[OpenID] Latest Development in Japan

Nat Sakimura sakimura at gmail.com
Sat Oct 18 10:24:29 UTC 2008


Thank you for the figure, and I am looking forward to the new statistics.
The Japanese press' tone is "Only about 30% of users know OpenID", but I
think it is an amazing improvement compared to February.

=nat

On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 6:56 PM, Snorri <snorri at snorri.eu> wrote:

>  We have a few statistics in France that we probably can adapt in the
> European level,
>
> 14,5% of the Internet Users know the name "OpenID" (no necessary exactly
> what is it)
>
> and 4,7% (72% are bloggers) have already used one time, it's already a lot!
>
> This is why I am saying that your percentages are really amazing (28% = +20
> million?)….
>
>
>
> I have ordered a new study on a panel of 230 French Internet Users
>
> And I would like establish similar studies in others European countries
>
> I hope to obtain these new results as soon a possible…
>
>
>
> In US…?
>
>
>
> -Snorri
>
>
>
> *De :* Nat Sakimura [mailto:sakimura at gmail.com]
> *Envoyé :* samedi 18 octobre 2008 06:16
> *À :* Snorri
> *Cc :* general at openid.net
> *Objet :* Re: [OpenID] Latest Development in Japan
>
>
>
> Is there a similar statistics for EU (and US)?
>
>
>
> =nat
>
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 9:46 PM, Snorri <snorri at snorri.eu> wrote:
>
> Very impressive Statistics!
>
> The Japan becomes the bow of the OpenID ship!
>
>
>
> Congratulation for the hard work of OIDF-J Team
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
> -Snorri
>
>
>
> *De :* general-bounces at openid.net [mailto:general-bounces at openid.net] *De
> la part de* Nat Sakimura
> *Envoyé :* vendredi 17 octobre 2008 14:00
> *À :* general at openid.net
> *Objet :* [OpenID] Latest Development in Japan
>
>
>
> I have been sooo busy that I did not produce any report on OpenID
> developments in Japan since last I have done for mixi back in August.
>
> There has been bunch of notable events since then.
>
> 2008-9-12 Livedoor Blog adopted "mixi OpenID" group authentication for
> their blog service.
>
>   It allows the blog article to be published to a limited group. They  same
> is true for commenting etc.
>
>   Livedoor is one of the major blog provider in Japan (besides many other
> things.) They are also acting as OP.
>
> 2008-9-29 NEC released an Authentication Platform Software "NC7000-3A-OI"
> that supports OpenID.
>   It is a federated identity system. It supports both SAML and OpenID.
>
> 2008-10-02 SourceForge.JP started to support OpenID
>   Unlike sourceforge.net, it also supports XRI/i-names.
>
> 2008-10-06 BIGLOBE started offering OpenID
>   One of the biggest ISP in Japan, NEC BIGLOBE started the service as an
> OP.
>   It uses EV-SSL, and is https only OP.
>
> 2008-10-06 Rakuten, the biggest online merchant in Japan, started offering
> OpenID based payment
>   Rakuten, the biggest online merchant in Japan, started offering OpenID
> based payment.
>   By using this system, you will not required to give out your credit card
> number.
>   (You are still required to input security code of the credit card,
> though.)
>
> 2008-10-15 Internet.com Survay: 28% Japanese Internet User are aware of
> OpenID.
>   Accroding to the survay by internet.com and marsh research which was
> conducted
>   over 300 internet user (50% male, 50% female, 20% each of 20s, 30s, 40s,
> 50s, 60s),
>   263 of them were using sites that requires authentication. Among them,
> 28% of them
>   knew about OpenID, and 15% were using OpenID.
>   This is a big increase compared to a similar survay back in February
> where
>   only 12% knew about OpenID and only 1.2% of them were using it.
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Nat Sakimura (=nat)
> http://www.sakimura.org/en/
> OpenID Foundation Japan
>
>
>
>
> --
> Nat Sakimura (=nat)
> http://www.sakimura.org/en/
>



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Nat Sakimura (=nat)
http://www.sakimura.org/en/
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