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Today, June 3rd, the IRM Summit takes place in Phoenix, Arizona.  The Summit will explore how Identity Relationship Management (IRM) is becoming a critical  backbone for the future of secure identity management, privacy and integrated commerce – and an increasingly complicated landscape to navigate.  “In today’s internet-connected world, employees, partners, and customers all need anytime access to […]

In a recent article, Leslie Daigle, Chief Internet Technology Officer for the Internet Society (ISOC) penned the article “Permissionless Innovation:  Openness – Not Anarchy.” In the article, Dagel describes permissionless innovation as follows: “…’permission-free innovation’ is used to describe how the Internet differs from closed telecommunications networks, where only the local operators could build, deploy, […]

 The Internet of Things is the future of computing and Internet networking. ABI Research estimates there will be more than 30 billion wirelessly connected devices by the end of the decade. By 2020 — a mere six years from now — Gartner Group predicts the aggregated value and economic benefit of IoT will exceed $19 trillion.Currently, the […]

As we celebrate the 25th year of the World Wide Web, what will the next 25 years have in store? The World Wide Web turned 25 this year. Few innovations have had such an incredible impact on global society, ushering in a new era of information, communication, commerce, news reporting, and deeply influencing global culture, […]

At the end of last year, in a blog post titled Peace, Love and OpenStand, I talked about the first principle of OpenStand: respectful cooperation among standards organizations. In this post, I will provide a more specific example of the ongoing, successful collaboration between two specific standards organizations, which demonstrates the first Open Stand principle […]

The world of open standards is constantly evolving to meet the needs of developers and consumers as the Internet and its related technology continues to evolve. So what does 2014 have in store for open standards? Angel Diaz, Vice President of Open Standards for IBM, shared three key indicators to look out for this year […]

In an era of unprecedented global economic growth and technological advancement, it’s In hard to understand why mobile and online payment systems seem limited and cumbersome – especially with regard to global, person-to-person transactions, The majority of global e-commerce transactions today rely on time-tested Visa and Mastercard networks to get the job done. However, when […]

On their own, open source development and open standards are beneficial to business and industry. Open source code and development practices provide developers greater latitude for collaborative development that fuels innovation and growth. Open standards serve as the foundational building blocks for products, helping streamline product development and ensure product improvement in the areas of […]