Well, my friends, it is time for me to say goodbye. It’s been a wonderful 5 years at Sun. As many probably suspected, I will not be joining the Oracle Identity team.

These past five years have been the best professional experiences in my life. I had a blast working with the Java Enterprise System team and Sun’s systems management team, but nothing beats my experience working with the most talented Identity Management team in the world. Oracle is inheriting THE BEST Identity products available and I wish them luck on their strategy and direction.

Although I’m very happy that this process has finally come to a close, I am sad to see Sun fading away. I believe the environment that Sun fostered was a once in a lifetime opportunity and I appreciate the experience and have tremendous gratitude for all that it offered me.

Since I host my own blog now, I will continue to blog here about everything identity. Also, If you want to keep in touch, feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn.

Register for this free Webinar to learn more about the latest identity administration advancements for Identity Manager and Role Manager, including:

* One-click enablement of compliant provisioning
* Integrated role assignment
* Preventative, real-time segregation of duties (SoD) policy enforcement

Topic: Sun Webcast Series – Identity Manager and Role Manager Product Update
Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Time: 10:00 am PT / 1:00 pm ET / 19.00 CET (check my timezone)
Duration: 1 hour
Speaker: Sun Product Manager Mat Hamlin

For those that missed it, below is the webinar we recorded yesterday on OpenSSO’s new Fine-Grained Entitlement Enforcement capabilities. Enjoy! You can also read the press release here.

Join Sun product manager Suresh Sridharan tomorrow 10:00 am PDT / 1:00 pm EDT / 19.00 CET (check my timezone), November 18, to learn how Sun’s identity management solutions can help your organization to:

1) Automate management of digital identities for other providers, patients, physicians, clinicians, and payors
2) Provide single sign-on (SSO) and secure federated access to privacy-regulated healthcare information while adhering to strict mandates
3) Enable delegated, self-service password management
4) Comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), internal security policies, and corporate governance policies with complete auditing and reporting capabilities

To register for the event click here.

The Sun Identity team will be actively participating in the Internet Identity WorkShop next week in Palo Alto. We’re looking forward to talking about hot new technologies such as OAUTH and Vendor Relationship Management and hope to actively share our ideas around innovation in the identity and access management space. We just signed up as a sponsor (better late than never) and will be providing lunch on one of the days. Hope to see you there!

Below is a great webcast put on by Nick Wooler and Neil Gandhi from the Sun Identity team. They discuss all the great new things in Role Manager 5 and Directory Server Enterprise Edition 7. I’m always struck by the hypnotic power of Wooler’s voice. I’m convinced he has a bright future in Books-on-Tape. Check it out!

Join the Sun Identity Management team at the Burton Catalyst conference in San Diego, California on Wednesday, July 29th, 2009. Stop by our Hospitality Suite and learn how you can simplify security and compliance for your business while you enjoy some 80s style fun!
This is your VIP pass to our “Identity Underground” Hospitality Suite featuring:
* Break dancing by the OuterCircle Crew
* Signature East coast and West coast munchies
* On demand demos of Sun’s industry leading identity management solutions
* One to one chat with Sun’s identity domain experts
* A raffle with great prizes – and the more you participate, the more chances you have to win!