Sadly, this law will likely have the same effect as Can-Spam Act had -- that is, very little.

However, for ISPs especially, the spam problem is not fully solved by any means. They still spend a lot of money on R&D in a cat-and-mouse game with spammers, as well as the infrastructure investment to deal with the inbound volume that gets rejected at or near the gateway.

Jonathan Penn

Identity management consists of a set of discrete products that also have elements of overlapping and common functionality: workflow a roles framework; interfaces for self-service and delegated administration, and a directory. Large vendors sought to build portfolios that would integrate by sharing these services, which simplifies their coordinated use by customers.

Jonathan Penn

The notion is to [unify] Active Directory, which is about as ubiquitous as it gets, and use it more strategically. It will spur use of [these features].

Jonathan Penn