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		<title>Virtualization, Clouds and The Future of IAM</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As an old hand at Oracle IdM (going on 10 years now) it is a bit hard for me to digest, but my instinct tells me that survival means adapting to the seas of change rather than trying to run from them.  There is a bright future and a lot of pent up demand in cloud services, where new models will soon overshadow the shortcomings of client/server and internet architectures.   The old school IAM stacks are not going away anytime soon, but the IdM professional will need to learn new models and standards to keep pace with where this industry might be heading.]]></description>
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		<title>My thoughts on Peter Gabriel&#8217;s new album Scratch My Back</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This update was too long for Facebook and Twitter and I&#8217;m too much of a Peter Gabriel fan to limit my comments to 420 characters, so for you regular readers I hope you don&#8217;t mind this little bit of personal wandering, I will get back to IdM soon enough&#8230; I enjoyed listening to Peter Gabriel&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.stevetout.com/personal/my-thoughts-on-peter-gabriels-new-album-scratch-my-back</link>
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		<title>Self Motivation or What gets me out of bed in the morning?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Unless you have a monster for a boss who likes to micromanage every minute of your day, then the disciplines and behaviors required for achieving your career goals are largely going to be your own responsibility and doing (as they should be.)  So instead of waiting for opportunity and success to come to you, I think it's best to take initiative and begin taking actions every day that will help improve your reputation, your career and ultimately your level of income.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.stevetout.com/career/self-motivation-or-what-gets-me-out-of-bed-in-the-morning</link>
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		<title>VMware shows its prowess Cloning Oracle IdM</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I grew up in a painting family and was raised by a father who was a skilled crafstman, an expert with a lifelong career in painting.  The thing you would expect, that our house would always have a fresh coat each season, or a fresh paint at all, is far from reality.  It&#8217;s like the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.stevetout.com/oracle-idm/vmware-shows-its-prowess-cloning-oracle-idm</link>
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		<title>Password insanity!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Authentication and password policies are the bane of my existence.  I really feel sorry for millions of consumers who have no idea whats going on (exactly) with the crazy and absurd requirements that companies put in place for logging in to view account balances or make payments.  As I have a few ideas about whats [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.stevetout.com/risk-management/password-insanity</link>
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		<title>My IdM Christmas Wish List</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While I actually have enjoyed these items on my wish list for awhile, they are very practical and fresh full of usefullness and insights year after year. I use and would recommend any of the following wish list items to my colleague or friends who make his or her livelihood through professional Identity &#038; Access [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.stevetout.com/oracle-idm/my-idm-christmas-wish-list</link>
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		<title>Hi there!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to my new and improved Website. I wanted to build something that was easier to update, more interactive, and frankly more fun to use. I&#8217;m shifting the focus a little to give more room to talk about the business and technical issues around enterprise identity and access management. Some of the things you can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High Performance Websites for Photographers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past 1 1/2 years I have had the great pleasure of writing a column on website management for Rangefinder Magazine, a popular periodical worldwide for the professional photographer.&#160; Lately I have not been able to contribute at the same pace which I started writing my column, but nonetheless the new articles will come.&#160; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.stevetout.com/photography/high-performance-websites-for-photographers</link>
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		<title>Some Windows 7 wins and losses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I can hardly belive the official release of Windows 7 is right around the corner.&#160; Only a few of you may know that back in Decem ber 2008 (right before Win7 Beta became available) I was merely weeks away from switching entirely from PC to MAC OSX to rid myself of the evils beset inside [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.stevetout.com/technology/some-windows-7-wins-and-losses</link>
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		<title>Favorite Win7 Performance Tips</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My favorite Windows 7 tips from Maximum PC http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/25_most_popular_windows_tips http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/21_steps_make_your_pc_betterfasterstronger]]></description>
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