“Gluu is excited to be a member of the OpenID Foundation,” said Gluu CEO Michael Schwartz. “The new OpenID Connect standard under development will provide a ubiquitous identity layer on the Internet. It will enable not just single sign-on to websites, but new possibilities in open social networking.”

1. Gluu Inc., the leader in open source cloud idp saml, it has joined the OpenID
Foundation to help develop, promote and extend the soon-to-be released suite of
OpenID Connect standards which will simplify the online experience by eliminating the
need for multiple usernames and passwords, and will give individuals more control over
the release of their personal information.
“Gluu is excited to be a member of the OpenID Foundation,” said Gluu CEO Michael
Schwartz. “The new OpenID Connect standard under development will provide a
ubiquitous identity layer on the Internet. It will enable not just single sign-on to
websites, but new possibilities in open social networking.”
Joining the OpenID Foundation will give Gluu the opportunity to meet, exchange views,
and collaborate with peer organizations in the identity space. In addition to
participating in the OpenID Connect standard, especially with regard to extending the
standard to support multi-party federations, Gluu is interested in starting a new
working group to enable people and organizations to share data using OpenID based
technology.

2. “As a leader in the newly evolving personal data ecosystem, Gluu brings unique
expertise and key market insights to the Foundation” said Don Thibeau, executive
director of the OpenID Foundation. “We are pleased to welcome Gluu as our newest
member and the opportunity it brings to share in their knowledge of this exciting new
application of OpenID”.
Gluu’s open source project, OX, has one of the most comprehensive OpenID Connect
implementations for Java. The project includes software for both “OpenID Providers”
and for “Relying Parties” ( for example websites or mobile applications).
About Gluu
Gluu is an Austin, TX startup that provides open source and on demand cloud identity
and trust management. Gluu leverages standards such as OpenID Connect, SAML 2.0,
and SCIM to make achieving sso authentication and easy. Deployed quickly on public
and private cloud servers, Gluu’s On Demand cloud identity platform addresses the
installation and operational issues of an organizational identity provider at one
predictably low annual cost.
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