SAML 1.1 interop event update - ACTION FOR ALL - I NEED A FAIRLY CONFIDENT COMMITMENT TO ATTEND

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Thank you to all that responded to my previous mail for marketing
contacts.  If you are interested in participating and haven't done
so already, please send me a marketing contact.  I've also had a couple
folks contact me expressing a willingness to help sponsor the event since these
things can never be done for no cost.  Thank you to those that are
volunteering, and if there are more of you out there, it would really
help.  There will likely be some minimal costs that we'll all
equally split, but sponsoring will help give SAML a lot more visibility in the
industry and will bring your organization additional publicity at the event.  I'm
now turning this issue over to the marketing team to work out the details.

 

I met again today with our conference planners and marketing
folks to work on logistics for holding the event.  It looks like we WILL
be able to hold the interop event on the main RSA Conference show floor.  I
TENTATIVELY have arranged for a 20x20 ft booth near the rear of the show
floor.  It will be a little tight, but this should be sufficient room to
hold a MAX of 16 participants.  So participation will need to be
first-come-first-served if we get more than that.

 

One of my requirements was that we be able to curtain this area
off for the first couple of days so we can do our interop testing in private
before we open it up for a public showing.  This has been arranged and we
can get in starting on Sunday evening if we so desire.  The conference
folks are asking, however, that if we do this event on the show floor that we commit
to collectively man the booth for the public viewing for 2 days (Wednesday and
Thursday) from 10am-5pm.  We'll probably plan a
press event for Wednesday morning as well.  This doesn't mean that every
vendor has to be there the full 2 days, but we would want every participating
company/group to man the booth for a few hours each day.  This, of course,
doesn't have to be the engineers that get the interop going.  It
could be folks from your marketing organization manning the booth.

 

As I've mentioned, hosting this event at the
conference is not very cheap (it's at the Moscone center in SF).  RSA
is willing to absorb some considerable costs to make this happen.  But
before I make a FIRM, FINAL commitment to reserve the space, I need to know
that folks will REALLY help work to make it happen.  I realize that doing
so without having defined the interop scenario may be difficult, but I believe
we can meet everyone's requirements if we at least agree to a
Browser/Artifact and a Browser/POST scenario.  We can possibly agree to do
more once we get the planning work going, but if we start with that, I think we
should be able to get meet everyone's needs.

 

So I just need to find out if I can count on everyone's
support.  Please send me email (let's not spam the entire list) if
you can commit.  So far, I have technical and marketing contacts from the
following organizations:

-         
RSA Security

-         
Entegrity

-         
TrustGenix

-         
Internet2

-         
OpenNetwork

 

I have technical contacts from the following vendors but
still need a marketing contact:

-         
HP

-         
Sun

-         
CA

 

I've received an expression of interest, but no
contact info from:

-         
Netegrity

-         
Oblix

-         
PingID

-         
Sigaba

 

As I said, if there's anyone else interested, please
let me know asap with contact info.  

 

I need this confirmation BY end of day next WEDNESDAY
(17-Dec).  I could really use the marketing contacts ASAP so that they can
get going on some of the logistics.

 

Thanks for your help!

Rob Philpott 

RSA Security Inc. 

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