Burton Group provides integrated consulting, advisory, and research services to support technologists who are responsible for decisions and plans related to network technologies, services, products, and vendors. Burton helps enterprise organizations to plan, build, and manage general-purpose:

Applications Infrastructure for enabling and integrating network applications across intranets, extranets and exchanges.

Network Transport Infrastructure for converging voice, video, and data networks, thereby creating a next-generation network.

There are, today, thousands of information sources about network technologies. The problem is that most of those sources examine only one or two technologies, failing to acknowledge the relationship between those technologies or the impact of implementing them on the entire network. As the world continues its transition from an industrial economy to a digital economy, both applications infrastructure and network infrastructure must be considered.

The network is no longer just a tool for doing business; it's the medium through which you conduct business.

Communicator Hub ID - a unified digital identity management service - allows enterprises to securely extend and manage their corporate identities (employees, customers, partners, suppliers) beyond the enterprise while enabling identity related services such as -

• Single Sign-On
• Policy Based Workflow Control
• Account Provisioning
• Self-help Systems
• Permissioned White Pages
• Presence Awareness

Hub ID integrates with a wide variety of environments and allows companies to leverage their existing technology investments and architecture. It is a flexible and quick to deploy solution with a variety of options ranging from easy to use APIs to simple and user-friendly administration screens.

Communicator Inc pioneered a federated approach to solving the business problem of single sign-on when it launched the Hub ID service three years ago. The service has been in production since 1999 and is currently in use in over 2,000 companies worldwide. With Hub ID our clients protect their company brands by retaining control over their content; protect client relationships by improving customer satisfaction and helping them to increase productivity; and save costs by lowering the volume of help desk inquiries. All these factors ensure a quick and significant ROI.

Communicator Inc connects people within and across organizations with its Communicator Hub suite of secure electronic communications products and services. The Communicator Hub identity management, content aggregation and messaging products help build strong relationships between companies and their core customers by improving efficiency, reducing costs and protecting client relationships, content and brands. Headquartered in White Plains, New York, the privately held company was founded in 1999 by senior IT and financial services executives. Communicator Inc is a Sponsor member of the Liberty Alliance.

Datakey Inc. focuses on delivering reliable smart card-based solutions for securing enterprise-wide personal identification. Datakey smart card technology is trusted to:

• Safeguard a user's digital identity
• Authenticate and control user access to enterprise networks, applications and resources.
• Protect the integrity and privacy of data shared over corporate networks and the Internet

Customers and partners alike rely on Datakey technology in a full range of enterprise applications, including password management, host authentication, Windows log-on, VPN access, web authorization, desktop security, corporate badge and building access, biometric integration, public key encryption, digital certificates and digital signatures.

Nineteen years ago, ePresence (NASDAQ: EPRE) pioneered directory technology and networking solutions. Today, we are a highly focused consulting and systems integration services company with a diverse customer base of Fortune 1000 class organizations.

Our Secure Identity Management (SIM) solutions provide employees with the information they need to do their job better, help business management share information and applications freely throughout the enterprise and across the value chain, and simplify the management of key IT and business processes.

We have a heritage rich in experience and talent. Our pragmatic approach to partnering with - and becoming an extension of - our clients' internal teams has earned us a reputation of unparalleled dedication. Our innovative and creative work environment has attracted top talent from many disciplines. Our team includes technology consultants and architects, project managers, e-business consultants, application developers, interface designers and systems integrators.

Our acknowledged leadership in the directory services field has lead to strong alliances with industry-leading platform and technology vendors, including Access360, Business Layers, Critical Path, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Microsoft, Netegrity, OpenNetwork and Sun. We also work closely with the leading directory consulting and analyst firm, The Burton Group. Our directory expertise has also contributed to the success of numerous large enterprises as well as Switchboard Incorporated (NASDAQ: SWBD), a leading provider of directory technology and locally targeted e-marketing solutions. ePresence retains a 54% equity position in Switchboard, Inc.

Headquartered in Westboro, Massachusetts, ePresence has offices throughout North America. We can be reached at 1 (800) 217-2969 or on the web at www.epresence.com

Front Range TechBiz is a weekly, subscriber-based, quality news source serving the rapidly growing technology community in Colorado. We reach the engineers and decision makers in this market, we look forward to helping you promote your business and services to our qualified high tech readership.

Founded in 1999, the International Security, Trust, and Privacy Alliance (ISTPA) is a global alliance of companies, institutions and technology providers working together to clarify and resolve existing and evolving issues related to security, trust, and privacy.

