IBM, Harvard linking up to challenge Microsoft
IBM is joining with Harvard University to create an open-source initiative that could challenge Microsoft's planned InfoCard online identity management system, the company is expected to announce today.
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said earlier this month that InfoCard, due for release as part of the new Vista operating system at the end of 2006, would help Internet users store their personal information on smart cards and log onto Web sites without using passwords. Analysts say Microsoft's heft in the industry is likely to make the technology the de facto standard in identity management.
IBM and Harvard's project will create an Internet-wide framework for identity management that they hope would become a true standard.
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