Open Source Initiative to Give People More Control Over Their Personal Online Information28 February 2006
andthe fact that those markets will benefit from greater online collaboration.
Over the last two years, The Berkman Center has been engaged in developingresearch papers and use cases on privacy and digital governance.
"The Internet has changed the way consumers think about privacy, andHiggins will help change the way people manage their personal identityinformation," said Dale Olds, Distinguished Engineer at Novell. "Ultimatelythis approach will give consumers greater control and businesses powerfulnew ways to interact with their customers. We view Higgins as anopportunity to combine Novell's leadership in identity and security withthe power of the open source community to address some of today's toughesttechnological and ethical challenges."
Anthony Nadalin, Distinguished Engineer and Chief Security Architect, IBM,added: "Identity management is the next frontier for open source software.Open source ensures that there is easy access to the technology, so thatdevelopers can innovate around it. It also means that customers won't belocked into a proprietary architecture when they adopt user-centricidentity management systems."
More information about the Eclipse Higgins project can be found atwww.eclipse.org/higgins/
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About IBM
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About The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School
The Berkman Center is a research program founded to explore cyberspace,share in its study, and help pioneer its development. It represents anetwork of faculty, students, fellows, entrepreneurs, lawyers, and virtualarchitects working to identify and engage with the challenges andopportunities of cyberspace. For more information, visithttp://cyber.law.harvard.edu
About Novell
Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL) delivers Software for the Open Enterprise™.With more than 50,000 customers in 43 countries, Novell helps customersmanage, simplify, secure and integrate their technology environments byleveraging best-of-breed, open standards-based software. With more than 20years of experience, more than 5,000 employees, 5,000 partners and supportcenters around the world, Novell helps customers gain control over their IToperating environment while reducing cost. For more information, visithttp://www.novell.com.
About Parity Communications
Parity Communications, Inc. is a start-up software company, based nearBoston. The company is working in a new field called Social Commerce thatis at the intersection of e-commerce, social networking, and user-centricidentity. For more information, visit.www.parityinc.net.
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