Sun's Daniel Raskin wrote in September that Sun was combining two flagship identity products, Sun Java System Access Manager and Sun Java System Federation Manager, into a single product: Sun Java System Federated Access Manager. Coming right up in the spring of 2008!Here's a two-part overview by Daniel on Sun Java System Federation Manager 8.0: Part 1 and Part 2.

In addition, on wikis.sun.com is an architecture overview, complete with illustrative diagrams. Pat Patterson, Sun identity architect, describes it well in a September posting. Truly capabilities galore! And why not? Identity management is all-important for enterprises.