What ever happened to the FIDO Alliance?

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Coding consensus: 9 popular programming conventions Enterprise SDN use lags service providers' Network World Daily News AM February 13, 2014 Share this email What ever happened to the FIDO Alliance? What ever happened to the "FIDO Alliance," that industry group that first showed up a year ago saying it was going to revolutionize e-commerce online authentication by promoting a new multi-factor authentication protocol? Turns out the revolution in security is slow in coming but they're making some progress. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Coding consensus: 9 popular programming conventions 2. Enterprise SDN use lags service providers' 3. Cisco's Q1 issues carry over into Q2 4. VMware’s busy end user computing division just got a Google-sized bump 5. INSIDER IT Resume Makeover: How to Clear Out the Career Clutter 6. New iPhone models will reportedly feature 4.7 and 5.5-inch displays 7. Comcast said to buy Time Warner Cable in over $45B deal 8. The SCOOP on Mobile World Congress 2014 9. 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