<![CDATA[[SecurityRatty] tag: kent]]> http://securityratty.com/tag/kent Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:54:43 +0000 iRatty Engine http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[SSO Summit Wrap Up]]> http://securityratty.com/article/f95d236237bbd04ba2c6565ed7ec3dca http://securityratty.com/article/f95d236237bbd04ba2c6565ed7ec3dca More notes from SSO Summit - to recap I can't stress enough how a 50-200 person conference comprised of around 50-60% enterprise folk (instead of just vendors and *cough* consultants) is ideal. Real, in depth conversations instead of just "where is the party" a la RSA. Also, this conference has a laser focus on SSO, so all 150 of us are able to look through the prism from lots of angles.
Some additional takeaways

Dave Kearns has serious moderator skillz. 

You can tell all the Mac users because they have to have their laptops plugged in at all times (Mr. Jobs paging Mr. Clayton Christensen)

Eve Maler can really sing

One of the prettiest drives through Colorado is here

I did my presentation on Security Token Servers today. Bob Brandt from 3M spoke on Federation at 3M, its quite interesting to think about the mix of all these technologies the same way 3M's products are composed from a grid of technologies. I see STS playing role here, enabling us to get interop across multiple token types. Bob also mentioned that the business doesn't _ask_ for SSO any more; they expect it. He mentioned (and I have seen the same) much greater SAML adoption and awareness by customers and partners. And I quite liked his quote - "If you are a SAAS vendors and you  are not supporting SAML you won't be in business very long."

Kent Beck says programs are not things, they are shadows of communities. If you look at a big vendors' IDENTITY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT SUITE - its not a cohesive product so much as a shadow of the big vendors' Visio org chart. Ping's SSO community is fast, light and Ninja; SSO functionality enabling real pros to get stuff done for real use cases. 

Its a lot of fun to be at a 1.0 conference, I am pretty sure this will be 2x-3x next year.
]]> Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:41:07 +0000 sso sso summit sso functionality sso community vendors saas vendors person conference conference real SSO Summit Wrap Up <![CDATA[Wee-Fi: Kentucky Town-Fi; Exorbitant Hotel-Fi]]> http://securityratty.com/article/f6c9992466c72a222e4afddfdbb584de http://securityratty.com/article/f6c9992466c72a222e4afddfdbb584de Kentucky town shaves 97 percent of Wi-Fi network cost: The town of Prestonsburg, Kent., thought a city-wide Wi-Fi network could help attract tourists and businesses, while expanding remote access for telemedicine and other purposes. But Government Technology reports that the first estimates for building a network were from $48,000 to $248,000. They opted to use Meraki's mesh gear and spent $8,500 instead, covering just a 2-mi stretch of their downtown. About 2/3rds was for the equipment, the rest for DSL connections and marketing. The service is free and has no ads at present.

Portfolio critiques crazy hotel Wi-Fi pricing: The travel guru that is Joe Brancatelli turns a steely eye to $15 per night charges at fancy hotels for Internet access, noting that cheaper hotels include such service at no cost. The higher-end hotels won't talk for attribution, but they say that a "fraction" of guests use Internet, so why bundle it into the room rate? Pshaw. At $15 per night, four to six users pay the entire cost, while the hotel or its operator accepts a fraction of that rate as settlement from Boingo and iPass and other aggregators. So it's nonsense. They charge because business travelers will expense it and be reimbursed.

]]> Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:06:22 +0000 town network cost wi-fi network cost city-wide wi-fi network kentucky town shaves cheaper hotels include internet night Wee-Fi: Kentucky Town-Fi; Exorbitant Hotel-Fi <![CDATA[Metro Round-Up: Delays and New Beginnings]]> http://securityratty.com/article/488b7b0e0613e236ac9686e26658de8f http://securityratty.com/article/488b7b0e0613e236ac9686e26658de8f Milwaukee, Wisc., network likely won't expand: Midwest Fiber Networks spent $700,000 to build a pilot network that they can't fund citywide. They want anchor tenants for the $20m network, and can't get the city signed on. The company will continue running the network, though, and is looking into alternatives. I always thought a fiber provider had a great win in having their backhaul to operate the many Wi-Fi nodes needed.

Nashua, N.H.'s downtown network may never launch: The local paper says, c'mon, already. The network was to span a 1.2-mi stretch of the main street and use donations. Deadlines have come and gone for a year.

Covad may launch San Carlos, Calif., test network: The company know for wired installations as the last-man-standing among competitive DSL and other digital line providers nationwide, is looking for city access to build a square mile test area. This is the latest wrinkle in trying to get Wireless Silicon Valley underway after the consortium was unable to raise funds, and lead-partner Azulstar stepped back or was replaced.

Lexington, Kent., may relaunch shuttered network: The city bought SkyTel's network assets for $10 over a year ago--10 dollars, not 10 plus any zeroes--and the city may partner with the University of Kentucky to build a public-safety network. The university would manage the network. It's unclear from the article if any public access would be included.

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