Leverage: "Positional
advantage; power to act effectively."

Much has been said about the necessity to secure trusted
business relationships between parties in order to make federated identity
worthwhile. Eric Leach, Sun‘s director of product
management for Federated Identity products,
put a different spin on the subject in a recent presentation I attended. He
stressed that many companies, particularly in the telecom and financial services
industries, see the the emerging federation technology as an enabler to leverage
the trusted business relationships they already have in place. Federated Identies
make it possible for them to offer new products and services in a more efficient
manner.

Tags: Identity
Digital Identity
Identity Management
Sun Microsystems
Federation
Leverage
Eric Leach