IBM's support for the Liberty Alliance brings standard convergence for federated identity a step closer.
Network Security · 2004
IBM bowed to customer pressure and joined the Liberty Alliance agreeing to implement Liberty standards and take a board level role in the organization. In a statement, Karla Norsworthy, VP software standards IBM, said, “Customers are looking for identity management software that is flexible, supporting both WS-* and Liberty. To that end, IBM plans to support a broad range of federated identity specifications across its Tivoli identity management product line.”