Identity management is a complex and increasingly important issue in information technology. Identity management, or IDM, is a broad term that can refer to anything from assigning user identities and identity security, to network protocols and digital certificates. With such a broad issue comes a broad set of perspectives on how to approach it.
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As the communications tree at many companies opens up to include VPN, email, web conferencing, online collaboration and others, users are finding themselves with bits of important information scattered all across this range of channels. The great challenge—and great benefit—of unified communications is to integrate all of these information sources into a manageable equation. Companies are approaching this challenge with creativity and vision, and the results are winning over converts to unified communications every day.
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Paul Hillman talks with Doug Brady, Chief Information Officer for Plante & Moran, one of the nation’s leading certified public accounting and business consulting firms. The technology area at Plante & Moran is responsible for providing bullet-proof information resources for thousands of client services professionals around the world. In addition, IT and Plante & Moran is also expected to be an agent of change within the firm by bringing a higher level of innovation through the services they provide.
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Paul Hillman talks with Matt Roush, the technology editor at WWJ Newsradio 950 and editor of the Great Lakes IT Report, a daily IT newsletter available via email every business morning. The IT Report covers a wide variety of tech stories including hardware, software, advanced manufacturing, life sciences and tech education.
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Software-plus-Services is the next logical step in the evolution of computing. It represents an industry shift toward solutions that are neither exclusively software-centric nor browser-centric. Across the industry, Software-plus-Services is growing as a model strategy. Even those claiming to deliver Web-only offerings are moving toward hybrid scenarios that involve both services and software. The best aspects of software– combined with the best aspects of web-based services–can deliver compelling solutions for consumers, developers and businesses.
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