It
is the stage to an incredible number of different dramas, all involving
different actors with their own agendas. Every service
provider runs his or her interests on the Internet for his or her
own reasons, according to his or her own business model and
practices; and unpredictable new business models thrive and
decline at stunning pace without central supervision or governance
of sort. (At the time of this writing, the huge success of
twitter.com is baf?¬‚ing old-school analysts.) The concept of identity
plays a key role in every service or activity that provides or
manipulates value. It should not come as a surprise that every
business wants to exercise control over the way in which identity
is managed for their assets so that they can ensure that it is
inline with their business goals. Different businesses will have
different expectations from identity management. An enterprise
giving remote access to its employees will want to make sure
that access levels are enforced, striking the delicate balance
between ease of access and security. The same enterprises,
when offering online services to customers, will have a different
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