Sun announced an interesting support offering this morning with their OpenSSO Express offering. Boiled down it means companies can buy support for the OpenSSO offering, released on (about) three month cycles, instead of only being able to buy support for the “commercialized” version of OpenSSO, Access Manager (released around 12 month cycles). What’s the deal there? The idea is that companies can quicker access to new features in the OpenSSO build rather than waiting for the longer, full cycle. As a Sun watcher, I like this kind of thing because it’s a simple, straight forward implementation, if you will, of being an open source company. Developers are typically prone to download and start using open source components for projects, esp. small, “just trying this out, ooops, now it’s a big deal for us” types of projects. Providing support for scenarios like that - starting to use OpenSSO instead of Access Manager - is nice for both developers and operations people who have to support the end result. We talk about this more in-depth on the latest episode of the Sun IdentityBuzz - as well as the usual brain-dump on what we’ve been thinking about and seeing in identity-land. And, you’ll notice that Daniel Raskin (the smoking monkey!) has taken over hosting the IdentityBuzz from Brandon Whichard (who’s now at Zenoss). You can download the audio directly here, or subscribe to the podcast feed. Share This

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Download the episode directly right here, or subscribe to the feed in iTunes or other podcatcher to have episodes downloaded automatically. In this episode, we’re joined by Tarus Balog of OpenNMS and also Matt Ray of Zenoss. John Willis gets on half-way though after a Skype-blow-out. We start out talking about OpenNMS, of course, and then get into some other topics: What “network management” means. Using Perl for scripting in IT Management. Using ZipTie for asset management. John’s 10 enterprises using cloud computing. And figuring out the division of work-loads between cloud and on-premise applications. Them’s the highlights I jotted down while we talked. There’s more locked up in there, like Tarus’ take on cloud computing. Disclaimer: Zenoss is a client, as is AlterPoint and IBM. See the RedMonk client list for other clients mentioned. Share This

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In this episode, I try to get Charles to help me get more shit done (GMTD?). Gotta run to go see Gonzo, no time for long write-up, brohan! Share This

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Download the episode directly right here, or subscribe to the feed in iTunes or other podcatcher to have episodes downloaded automatically. In this episode, John and I start out talking about training for IT departments. We then get into a discussion of Managed Objects‘ myCMDB for which James Governor and I had a briefing earlier this week. The first question people have been asking me - John included - is “was the IT Skeptic right?” Also, see this guest post over in McClure-land. After this, we pull up our favorite topic clouds, briefily mentioning the “WHAO, COWBOY! SECURITY FREAK-OUT! CODE-BROWN! CODE-BROWN!” piece on the need for more security think in cloud land. Finally, we wrap up with the idea of “Grounded Clouds,” or making sure to connect up your cloud stuff with all the on-premise software that exists out there. We get into commenting that most cloud providers probably have little idea about what “enterprise workloads” are (listener challenge: how many can you name?) and thus would be hard-pressed to figure out what to even migrate to the cloud. Less cynically, we talk about the interesting write-up of Cybernet moving its payroll system to EC2. This is the kind of think we need to see more of. Disclaimer: IBM is a client, as is BMC. For other RedMonk clients mentioned, see the RedMonk client list. Share This

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In this episode: We start out talking about Charles’ “cleansing” efforts, which sound terrible if you like food, but he’s down for it. I then tell Charles about how I like FriendFeed a lot now-a-days. As I say in the podcast, you guys should join and link up with me so I can get more content to read. Charles then talks about how dealing with ruby and Java deployments is annoying and we wonder out-loud about how easy it is to deal with PHP installs - which is probably debatable given crap you’ve had the deal yourself. I then detail how a little jaunt to iUseThis.com stuck me a desktop optimization rut, esp. after I found AppFresh. Finally, we learn that Charles is selling one of his iMacs and - shocker! - probably going to get a ThinkPad. Thanks to John Arley Burns for sending over the Starcontrol sounds. Share This

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Download the episode directly or subscribe to the feed in iTunes or other podcatcher. New Sponsor: RIAjobs.org - Listener Deals As mentioned at the beginning of this episode, we have a new sponsor: RIAjobs.org. And, even better, we have two specials for you, dear RIA Weekly listeners. Go over to http://RIAjobs.org/riaweekly/ and you can get discounts for listing a job and posting ads. If you’re looking for an RIA job or looking to hire someone, go check it out ;> We’re Joined by RMH In this episode, we’re joined by Curl’s Richard Monson-Haefel. As you would expect, we open up the episode talking about Curl in detail. We go over some recent news, then delve into Curl’s history, and then finally end up taking about the enterprise and business applications for Curl and features that help there. Also, we spend sometime comparing the Japanese vs the American IT market, I topic I always enjoy dipping into. Richard and I have a bit of a Java Good Ol’ Boys chit-chat as we compare the days of EJBs and JSF to RIA-land. Launching into the news, we talk about Adobe providing Yahoo! and Google a special version of the Flash Player that “plays” SWF files, helping those search engines pull out more searchable text. We briefly touch on WordPress using Gears to boost their admin interface. And, if you’re interested in the free webinar on RIA, cloud, and data integration I mention at the end, check out more details here. Disclaimer: Adobe and Microsoft are clients. See the RedMonk client list for other clients mentioned. Share This

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