tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671042334500221173.post4542584519760087451..comments2023-09-15T12:06:45.175-04:00Comments on Mike's Musings on Identity Management: Quest Software and recent acquisitionsMike Brengshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10610359402718439007noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671042334500221173.post-23488068787536022011-05-20T17:55:12.035-04:002011-05-20T17:55:12.035-04:00Thanks for your support of TEC!!!
Phil - We could...Thanks for your support of TEC!!!<br /><br />Phil - We could debate an "internet shopping paradigm" but we'll let the market decide that one. Your point that our product "was built on an open source .Net alternative" is incorrect however.<br /><br />Mono is about enabling .Net applications to run cross-platform - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_(software). Our product has been built using .Net and it runs on Windows like any other product designed to work on the Windows platform. The fact that our product runs on Mono means Mono is a) "working as designed" from the perspective of Mono; and b) enables customers who really want to run our product on a different platform to do that thanks to Mono - not Quest (or Voelcker).<br /><br />If Mono were cancelled it would limit customer choice in many different products and not just Quest's. The impact would be far broader. That said, you've probably seen the news that Mono is not dead - http://www.xamarin.com/ - so this is really not an issue either way (IMHO).<br /><br />Thanks for reading and again thanks for your support of Quest's TEC conference!<br /><br />...Jackson Shaw (jackson.shaw(at)quest.com)<br />Sr. Director, IAM Product ManagementAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00014140177974348471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671042334500221173.post-87117053836756323422011-05-16T10:21:50.638-04:002011-05-16T10:21:50.638-04:00Good post Mike. I agree that Oracle has made very...Good post Mike. I agree that Oracle has made very smart acquisitions and has done a great job in “Oraclizing” the products. However, with regards to Quest's strategy in its purchase of Voelker Informatik's Active Entry product, I think you will find it will turn out to be a colossal mistake. Not only is its concept of an internet shopping paradigm for IDM truly confusing, but it was built on an open source .Net alternative, Mono, which is most likely going to be back-shelved by Attachmate with their acquisition of Novell and the firing of the entire Mono team. I don’t see this product gaining much of a foot-hold in the IAM space even with the captive audience that Quest has (http://thedotnetfactory.wordpress.com/).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671042334500221173.post-8843692025827715062011-02-24T17:32:21.701-05:002011-02-24T17:32:21.701-05:00Interesting question Mike. Quest has a foot in the...Interesting question Mike. Quest has a foot in the door at a ton of companies due to the strength of their platform migration tools. ...many of whom don't have traditional IAM solutions in place. Because of that market position, they're probably in a unique position to generate some demand amongst that client base who might not otherwise be looking for IAM. It will be interesting to watch as the market continues to evolve.Matt Flynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902381553517250020noreply@blogger.com