Rumors are swirling that OpenID is working on a new standard called OpenID Connect that will be built on top of OAuth. This would allow a single handshake for both identification and data transfer.

Federated Identity Management allows for more system control, and seamless user experiences. Learn what FIM is, and what you need to know about SAML vs. OAuth!

Today, Google and Plaxo released a hybrid protocol that combines OpenID, the open online identity standard, with OAuth, the secure data portability standard. Too often, when a Website wants to ...