On March 6th (I’m a bit slow), Sun announced the availability of the its Identity-Enabled Business-to-Business (B2B) solution. This solution integrates Sun’s Identity Management and Java Composite Application Platform Suite (Java CAPS) products to ensure ensure safe policy and transaction synchronization across multiple B2B projects.

What intrigues me about this announcement is that we are beginning to see a fundamental trend in Identity Management — tightly integrating Identity Management with other technologies to yield composite services that enable new business models. Call it “Identity Enabled Business.”

Note: The photo above has nothing to do with Identity Enabled Business, but I thought it would be nice to put in a plug for my home state of Arizona by introducing you to one of our friendly Arizona television stations.

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