January 7, 2003

The Liberty Alliance reports 59% of 'founder and sponsor-level members' plan to implement the Liberty Specifications in 2003 or have already done so. They also announce 22 new members, bringing total membership to 150.

The Liberty Alliance Project, a business and technology consortium formed to develop open specifications for federated network identity, today reported that a majority of founder- and sponsor-level members polled said they plan to implement the Liberty version 1.1 specifications within the year. The Liberty Alliance also today announced 22 new members, bringing the total Alliance membership base to 150 organizations.

In a recent internal poll of Alliance founder and sponsor members, more than 70 percent of all respondents planning to implement the specifications, regardless of the timeframe, said they expect to incorporate the specifications into products and/or services for their customers. Approximately 52 percent also placed high priority on using the specifications to benefit their employees. And 59 percent of respondents said they plan to implement the version 1.1 specifications within the next 12 months or have already implemented them.

"Last year was very productive for the Alliance - we began our work in January 2002, launched the version 1.0 specifications in July, issued version 1.1 for public review in November and are moving forward toward releasing a draft of version 2.0 within the first half of this year," said Michael Barrett, president of the Liberty Alliance Management Board. "Now we are seeing additional progress on the implementation front. Of course the technology vendors are the first-movers, but we're also beginning to hear more from customer-facing organizations planning to use Liberty-enabled products and services."

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