, 7MB!), I identified what I consider to be the main opportunities that the semantic web provides for learning objects: 1/ consolidated metadata: There... From ErikLog on November 22, 2004 at 6:52 p.m..

BuddyBuzz (Ross Mayfield)
BJ Fogg and the Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab, which studies how technology changes behavior, have created BuddyBuzz. It helps you find the most interesting articles to read, based upon your friend's ratings -- and allows you to read 300... From Corante: Social Software on November 22, 2004 at 6:50 p.m..

Fingers crossed...
I just received a hand-written fax from Congressman Tom Reynolds: David - As I was watching the returns on election night...gonig through the roller coaster ride of misinformation before we finally declared victory, I thought of all the Businessmen [sic] whose hard work made our triumph possible. As such, I've nominated you to receive the 2004 Businessman of the Year Award. Your official nomination documents are enclosed. Please call my assistant right away at 1-800-810-1894 to accept your nomtination. Your chances look great! Tom Woohoo! Republican Businessman of the Year! And it's From Joho the Blog on November 22, 2004 at 6:49 p.m..

Transcription
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Off to Eau Claire
Wisconsin, that is. Where it's going to be 14 degrees on Wednesday night. Fun! Wonder if there's any chance of putting together an Eau Claire bloggers get together for the weekend... From weblogged News on November 22, 2004 at 6:48 p.m..

Tracing the benefit of preschool, 36 years later
Still, controversy has raged over the quality of Head Start and preschool initiatives in about 40 states. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on November 22, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

God or science?
A Pennsylvania district now teaches 'intelligent design' in science class. Some see an escalating battle against evolution. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on November 22, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Teachers and Technology: Australian perspective
"Teachers and Technology" interviews a speaker at the Australian Victorian Information Technology Teachers Association meeting this month, and offers a challenging, Australian perspective on teaching with technology.... From MANE IT Network on November 22, 2004 at 5:59 p.m..

reBlog 1.0 Launched!
Eyebeam R&ampD has teamed up with the UI wizards at Stamen Design to release reBlog 1.0. Check it out at www.reblog.org. It more fun and easier to install and use than ever.Most notable is the new super-sexy online RSS/Atom Aggregator/Reader called reFeed (demo reFeed here).We've also improved the Movable Type p From unmediated on November 22, 2004 at 5:56 p.m..

I'm bored. Let's start a conference!
Because I don't have enough to do, and I've mused about a multimedia-style of bloggercon, I've given serious thought to building a conference for next year (2005). Naturally, there has been plenty of positive response and conversation about this. The question is now, do I want to take the reigns and make it happen? Do I design a conference that I'd want to attend? One with hands-on workshops? One with small sessions? One that engages the non-developer-users AND the developers? From unmediated on November 22, 2004 at 5:56 p.m..

Boadband Game Delivery Rocks
Wired News' Suneel Ratan raves about Steam, a broadband download service from game developer Valve. Instead of standing in line when the latest release comes out, gamers can download the new game like recently released Half-Life 2 directly to their computers. They can preload the game and activate it when it's officially released. Automatic updates are included along with an instant messenger that wor From unmediated on November 22, 2004 at 5:56 p.m..

Submit AEJMC Mid-Winter Paper Proposals Now
You have just one month to get in paper or panel proposals for the mid-winter conference. Leonard Witt be hosting the conference at Kennesaw State University. Submissions can address any aspect of civic, or public, journalism, which now extends into citizen and participatory journalism. Yes, that includes blogs too. (Continued at PJNet Today) From unmediated on November 22, 2004 at 5:56 p.m..

VIDEO: BloggerCon3 (in little pieces)
Click the photo to see my video from BloggerCon3 in Palo Alto. It's taken me over two weeks to get it up here. My fellow videobloggers will laugh at me....but I was thinking about it way too much. Honestly, I From unmediated on November 22, 2004 at 5:56 p.m..

Learning Management Systems: The wrong place to start learning
Learning Management Systems (LMS) are often viewed as being the starting point (or critical component) of any elearning or blended learning program. This perspective is valid from a management and control standpoint, but antithetical to the way in which most... From Teaching and Developing Online. on November 22, 2004 at 5:55 p.m..

PubSub Search via RSS
I'm still playing around with the standing search idea to see if Feedster or Blogdigger or some other tool stands out in terms of the results I get via the RSS feed. The main requirement right now is not getting duplicates, followed by a greater level of relevance. If there's one thing that I've been disappointed by it's that relatively few of the hits I've been getting back are of any use, and try as I might to tweak the terms, it's not getting much better. weblogged News on November 22, 2004 at 5:48 p.m..

