<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">The call for nominations for the </span></font><a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/GI/IDDY+Awards"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">2011 IDDY (IDentity Deployment of the Year) Awards</span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "> is open! </span></font><a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Kantara Initiative</span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "> is excited to continue this awards program for the fifth year. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">We encourage you to refer partners and organizations that could be good candidates for the award program. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Past winners are among the best and brightest in the identity marketplace, and we look forward to honoring this year's recipients at the RSA Conference, February 2011.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">This fifth year of IDDY Awards will honor deployments and proofs of concept of all identity specifications anyone that utilizes any open/standard identity technology, including ID-WSF, Identity services from the Cloud, IGF, Information Cards, OATH, OAuth, OpenID, OpenSocial, OPML, PKI, RDF, RSS, SAML, WS-Security, WS-Trust, WS, XACML, XDI, XMPP extensions, XRD, XRI, etc., is encouraged to participate.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Below you will find documents that outline the judging criteria for the proof of concept (POC) and the deployment categories. The application forms are available as well.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><br></span></font></div><div><a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/download/attachments/44564956/IDDYAwards+2011+Identity+Deployment+Category+Judging+Criteria+final.pdf"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">IDDYAwards 2011 Identity Deployment Category Judging Criteria final.pdf</span></font></a></div><div><a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/download/attachments/44564956/IDDYAwards+2011+Identity+Deployment+Nomination+Form+final.pdf"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">IDDYAwards 2011 Identity Deployment Nomination Form final.pdf</span></font></a></div><div><a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/download/attachments/44564956/IDDYAwards+2011+POC+Emerging+Applications+Category+Criteria+final.pdf"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">IDDYAwards 2011 POC Emerging Applications Category Criteria final.pdf</span></font></a></div><div><a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/download/attachments/44564956/IDDYAwards+2011+POC+Emerging+Nomination+Form+final.pdf"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">IDDYAwards 2011 POC Emerging Nomination Form final.pdf</span></font></a></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><br></span></font></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Key dates to remember:</span></font></b></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Applications due: January 5, 2011 by midnight PT---submit to </span></font><a href="mailto:iddy@kantarainiative.org"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">iddy@kantarainiative.org</span></font></a></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Award winners notified by January 17, 2011</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">IDDY Award presentation February 14, 2011 </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><br></span></font></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">2009 IDDY Award winners:</span></font></b></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">IDDY Deployment award </span></font><a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/GI/IDDY+Awards+2009"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">winners</span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">: Google and Plaxo, Signicat, The U.S. Department of Defense.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">IDDY Proof of Concept (POC) awards: fun communications, Gemalto and Vodafone, NRI and NTT and Oracle.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Have questions? 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