Liberty Alliance, the global identity consortium working to build a more trusted Internet for consumers, governments and businesses worldwide, today announced winners of the 2007 IDDY (Identity Deployment of the Year) Award. This year Liberty Alliance awarded four IDDYs recognizing digital identity management applications built using Liberty''s open, privacy-respecting and proven interoperable identity specifications. Winners were announced at DIDW 2007 where eBIZ.mobility, the New Zealand Government, NTT Labs and Rearden Commerce were awarded the 2007 IDDY. A photo of the Liberty Alliance IDDY Award is available at http://www.projectliberty.org/liberty/news_events/iddy_awards. "From applications that put users in better control of their identity information to deployments requiring the highest degree of security and privacy protection, the IDDY recognizes individuals and organizations that are solving real world identity management challenges based on specifications from Liberty Alliance," said Roger Sullivan, president of the Liberty Alliance Management Board and vice president of Oracle Identity Management. "eBIZ.mobility, the New Zealand Government, NTT Labs and Rearden Commerce are among the organizations around the world implementing Liberty-based solutions users can trust for conducting more secure and privacy respecting online transactions."