Why Work
I think this is a good question: "In order for capitalism to succeed, everyone had to believe that earning more money, even if he had no particular need for it, was a good thing. But why would anyone believe that?" The search for the answer to this question occupied the bulk of sociologist Max Weber's career. More on Max Weber. His major work, The Protestan Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. For myself, I don't believe it; earning more money From OLDaily on November 22, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

E-Learning in the Middle East - A Fast Growing Market
This brief item points to a trend observed here - the growing e-learning market in the Middle East. It would have been nice had the article noted some key trends, such as the move of companies like Microsoft to entrench themselves in the region. But this teaser article contents itself with pointing to the high spending and the market penetration of companies like WebCT. Some stats in this interview with Bassem Khafagi, Planning and Business Development Manager, Wasayet Inc. Egypt. By Beate Kl From OLDaily on November 22, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Google Puts New Slant on Scholarship
More coverage of scholar.google.com, this time from the Guardian. After a brief introduction and some observations on the debate about open access to scholarship, the author then tests the service with five vague topics. Of course, looking for 'the Battle of Hastings' or 'Life on Mars' isn't a typical use of an academic citation index, and so it's no surprise to see the results returned as general as the query. If you want to see the system fly, try a search on something like OLDaily on November 22, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Open Software at the Hillside Club in Berkeley
Nothing deep, but it's interesting to see the short histories and snapshots of some of the leading figures in open source: he CEO of MySQL, a founder of Apache, the author of SendMail, the leader of BSD. By Jay Cross, Internet Time, November 21, 2004 [Refer][Research][Reflect From OLDaily on November 22, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Entering the Mainstream: The Quality and Extent of Online Education in the United States, 2003 and 2004
From the report: more than 1.9 million students were studying online in the fall of 2003. Schools expect the number of online students to grow to more than 2.6 million by the fall of 2004. "Schools that offer online courses believe that their online students are at least as satisfied as those taking their face-to-face offerings." Detailed report, numerous statistics. 695K PDF. A summary is also available. Coverage from eSchool News. By I. Elaine Allen and From OLDaily on November 22, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

50 District Schools Will get a High-tech Leap into the Future
This is one of those stories where you really wish the commercial press would tell the whole story - or at least link to things. On the surface, it's a good news story: the Philadelphia school board plans to invest some $75 million in new technology in 50 of its 275 schools, with plans to support all of them at a cost of $1.5 million per school (you will only be able to click to this item once - it's one of those fake links that makes you register if you ever go back). I can't cover everything in this one short item, there's so much. Microsoft is involved; they launched a p From OLDaily on November 22, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Verizon Derails Philly Wi-Fi
MuniWireless has more on the passage of a Verizon backed bill in Pennsylvania that is not only packed with incentives, but also bans all community based operations from getting into the broadband business. According to Dianah Neff, chief information officer for the city of Philadelphia (who posts to the site here), the city now actually needs Verizon's approval to improve the wireless broadband infrastructure in their own city. "Once upon a time, From unmediated on November 22, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..

FCC Pooh-Poohs a la Carte Cable
Federal regulators rejected on Friday the idea that allowing cable TV subscribers to pay only for channels they want would lower high cable bills. Consumer groups said the analysis was flawed. In a report to Congress, the Federal Communications Commission said cable bills would increase under a system that would let people pay for individual channels instead of the bundled packages they currently are offered. The analysis by FCC staff found the average cable household watches about 17 channels, including over-the-air broadcast stations. If a subscriber purchased that many From unmediated on November 22, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..

More ruminations about teachers, students, and technology use...
It seems that this posting has caused a little bit of interest in the blogging world. This is about the fifteenth place I have run across it. Blogging and School Administrators... From Teaching and Developing Online. on November 22, 2004 at 4:56 p.m..

Experimenting With New Music Biz Models
Wired News has a feature on Weed today.  Also, there's a fascinating article in the NY Times about Universal's online-only label.  Apparently, they're focusing on bands with small, established audiences - lower reward here, but probably lower risk, and overall pretty inexpensive for the label.  The artists have to pay their own production costs, but such costs are now rapidly dro From A Copyfighter's Musings on November 22, 2004 at 4:48 p.m..

