Saas, PaaS, IDaas... - everything wants to become available as a service (*aaS). So does Identity, being a key enabler for secure cloud computing. Although it has become difficult to write about Identity as a Service (TM), as the term and it´s acronym IaaS (TM) have been trademarked, Dave Kearns will discuss with some of the cloud computing thought leaders giving you a guideline along your unavoidable way into the cloud. Some of the key considerations when it comes to measuring the "cloud readiness" of enterprise IT, are: - What is the difference between "coventional" outsourcing and cloud computing and how does this affect your identity management?
- What are the models, architectures and tools to externalize identity into the cloud?
- How can you provide unified identity services for the various clouds you might connect to?
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