NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DAVE KEARNS ON IDENTITY MANAGEMENT 10/13/04 Today's focus: Introducing EPOK
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As I said, fascinating personal stories. But today we'll concentrate on the business message. Hariri was actually raised mostly in France and came to the U.S. to study at Georgetown University. He stayed in the DC area after school and continued to be fascinated by the great strides technology, especially identity technology, was taking. So he along with partner Scott Birnbaum founded EPOK, which bills itself as the leading purveyor of Identity Rights Management (IRM) systems. While that does seem like a marketing attempt to cash in on two "buzzwords" - identity management and Digital Rights Management (DRM) - EPOK was using the phrase before the recording industry began its crackdown on downloadable music. But there are similarities. In a nutshell, EPOK's products allow someone who "owns" data (typically identity or personalization data) to enable others to share in its use. A small, easily understood example is the Dynamic Address Book. Say I have lots of information in my address book but I'm never sure how up-to-date it is. Services such as Plaxo are annoying, intrusive and spam-like (see Paul McNamara's column at <http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/1208buzz.html> if you aren't familiar with Plaxo). EPOK's method is non-intrusive and fine grained. Not only does the information update automatically, only that information intended for that user gets updated. If I've given you the right to know my cell phone number, then your record of it is automatically updated whenever the number changes. But if I haven't granted you that right, then you'll never know I even have a cell phone. That's a very simplified explanation of the simplest of EPOK's technologies. Visit its Web site ( <http://www.epok.net/> ) to learn more. See why the government of Dubai chose EPOK to implement its automated entry and exit system, paving the way for a visa-less travel experience. With the U.S. and EU (as well as some other countries) interested in both increased security for entry as well as a need to decrease the amount of time spent standing in line at airports, EPOK has some ideas and programs which should be of interest. Identrus' Wendel also had ideas about identity and security, but her focus is on safeguarding your money. We'll look at that discussion in the next issue. _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Dave Kearns Dave Kearns is a writer and consultant in Silicon Valley. He's written a number of books including the (sadly) now out of print "Peter Norton's Complete Guide to Networks." His musings can be found at Virtual Quill <http://www.vquill.com/>. Kearns is the author of three Network World Newsletters: Windows Networking Tips, Novell NetWare Tips, and Identity Management. Comments about these newsletters should be sent to him at these respective addresses: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Kearns provides content services to network vendors: books, manuals, white papers, lectures and seminars, marketing, technical marketing and support documents. Virtual Quill provides "words to sell by..." Find out more by e-mail at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by SBC Dialing for Dollars CRATE & BARREL'S VOIP MOVE NETS SAVINGS AND FLEXIBILITY An apples-to-apples comparison showed that a centralized, software-based, IP-based platform could provide significant cost savings and productivity benefits over a comparable, traditional PBX system. 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