Megnut's Two Rules For Blogging
On a mailing list I'm on, someone pointed out the difficulty of starting a blog because he didn't know the audience he would be writing for. That got me thinking about getting started blogging, and I realized two "rules" I have for megnut.com. I thought I'd share them here as well: 1. I write about things I feel passionate about This ensures that I'll take the time to get facts right, that (hopefully) the excitement will show through the writing and make the posts engaging to readers, and I always have topics to write about because I have lots of passions. It doesn't From megnut on November 22, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

Request for help: Thunderbird script
To help me fight comment spam, I really need to be able to programmatically open all selected messages in Thunderbird and process the contents. I had a script in Outlook that did this, but I can't find or figure out how to do it in Thunderbird. The hard part is opening the selected messages. Anyone have a code fragment or two that they can post or point me to? Thanks!... From Joho the Blog on November 22, 2004 at 3:49 p.m..

Senate Copyright Bill Passes In Improved Form
News.com has the story; here's the bill in full; PublicKnowledge is generally favorable, though see previous criticism of the ART Act not allowing fair use defenses.  The bill makes it a criimanl offense to record a movie in a theatre or to distribute a From A Copyfighter's Musings on November 22, 2004 at 3:48 p.m..

Weblogs in Dornbirn
Congrats to everybody at the Blog-Service-Team from the FH Vorarlberg. You really did an excellent job. It was a pleasure to work with you and a great opportunity to learn about Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, and the FH. Thanks to Roland for inviting me to teach the module! From thomas n. burg | randgänge on November 22, 2004 at 3:47 p.m..

Quest.
YAQ. Fragebogen ad Blogs- und Gemeinschadt - University of Innsbruck From thomas n. burg | randgänge on November 22, 2004 at 3:47 p.m..

Telenet, NMBS equip railway stations with hot-spots
Belgian cable operator Telenet and national railway company NMBS have signed a deal that is to enable 38 train stations to be equipped with hotspots by mid-2005. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 22, 2004 at 2:58 p.m..

MTS to control 76% stake in Gorizont
Russian mobile operator MTS has won a government auction for the controlling stake in mobile operator Gorizont, which operates in Yakutia, in eastern Russia. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 22, 2004 at 2:58 p.m..

Blanking branding
Wired Magazine remarks that branding isn't what it used to be. Thanks to better informed buyers (yet another second-order effect thanks to the Internet), "brands have little or no value independent of what a company actually does". Consumers will extoll or punish a brand for the quality of their current offerings, not out of blind devotion for what they supposedly stand for. (Outside of fanboyism, anyway.) Cory Doctorow writes that trademarks became less for our benefit and more for brandishing, well, branding. Trademarks were initially intended to protect the consumer from counterfeit kn From silentblue | Quantified on November 22, 2004 at 2:57 p.m..

When TV Meets the Web
The number of Dutch broadband connections (cable and ADSL) increased from 2.53 million on 30 June 2004 to 2.85 million on 30 September 2004. This brings the number of Dutch households with broadband access to 40.4 percent, and seems to indicate a tipping point for the TV business online. The Secretary of State for Media, Medy van der Laan, has issued a recommendation that the three channels of the Dutch public broadcaster should be distributed live over the Internet, and other plans include those of ISP W From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on November 22, 2004 at 2:57 p.m..

Counterculture Book Party
You're all invited to a party for Ken Goffman (aka RU Sirius) on the launch of his new book: Counterculture Through The Ages With Supporting Cast Members John Perry Barlow Dan Joy Genesis P. Orridge Douglas Rushkoff and Surprise Guests Lotus Lounge, New York City November 23, 2004 9 PM 409 West 14th Street, New York City From rushkoff.blog on November 22, 2004 at 2:46 p.m..

Worldwide eFPGA revenues to increase to €619.24m by 2008
There has been renewed interest in embedded FPGA technology for a variety of reasons, according to a report from market research firm In-Stat/MDR. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 22, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..

CDMA450 subscribers to increase to 2.5m by 2009 – report
The number of CDMA450 subscribers is to climb slowly between now and the end of the decade, according to a report from market research agency In-Stat/MDR. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 22, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..

JFK assassination game draws ire
A video game depicting President John F. Kennedy’s assassination has been released today by a Scottish firm amidst a storm of criticism from the dead president's family. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 22, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..

Alcatel to provide Telefónica Móviles with 3G video solution
French telecoms supplier Alcatel’s 3G video solution for Spanish mobile operator Telefónica Móviles can handle the management of mobile and fixed video protocols. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 22, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..

Times Online launches women’s section
UK newspaper The Times’ online version is to include a section for women. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 22, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..

