This week has been an exciting one over at ClaimID. Working with two great companies – JanRain and Vidoop/Confident, we’ve introduced some new technologies that make the OpenID process simpler, and more secure. For us, it is a true win-win! Read more about both announcements at ReadWriteWeb and over at the ClaimID blog:
- ClaimID enhances security with Confident Technologies RecognitionAUTH
- ClaimID Integrates ID Selector – Making OpenID Easier
In case you’re wondering how things are going over at ClaimID (I realize I don’t promote it that much here at Unit Structures), we’re growing at a fast clip – about 10% each month. This has caused a few scaling headaches, but we’ve taken the growth in stride. In the past year, we haven’t vastly changed the product – we’re sticking to the mission we pledged: making OpenID friendly and easy, being a trustworthy provider, and embracing open technologies. The fact that the market embraces that approach is really rewarding.
Over the summer, we’ll be thinking of some ways to streamline ClaimID. We feel that ClaimID can be at the core of a useful, productive identity experience on the web, and we’re going to develop it in that direction. In 2005 when we were brainstorming the project, we knew adoption was a few years off; I’m glad we’ve persevered, as it seems there’s some really great stuff right around the corner. And we certainly look forward to serving you for the next three years (and more)!
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Fred, could you talk a little about reasons big companies might want to adopt OpenID?