Come Join us in San Francisco for OpenSSO Community Day, CommunityOne West, and JavaOne!

OpenSSO Community Day

Join us Sunday May 31st, for OpenSSO Community Day at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. It's our 'unconference' before the main conference and discussions will include OpenDS and Identity Connectors. Just show up prepared to talk about any topic related to Sun's open source identity projects. As always attendance is free. Join our Meetup to participate in this discussion. See you there!

CommunityOne West Conference

Whether you're a developer, technologist, or student, join us Monday, June 1- Wednesday, June 3 at the Moscone Center for technical education, OpenSSO talks, and a Hands On Lab at CommunityOne West. Don't miss the General Session Keynote Address with John Fowler, Dave Douglas, and Lou Tucker Monday, June 1st at 9:00 AM PT. The choice is yours-- attend in person or tune into our webcast for a live recording. Check out the complete conference schedule and the following free identity-related events.

Monday, June 1

• Hands On Lab --Web Application Security with OpenSSO by Himanshu Vijay and Baby Sunil.
• Pragmatic Identity 2.0--Invoking Identity Services with a Simplified REST/ROA Architecture by Daniel Raskin.
• Metro Web Services, NetBeans IDE, GlassFish Application Server, and OpenSSO in Action with Amazon WS, Azure, and Office by Harold Carr.
• Secure Web Services in Time for Tea, Using Metro and OpenSSO by Jonathan Scudder.

Wednesday, June 3

• Deep Dives-- Identity Management with OpenSSO: Deploy an Identity Management Solution in Four hours by David Goldsmith.

JavaOne Conference

Continue the fun with more OpenSSO related talks, a BOF, and a Hands On Lab at JavaOne Tuesday, June 2- Friday, June 5. Stop by our pod (#462) to talk with identity experts and get a free t-shirt and open source CD! And, don't miss the following identity-related presentations:

Tuesday, June 2

• Using and Participating in the OpenSSO Project by Sean Brydon, Pat Patterson, Aravindan Ranganathan.

Wednesday, June 3

• Designing and Building Security into REST Applications by Sean Brydon, Aravindan Ranganathan, Paul Bryan.

Thursday, June 4

• Pragmatic Identity 2.0: Simple, Open, Identity Services Using REST by Pat Patterson, Ron Ten-Hove.
• Web Application Security with OpenSSO: From Simple Log-In to Single Sign-On to Federation by Pat Patterson, Himanshu Vijay, Baby Sunil.
• A RESTful approach to identity-based web services by Hubert Le Van Gong, Marc Hadley.

Posted at 03:20PM May 27, 2009 by Stephanie Brannan in Events  |  Comments[0]

Check Out Our Newest Identity Customer Video, Podcast, and Flash Presentation

Thomson Reuters Customer Video

Chris Lucock, head of Enterprise Architecture desktop products, talks about how their Sun OpenSSO Enterprise implementation is helping to improve customer experience and lower their total cost of ownership.

Here Comes the Sun

Nick Crown, Product Line Manager at Sun Microsystems, and Ian Glazer, Senior Analyst from the Burton Group, discuss access certification-- what it is, why it’s important, and recommendations for success.

Identity Management Flash Presentation

Posted at 03:04PM May 18, 2009 by Stephanie Brannan in Press Releases / News  |  Comments[0]

Identity Webinar Series- 3rd Wednesday of Every Month

Join us next week for our free monthly webinar. Learn how Sun offers the only high-performance directory server with essential data services including proxy, virtual directory, and data distribution.

Event Details

Topic: Directory Services for Enterprise Productivity Webinar
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Time: 10:00 AM PDT / 1:00 PM EDT/ 18:00 GMT
Speaker: Nick Wooler, Product Line Manager for Sun's directory products, Directory Server Enterprise Edition (DSEE) and OpenDS.

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Posted at 03:18PM May 13, 2009 by Stephanie Brannan in Events  |  Comments[0]

Check Out Our Newest Identity Management White Papers

Guide to Open Source Identity Management

This paper highlights how Sun Identity Management delivers low-cost, open-source software solutions that offer the flexibility, manageability, and cost-reducing benefits your business needs.

Microsoft "Geneva" Server and Sun OpenSSO

This paper focuses on interoperatibility utilizing the SAML federation standard in Sun OpenSSO and the forthcoming "Geneva" Server.

Posted at 04:24PM May 12, 2009 by Stephanie Brannan in Press Releases / News  |  Comments[1]

Experience Identity Manager 8.0 - With Free Introductory Training

The Sun Identity Manager 8.0 Product Overview and Architecture course provides an overview of Identity Management and the Sun Identity Manager product including new features, product architecture and functionality available with the Identity Manager 8.0 release.  And even better, it will give you first-hand insight into the product features and benefits for free.

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Posted at 11:21AM May 11, 2009 by Stephanie Brannan in Events  |  Comments[0]

Sun Wins Best Innovation with Open SSO Fedlet at the European Identity Conference

Yesterday, Sun's OpenSSO Fedlet, a simple, lightweight federation for Java and .NET apps, was awarded "Best Innovation" in Identity and Access Management and Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance at the Kuppinger Cole European Identity Conference  in Munich, Germany. Congratulations product team!

Check out  a video of Kuppinger Cole Analyst, Felix Gaehtgens, interviewing our very own Pat Patterson posted on Daniel Raskin and Pat Patterson's blog.

Posted at 01:41PM May 07, 2009 by Stephanie Brannan in Press Releases / News  |  Comments[0]