For more than a year, Microsoft has been pushing its Passport identification system -- in which consumers use a single login ID and password to access multiple applications -- as a crucial feature of its .NET platform. Recently, though, the company has begun backing software called "TrustBridge" that will allow businesses to maintain their own user data rather than entrusting it to Microsoft. "Microsoft has moved away from the 'we will maintain it' mentality," Yankee Group analyst Rob Perry told the E-Commerce Times.
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