Identity Management is a complex issue and increasingly requires a “universal” solution that allows an individual to manage their identity in an independent manner to multiple businesses and sites. With OpenID heading towards 100 million users and supported by many industry majors from Microsoft to AOL, the answer may have arrived. This together with four new ways of using “virtualization” beyond saving money with Server management is in this month’s brief as well as the normal round up of news from around the industry.