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It seems it barely started, and TechEd EMEA 2008 is almost done already. Identity is very well represented in this edition. Geneva has 2 booths in the ATE area, which experienced really a lot of traffic: you still have time tomorrow for taking advantage of the experts there (Sam, Sidd, Shiung, Tariq) and have a chat with Tejas or Laura. Speaking of Tejas: a couple of days ago he interviewed me about Geneva for teched online , you can see him above while he tries to politely listen to all my "eehhm" & "uhhm". PDC exacted a toll on me: the accent reduction that worked so well in teched NZ, AU and PDC is apparently not working when I am especially tired, and according to many comments I reverted to my Italianinglish in the last session (a redelivery of Kim's PDC session). Sorry guys, I'll try to do better on tomorrow's Identity & Cloud talk, and thanks for having given me good rates anyway :-) Tomorrow there will be 2 great sessions about Geneva: in the first one Sam and Sidd will give an intro to the server and the framework, in the second Sidd will dive deep in the Geneva Framework. If you are here in Barcelona I strongly encourage you to take advantage of their availability both at the sessions and at the booths: it's rare to see them so far from their lairs in Redmond :-) Read More...
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Immediately after IDWorld I will fly to Malmö, Sweden, where I will present a session "Identity & Cloud Services" for the Architecture track of Øredev 2008 . Øredev is a big developer conference, one of the most important for the Scandinavian countries: this is definitely a technical audience, which which I won't hesitate to delve in the details of the architectural patterns and some code here and there. The breadth of the sessions roaster is pretty impressive: check out the cool Silverlight-based agenda explorer here and you'll see for yourself :) In the same timeframe I'll visit customers in the neighboring Copenhagen, if you want to meet I'll be around! I still don't know how I'll manage to pack: Barcelona is pretty hot, Sweden is cold, and for various meetings I'll need a suit... oh well, if last year I managed the delta Spain-Iceland , I hope I'll manage this year too ;-) Read More...
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The week after TechEd EMEA I am traveling to Italy, where I'll give a session about identity & cloud services at the ID World conference . The ID World is a pretty different event from the ones I am used to speak for: there is a strong emphasis on physical authentication, and its delegates tend to be from the top management/government officials. That makes it extremely interesting, those are among the key decision makers and mingling with them is always a very instructive experience, however that also means that I can't afford to do my classic "in the gut of things" act: I'll have to distill the message at very high level, which is an interesting exercise per se. If you happen to be in Milan on the 18th, feel free to drop me a line! Read More...
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Well, it's almost one month since I wrote the last " useful " posts : you would not believe how incredibly busy I am on stuff I can't talk about just yet (but soon, very soon). In this quick update I am excited to report that I am going to speak at TechEd New Zealand & TechEd Australia ! As strange as it may sound, the 114 flights I've boarded since I moved to Corp (October 2005) never took me under the equatorial line; furthermore, it's since first grade that I'm told how cool it is that New Zealand is at the exact antipodes of Italy, has roughly a boot shape as well, etc... that's the farthest place from home I can travel to without leaving the planet :-) I am going to deliver 2 sessions , both in NZ and in AU: Identity & Cloud Services (Architecture track, level 300) The shift towards cloud computing is one of the major trends in today’s IT industry. As resources and assets are increasingly hosted off-premise, traditional strategies for access control and identity management are proving incapable of handling distributed scenarios and cross-boundary communication. This presentation briefly outlines how architectures relying on claims-based identity management, security tokens and open standards can address cloud computing scenarios with the same ease with which they can handle traditional ones. The identity capabilities of Biztalk Services will be featured as a concrete example of an application of the new paradigm. “Zermatt” Developer Framework: Putting Authentication Read More...
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On the 23rd I'll be in Singapore, practically my third home, and will present at the Singapore's Regional Architect Forum (the famous RAF). There is something in that country that charmed me already during my first visit in '89, and every time I have half a chance I try to go visit. Meeting my good pal Linda is certainly one of the things I like of going to Singapore: you would no believe the staggering amount of great work she gets done, all without ever losing her smile :-) A close second would be the levels of the customers & the industry in general there. Singapore's IT is often ahead of the curve, which makes it a perfect audience for very new ideas and approaches. That's why I am looking forward to present on S+S, cloud services and how the new paradigms are already affecting the way in which we deal with identity management. I will also give a chalktalk about the internet service bus , I hope to elicit some deep discussion and explore with Singapore's architects the implications of architecting solutions with tools like the ISB (without ever forgetting the identity aspect, of course). Also in this case Gianpaolo will present on S+S. I am sure he will provide a lot of food for thought, I can't think of anybody more qualified for explaining the topic. besides, his sessions are always fun :-) see you there! Read More...
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In a couple of weeks I'll be in Kuala Lumpur, at the IASA's IT Architect Regional Forum Conference ; I will present on identity in the context of S+S and cloud services, which happens to be the topic that intrigues me the most nowadays. I am really excited for the session, but even more so for the chance of meeting fellow architects and discuss how these new ideas apply to their scenarios. Also: I never went to Kuala Lumpur, and I am very very curious about everything. I'll be there with my good friend Gianpaolo , who will present (surprise surprise) on S+S. I had an exclusive preview of his session, and it's *great*. Don't miss it. Looking forward to be there and spend some time with him and Aaron ! Read More...
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