Comments on Ian Yip's Security and Identity Thought Stream: IBM acquires Encentuate - did they just dump Passl...

Interesting day today with Oracle buying Sun. The ...

2009-04-21T03:29:00.000+10:00

Interesting day today with Oracle buying Sun. The plot thickens…I heard that Oracle is also looking to acquire Imprivata. The deal may go down soon. Apparently the relationship with Passlogix is tenuous. Coupled with a large lawsuit, they have put their IP at risk. Imprivata’s hardware play may end up being an excellent match Oracle.

Agree. Their strategy to push new business from Or...

2009-04-06T02:34:00.000+10:00

Agree. Their strategy to push new business from Oracle to Sun may have also proved to be an unwise decision. The IBM acquisition of Sun will definitely have a negative impact on their business. Looks like Oracle is the last OEM standing... hopefully the Wal-Mart deal will heal the tenuous relationship between the two companies.

Passlogix lost the bid to Imprivata for $2.35M. Gr...

2009-04-02T02:49:00.000+11:00

Passlogix lost the bid to Imprivata for $2.35M. Great move by Imprivata. There is an article covering the action on Yahoo Finance located at http://biz.yahoo.com/e/090401/idpiq.ob8-k.html. I heard from Passlogix insiders that this was a very strategic loss and they were lamenting their decision not to increase the final bid. However, Passlogix’s decision may have been based upon the pending $50M+ lawsuit against them for IP infringement.

Does anybody have information about Passlogix buyi...

2009-03-13T10:48:00.000+11:00

Does anybody have information about Passlogix buying IdentiPHI? I heard there was an article in yahoo finance, but I can't seem to find it.

I recently heard McAfee is shopping to expand thei...

2008-11-22T16:20:00.000+11:00

I recently heard McAfee is shopping to expand their end-point solutions and Passlogix is in play. Personally I would be more than a little concerned after the IP has been whored out around the entire IDMS community. Source code agreements or not, 5 major companies with lots of developers have peeked under those panties one too many times. To add insult to injury most of their new code is being developed by DataArt out of eastern Europe. Having worked with them for nearly 4 years now I feel that Passlogix needs to be purchased. SSO is topping out and the management is growing restless. One could also draw this conclusion with a quick view at their "new" website. I kind of felt like I was at the SD Zoo… or was it Passlogix. What's up with that? SSO, orcas, Manza, oh my!

If that's true, then Oracle has got to be worried....

2008-05-09T04:55:00.000+10:00

If that's true, then Oracle has got to be worried. I wonder what they'll make of that "rumour"?

Other sources of mine (who shall remain anonymous) are convinced that Oracle is widely expected to be the one making the acquisition.

Will it be Sun or Oracle? Who knows. IBM no longer cares :-)

Of course no one from Passlogix can comment as is normally the case with these things so I doubt we'll get any of the people I know there saying anything.

Perhaps Passlogix are spreading these rumours to drive their acquisition price up? I'm only guessing but it wouldn't surprise me.

Hey Ian - actually I've heard it through the grape...

2008-05-07T07:05:00.000+10:00

Hey Ian - actually I've heard it through the grapevine that Sun is looking to acquire Passlogix, which is one of the main reasons IBM started looking for another product. I've worked with Passlogix for a while, and have just started working with Encentuate (I'm a consultant who works with various access management products), and I have to say that I'm initially pretty impressed with the Encentuate product. They both have their strengths and weaknesses, but from what I've seen so far there is a lot to like in the new product.

I can absolutely confirm that BMC is a reseller fo...

2008-04-04T08:24:00.000+11:00

I can absolutely confirm that BMC is a reseller for Passlogix software, however, BMC merely sells their software and does not support it.

Passlogix is spread out way too thin - Oracle will...

2008-04-04T04:45:00.000+11:00

Passlogix is spread out way too thin - Oracle will likely not buy the prom queen after the football team has had their way with her.

Thanks for the comment and clarification whoever y...

2008-03-25T09:41:00.000+11:00

Thanks for the comment and clarification whoever you are.

I guess Passlogix only list Novell on there to mention the SSO into e-Directory (it's what they say on the list of technology partners in the Novell section).

I'm surprised Novell haven't come along and asked them to remove the reference. Or at the very least, I would have thought ActivIdentity would tell Novell to make Passlogix remove it.

Novell is not in touch with Passlogix but an Activ...

2008-03-22T02:56:00.000+11:00

Novell is not in touch with Passlogix but an ActivIdentity OEM and its e-sso Securelogin for many years, since it was Protocom's sso softw.

Thanks Chris. That, I didn't know. I went looking ...

2008-03-15T11:50:00.000+11:00

Thanks Chris. That, I didn't know. I went looking and here's the link.

I also went looking on Passlogix's site again and found their list of technology partners, most of whom apparently resell v-GO. It's quite a lot longer than I first thought.

HI Ian, and for the complete story BMC is also res...

2008-03-15T07:11:00.000+11:00

HI Ian, and for the complete story BMC is also reseling passlogix.....

Chris