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links for 2009-07-14

  • The OASIS Provisioning Services Technical Committee describes provisioning as:

    …the automation of all the steps required to manage (setup, amend and revoke) user or system access entitlements or data relative to electronically published services.

    In the context of HR processes, the term "provisioning" is commonly used in a few different contexts, but it broadly describes a process of communicating to a target system the information that system needs to authenticate users and to determine their access privileges. Perhaps the most critical task within the provisioning process is "de-provisioning," which refers to the removal of access rights and entitlements.

  • Augmented Reality is a technology that blends computer data with real-time footage. I won't bother with a fuller description, if you don't know what AR is yet you can just watch any of the videos below.

    We first reviewed an Augmented Reality application on Google Maps Mania early last year but with the recent release of Layar it seems that Augmented Reality is finally beginning to gain some momentum in the market place.

    So it's time for a round-up