MSN Hotmail launches '.co.uk' e-mail domain
The MSN Hotmail e-mail service is available for the first time with a .co.uk address. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 22, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..

Quit slamin' the LMS.
My cyber glasses are getting steamed because a lot of people are slamin' the LMS but do not have anything that offers the same features at the same cost. Sure, if I had lots of money and unlimited access to... From Teaching and Developing Online. on November 22, 2004 at 1:56 p.m..

Branding tanking
Brands and trademarks were initially intended to protect the consumer from counterfeit knockoffs, but are increasingly used by their owners as a legal weapon to crush competitors and consumer dissidence. From silentblue | Quantified on November 22, 2004 at 1:56 p.m..

Weblog research challenges:
The public nature of weblogs makes them an easy target for a researcher, providing a record of personal interest and engagement in the posts, as well as links that indicate influences and relations with other bloggers. Most weblogs have a simple and well-defined structure (e.g. the weblog post usually has a title, a permalink and a date/time stamp), generate web-feeds (RSS or Atom) representing weblog content in machine-readable format (XML or RDF), or notify centralised weblog tracking tools (e.g. weblogs.com) about updates. The relatively simple struc From Mathemagenic on November 22, 2004 at 1:53 p.m..

Blog research repository?
Anjo on supporting blog research:Blog research, seems to center around the following themes: Communities. Or "virtual settlements" see the recent paper by Lilia Efimova and Stephanie Hendrick. Conversations. A set of posts, distributed over several weblogs, which relate a particular topic. Language analysis. Analysis of the vocabulary used in a weblog, for example to classify favourite topics of the blogger. Mathemagenic on November 22, 2004 at 1:53 p.m..

Software factories: a conversation with Ward Cunningham and Jack Greenfield
On Friday I had a talk with two of Microsoft's patterns & practices leaders: Ward Cunningham and Jack Greenfield. Ward (along with Kent Beck) ignited the patterns movement with a seminal paper at OOPSLA 1987. Jack developed NeXT's Enterprise Objects Framework (now Apple's WebObjects), was a chief architect at Rational, and is now a Microsoft architect for enterprise frameworks and tools. ... From Jon's Radio on November 22, 2004 at 1:47 p.m..

New Book Treats Dyslexia with a Smile and Innovation - The Other Side of Dyslexia Offers Successful Alternative Approaches to Overcoming the Pain and Confusion that Can Accompany Dyslexia.
Dyslexic Ann Farris shares her research and personal experience of overcoming the pain and confusion of dyslexia in her new book, The Other Side of Dyslexia. ISBN # is 0-9758894-1-9 [PRWEB Nov 20, 2004] From PR Web on November 22, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

American Widescreen Museum
The American WideScreen Museum features early film technology (Cinerama, CinemaScope, Vistavision, Todd-AO, Superscope, Ultra Panavision, Cinemiracle, Super Panavision, Technirama) and color cinematography.... From Alpha Channel: The Studio @ Hodges Library on November 22, 2004 at 1:00 p.m..

Telecom Italia slapped with anti-trust fine
The Italian anti-trust authority has sided with five rivals of Telecom Italia and fined the incumbent €152m for abuse of its dominant fixed-line market position. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 22, 2004 at 12:56 p.m..

European broadband prices down by 23% since January - report
Since the beginning of 2004, the average monthly price for 512Kbps, 1Mbps and 2Mbps speeds have dropped by 23 per cent, 23 per cent and 24 per cent respectively, according to a report from market research firm Broad Group. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 22, 2004 at 12:56 p.m..

Global Whois
Search for Web site domain names to find registration information. From Minneapolis Public Library - the LIST on November 22, 2004 at 12:56 p.m..

Whitefence And Upromise Join Forces To Help Consumers Save for College
Members get $2 contribution per service purchased through Upromise Moving Connection [PRWEB Nov 22, 2004] From PR Web on November 22, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

Five equity firms may make €11bn bid for Auna
Five private equity firms are reportedly developing an €11bn joint bid for Auna, the Spanish telco and cable television company. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on November 22, 2004 at 11:56 a.m..

autonomic identity management...
There is an article in WebSphere Journal by Tony Nadalin, IBM's Chief of Security Architecture. This Q and A addresses how companies can simultaneously protect their mission critical data while they connect with business partners externally. Here is an excerpt: "...What Steps Should Organizations Take to Implement a Consistent Identity Management Strategy? An important dimension of the solution is its incremental implementation; the specific order depends on your organizational From judith meskill's knowledge notes... on November 22, 2004 at 11:56 a.m..