The ISTPA's focus is on the protection of personal information.

Microsoft's vision is to empower people through great software - any time, any place and on any device. As the worldwide leader in software for personal and business computing, Microsoft strives to produce innovative products and services that meet our customers' evolving needs.

Microsoft .NET is the set of Microsoft technologies for connecting your world of information, people, systems, and devices. .NET is infused through the Microsoft platform to provide the ability to build, host, deploy and consume XML Web service connected solutions.

For companies seeking to optimize on-line business relationships, Netegrity is the access, identity and portal management company that delivers a single, secure, and personalized point of entry to the enterprise and a single point of administration for enterprise-wide Web-based services. Unlike alternative approaches, Netegrity's application infrastructure is designed to accommodate the most heterogeneous of computing environments.

Headquartered in Waltham, Mass., Netegrity has offices in 13 countries including the UK, France, Germany, Japan, and Singapore.

OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) is a not-for-profit, global consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of e-business standards. Members themselves set the OASIS technical agenda, using a lightweight, open process expressly designed to promote industry consensus and unite disparate efforts. OASIS produces worldwide standards for security, Web services, XML conformance, business transactions, electronic publishing, topic maps and interoperability within and between marketplaces. OASIS has more than 500 corporate and individual members in 100 countries around the world.

Oblix Inc. is a leading developer of identity-based security solutions for e-business networks. The company's flagship product, Oblix NetPoint, is an enterprise identity management and Web access solution that provides an identity infrastructure for an entire e-business environment. Based on Web services architecture, Oblix NetPoint includes rich identity management functionality and provides access control with single sign-on to enterprise applications. This combination significantly lowers IT costs for organizations conducting business on the Web. Global corporations such as AT&T Wireless, APL, Banorte, Blockbuster, British Airways, CEMEX, Country Companies, Farmers Group, General Motors, Hitachi, i2 Technologies, Intuit, Medtronic, Norsk Hydro, Old Mutual, Stanford University, Telefonica, Tellabs, Wachovia, Xerox and many more rely on Oblix solutions. Oblix investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Apax Partners, Van Wagoner Capital Management, Cisco Systems, Intel 64 Fund, Focus Ventures, Credit Suisse First Boston, JP Morgan, Sumitomo Corporation and Novell, Inc. With offices in North America and Europe, Oblix is headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., for more information Oblix can be reached at (408) 861-6800 or visit us at www.oblix.com

OneName Corporation provides the digital identity infrastructure needed to take full advantage of emerging Web services architectures. Because Web services platforms offer enormous flexibility and dynamic functionality, conventional methods for establishing identity, such as enterprise access management and directory based solutions, fall short. OneName technology provides a new way to establish, authenticate, manage, and extend identity, based on open standards. With OneName digital identity services, people and businesses can initiate highly interactive, secure relationships with confidence and ease. OneName products incorporate the Extensible Name Service digital identity protocol (XNS) to increase the reliability and efficiency of any digital transaction that crosses trust boundaries.

The OneName Identity Server builds on the open XNS digital identity protocol to give businesses a standard, interoperable way to create and manage identities and associated permission, security, privacy, and synchronization requirements. The OneName Software Development Kit accelerates the creation, documentation, and publication of digital identity services, reducing the overall cost of taking advantage of OneName Identity Server functionality.

OneName Corporation was founded in 1999 and maintains headquarters in Seattle, Washington. OneName is a member of leading standards organizations including the World Wide Web Consortium, OASIS, the XNS Public Trust Organization, the Liberty Alliance, and the International Security Trust & Privacy Alliance (ISTPA).

PingID is a cross-industry, cross-technology, member-owned corporation organized by Ping Identity and the business community to pool expertise and resources in a mission to address the growing inefficiencies and security concerns surrounding the deployment of networked identity services.

The rapid adoption of identity services in the absence of formalized inter-company business processes, procedures and standards has resulted in a patchwork of isolated solutions and a growing and inefficient replication of unmanageable legal agreements. An organized effort is required to represent the best interests of the business community and the end-user at-large by establishing not just technical standards, but also addressing the business process standards which are required to ensure security, reliability and interoperability.

PingID's comprehensive suite of business services provide the foundation for all business-to-business identity interactions. By joining the PingID Network, members instantly benefit from access to standardized business operating rules and regulations, privacy policies, dispute resolution procedures and identity interchange services, all requirements when engaging partners and customers across federated identity networks.

