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To: StanX Long who wrote (61920)	3/12/2002 2:32:04 AM
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Sun Micro unveils digital identifcation offering March 11, 2002 9:09:00 PM ET news.moneycentral.msn.com By Elinor Mills Abreu SAN FRANCISCO, March 11 (Reuters) - Sun Microsystems Inc. (SUNW) will announce on Tuesday combined software, hardware and services to help corporations build a system to manage the identity of employees, customers and others accessing their network. The Sun Open Net Environment Platform for Network Identity will allow organizations to provide single sign-on to disparate applications, as well as authenticate users and services and authorize transactions. Sun is moving to thwart Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) from using its dominance in the PC market to become a juggernaut in the nascent Web services market which promises access to software over the Internet from any device. User identification is necessary for Web services so companies can offer services only to authorized people. Sun spearheaded a coalition dubbed the "Liberty Alliance" to make sure Web services providers and customers have a choice of software other than Microsoft's, according to Jonathan Schwartz, chief strategy officer at Sun. The new Sun offering competes head-on with Microsoft's Passport service, which is required for Windows XP customers to use certain services. Sun's Open Net Environment Platform "is being presented directly to (Microsoft's) Active Directory and Passport users," Schwartz said.