Craig Burton

Jamie comments on hiring Bob Blakley at Burton Group.

On Blakley: "

As several folks have noted (see here, here, and here), Bob Blakley left his position with IBM to join us. His official first day with the company was this past Tuesday.

To be honest, I was unsure about commenting on Bob’s hiring here. I am, of course, thrilled to no end that Bob has joined our team. I’ve known Bob for some 10 years or so, and he’s spoken at Catalyst many times. I always find myself having a better understanding of something relating to identity, privacy, or security after hashing it out with Bob.

But we have lots of great folks here, and I don’t want to leave unintended and erroneous impressions with any of them (or anyone outside the company either) regarding relative value by singling out our latest hire. Burton Group is truly

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