Dave Kearns has been a writer, analyst and consultant on Identity issues for almost 20 years advising both vendors and endusers. He is the editor of "IdM, a Journal of Identity" (http://idmjournal.com) the only on-line publication devoted exclusively to identity topics. His Identity Management newsletter for Network World (http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/dir/index.html) is read by tens of thousands around the world.