tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21995415.post1446773712769720538..comments2024-02-01T11:08:01.659-05:00Comments on Matt Flynn: Information Security | Identity & Access Mgmt.: Aveksa and Radical Changes to Identity ManagementMatt Flynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09902381553517250020noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21995415.post-79781788097847257742012-06-11T10:30:55.355-04:002012-06-11T10:30:55.355-04:00Aveksa "approach" is that here is my dat...Aveksa "approach" is that here is my data service bus. Come and grab the data. But feel free to manipulate the data the way you want instead of having someone program the connector for you. I see this as a over simplify approach to shifting the problem onto someone else. In some cases if the other party is willing to do the work sure. But most likely the other party are just as short staffed as the provisioning team. this is not the case where 2 -1 = 1. But Aveksa's desperate need to come up with less proserv service ratio (which it really just shifting the cost onto other business units).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21995415.post-85447498352343461832012-05-30T14:08:28.433-04:002012-05-30T14:08:28.433-04:00Thanks for the feedback! I have no skin in this ga...Thanks for the feedback! I have no skin in this game - the approach just sounded interesting. Glad to hear that others have went down that road. I'd love to explore in detail at some point.Matt Flynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902381553517250020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21995415.post-60440953440619769702012-05-29T14:22:11.183-04:002012-05-29T14:22:11.183-04:00Hi Matt - Great job on your blog, I enjoy reading ...Hi Matt - Great job on your blog, I enjoy reading your posts. I read this recent post and felt compelled to let you know of another vendor who has not only simplified the development of connectors, but has a rich connector library that contains hundreds of connectors for a variety of platforms. Our infrastructure consists of a large number of applications, systems and networks and because of Courion’s vast connector library we were able to connect to all the platforms necessary (Cerner EMR, SSO infrastructure, BMC ITSM change management system, GE PACS, Active Directory, MS exchange, etc) to ensure appropriate user access to sensitive company information. We also use Courion’s Rapid Development Kit to create custom connectors and we can easily modify and update the connectors without any technical hiccups. We’ve had a successful technology partnership with Courion for many years and the extensive connector framework is an important part of that.Randy Yates, Memorial Hermann Health Systemhttp://www.memorialhermann.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21995415.post-1273044298854967912012-05-25T00:54:54.359-04:002012-05-25T00:54:54.359-04:00Welcome to the year 2000.
Aveksa is correct that ...Welcome to the year 2000.<br /><br />Aveksa is correct that business logic does not belong in the connector layer, but they are far from the first to come to this conclusion.<br /><br />This is the approach used by the Waveset architecture which has found itself replicated across many products and projects over the years. This is neither revolutionary nor reduces the complexity.<br /><br />The hard part in connector development is modeling the myriad of authorization repository data models into a common model that can be represented in a business friendly and intuitive way.<br /><br />For a directory or a UNIX system where account attributes and entitlements are mostly name/value pairs, this is really easy. For complex systems like mainframe authorization systems or SAP or ..., this becomes much more complex.David Crownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21995415.post-163482058114883992012-05-24T16:11:34.975-04:002012-05-24T16:11:34.975-04:00Courion has been building their connectors like th...Courion has been building their connectors like this for the past 16 yrs. I would say that Aveksa still has a lot of catching up to do considering Courion has built 300+ connectors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com