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Six Apart Europe Information Center http://europe.sixapart.com/ en-us Copyright 2008 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:56:11 +0100 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Plugg '08 Plugg Speakers.png

Six Apart Europe's General Manager, Olivier Creiche, will be speaking about the social aspects of the web at Plugg '08 in Brussels on 19 March.

The one-day conference promises to be an interesting one, featuring speakers and participants from diverse backgrounds from all over Europe. Its aim is to raise the bar on the European Web 2.0 community and to provide a platform for emerging technology on the continent.

Backed by global heavyweights such as Mashable, TechCrunch and Microsoft, as well as important local players like Platinum Sponsors Arakfund and Yuntaa, Plugg is an exciting addition to the European events lineup.

For inquiries regarding Olivier's talk at Plugg or to schedule a meeting, e-mail us.

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The OpenID Foundation has announced that Microsoft, Google, IBM, VeriSign and Yahoo! have accepted OpenID, the authentication framework created by Brad Fitzpatrick during his tenure at Six Apart, for purposes of security and practicality. Free to use and completely open source, OpenID is currently promoted and supported by the OpenID Foundation (OIDF), vice-chaired by none other than our very own David Recordon.

As a major contributor to the OpenID movement, we are proud to remind you that your free account on Vox, or your existing TypePad or TypeKey accounts count as an OpenID identity. OpenID plugins for Movable Type are also available.

For more information on what OpenID is, where to use it and how to get one, see OpenID.net.

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Six Apart is pleased to announce a new partnership with St Gallen-based web consultants namics. With offices in St Gallen, Bern, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Munich, Zug and Zurich, this Swiss company has over 1,100 projects attributed to it and is one of the most influential Internet consulting groups in the Germanophone world. Namics has helped develop the online presence of such international companies as DaimlerChrysler, Braun, Nestlé, Siemens and the European Central Bank.

To stay abreast of the projects currently underway at namics, please see their Movable Type-powered blog.

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