For enterprises, the Microsoft® Windows® server family and Active Directory® are the fundamental building blocks for managing and securing identity. The upcoming release of Windows .NET Server makes several advancements that will help enterprises take solid steps on the road to federating identity:

• Cross forest trust. Windows .NET Server allows you to directly federate your Active Directory with another Active Directory over the Internet.
• . NET Passport Integration. Windows .NET Server can accept a .NET Passport as a credential type, and map that .NET Passport to an Active Directory account.

Both significant for Bumble Bee

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GPs' earnings boosted by scheme to aid deprived people. Society: Family doctors working under 'paid-by-results' contracts are earning more than £150,000 a year, accountants say. [Guardian Unlimited]

Why doesn't this surprise me?

9:23:06 AM    

European public Wi-Fi lags, but interest rises: the International Herald Tribune covers the state of Wi-Fi across Europe, noting that Telia HomeRun is the biggest single installation. Analysts predict 17,000 hot spots by 2006. [via Olivier Travers]

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