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The ISOC’s Adams believes access to information will be a key driver of change. “Whereas today users generally manage data within the silo of single institutions—for example, individual bank, brokerage, or credit card companies—new capabilities will allow them to delegate access to and control authority over their data as it is shared across institutions,” he says.

Wills says Kantara has done well at the launch phase to attract attention, but the long-term test will be selling the business imperative over the tech need. "At least at the launch phase, it's had higher executive involvement," Wills says. "The proof is going to be if it can sustain its efforts and get through the political aspects of developing the standards and getting them into the industry."

Over the past year or so, I have been CA's representative involved in the structuring and birth of the Kantara Initiative.  Now that the Kantara Initative is officially launched, I thought it made sense to blog about why CA believes the creation of the Kantara Initiative is so important.  In no particular order, here are my thoughts on "why Kantara."