Primary Intelligence, Inc., based in Salt Lake City, Utah, is a leading provider of custom, business-to-business market research, sales intelligence and competitive intelligence solutions to Global 3000 companies. Our solutions allow businesses to acquire and manage mission-critical intelligence about their prospects, customers, competitors, suppliers, partners and markets in real time. Primary Intelligence is unique in the research world as we help our clients understand that there are research solutions that can be tailored to their specific, unique and individual needs; research solutions that have a definite return on investment that can be directly measured.

Apart from its custom solutions, Primary Intelligence conducts research and analysis on numerous industries providing companies with the information they need to evolve their business models and processes, capture more market share and gain competitive advantages in the marketplace.

Red Rocks Community College is a leader in learning and a valued partner in transforming lives and building communities. Red Rocks develops and supports lifelong learners so that they may live fuller lives and add value to the communities in which they live and work. Today, the college serves more that 14,000 students from throughout Colorado, the U.S. and around the world. More than 800 courses and programs are offered each semester scheduled day, evenings and weekends. Whether your goal is just to update your skills, complete a professional certification program, complete a two year degree or complete a series of classes to transfer to a four year college or university Red rocks can assist you.

Symlabs is an innovative software company specializing in lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) directory solutions and directory productivity tools. Since its inception in 2001, Symlabs has played an important role in large directory-deployment projects of numerous worldwide blue chip companies.

The Company is known for its unique software solution, the DirectoryScript Platform, a software platform comprised of the DS Proxy and DirectoryScript, a scripting language.

The DirectoryScript Platform was designed to overcome all LDAP directory limitations allowing organizations to realize the full potential of the open standard directory promise. The Platform enables the developer or the systems administrator to create and store procedures and triggers in an advanced scripting language. These procedures are executed, within the DS Proxy environment, in a similar way as relational database triggers. With the help of the DirectoryScript Platform, data can now be managed centrally, rather than within each application itself or at the directory end where the information is stored. The DirectoryScript Platform offers immediate ROI, because it reduces the time and resources needed for implementing directory infrastructure; information can be securely accessed across the company and its extranet. Symlabs is actively marketing the DirectoryScript Platform and solutions to carriers and enterprises worldwide.

Symlabs is present at the Digital ID World Conference 2002 to introduce its newest DirectoryScript solution, Symlabs ID Firewall, to carriers and enterprises with federated identity initiatives. The Symlabs ID Firewall enables the use of whitelists and blacklists, and allows organizations to maintain ownership of their customer databases, while sharing only the intended identity information. It also allows inspecting, filtering and altering queries and updates.

To ensure successful directory deployment, Symlabs complements its offering with professional and educational services, drawing on its broad directory experience.

Discover the Symlabs solutions at the Digital ID World Conference 2002, Booth B9 (located near the entrance of the conference hall), October 8 through 11, 2002.

The Radicati Group, Inc. is a Consulting and Market Research Firm specializing in all areas of Messaging, Directory, Unified Communications, Wireless, and Internet/Intranet Applications. We are an international firm with clients throughout the U.S., Europe and the Pacific Rim. Our market research and industry analysis takes a global perspective, providing our clients with valuable information necessary to compete on a global basis.

Wave Systems Corp. is an industry leader in developing trusted computing platforms and services to enable secure electronic relationships and e-commerce transactions. Trust @ the Edge defines a new architectural model for the Internet, which embeds trust and security in every user device. Wave Systems is developing, deploying and licensing its EMBASSY Trusted Client technology for the mass adoption of this revolutionary model. Wave is integrating industry standard functions from a wide range of partners that enable reliable, secure digital exchange and commerce. Wave Systems and third parties are building the services that will take advantage of this open model.

eXtensible Name Service (XNS) is an open, XML-based protocol for digital identity and relationship management. Originally developed by OneName Corporation, it has been released under an open public license to the non-profit XNS Public Trust Organization (XNSORG) to govern on behalf of the Internet community.

XNS is a peer-to-peer protocol that provides the basis for an interoperable, platform- and vendor-neutral digital identity infrastructure. Based closely on the XML and Web services family of specifications from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), XNS architecture represents every digital identity as an XML document. These identity documents are self-defining using XML Schemas so they can be extended to contain any type of identity attribute or attribute group. They also contain self-describing links that govern data exchange relationships with other identity documents. The result is an Identity Web that can do for digital identities what the World Wide Web has done for content.