Identity Management

Interact with the identity management community and share insights and information and collaborate with your peers. Listed below are some essential identity management community resources.

Forums

Visit these identity management-related forums to get help or give help;

Open-Source Identity Management

The Identity Management Community points you to new and innovative open-source projects. Learn more about OpenSSO, the open-source project for Sun Java System Access Manager; and OpenDS, the next-generation LDAP directory server.

User Groups

Java User Groups
A Java User Group (JUG) is a community of people who share a common interest in Java technology and meet on a regular basis to share technical ideas and information. Find a local or virtual JUG.

Community Events

Events
These developer events from around the world, arranged by month, cover tools and technologies and offer ideal networking opportunities.

Blogs

Read these identity management-related blogs from blogs.sun.com that mention Access Manager, Directory Server, Federation Manager, or Identity Manager.

Also visit these blogs of interest:

Identity Management Buzz
Get the latest news from the Sun identity management team.
OpenSSO Blogs
Keep up to date with the OpenSSO community.

Federation and access management experts

Mark Dixon: Discovering Identity
A practice lead for Sun's identity management business shares his lessons learned about the broad science and magic of identity management.
Pat Patterson: Superpatterns
A technical architect for Sun Java System Access Manager focuses on identity management and federation.
Daniel Raskin: Virtual Daniel
A Sun senior product line manager aims at delivering to enterprises open-source, intuitive, and simple solutions for federated access management.
Robin Wilton: Esoterica
A corporate architect in Sun's CTO office provides insights on security and identity that both techies and business minded folks can appreciate.

Directory service experts

Mark Craig: Margin Notes
The engineering manager of Sun's Directory Integration Team writes about the documentation and wikis for Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition and OpenDS.
Ludovic Poitou: Ludo's Sketches
The OpenDS community lead sounds off on the engineering aspects of LDAP, Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition, and OpenDS: builds, events, related tools.

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