Background

What we do

JanRain is a software development shop comprised of Internet ninjas who are trying to find a solution to user-centric identity. We believe we're delivering on that vision with OpenID. JanRain's goal is to provide tools and services that help users manage, control and innovate their own digital identities with OpenID.

What's with the name?

Can you figure out the name behind JanRain? It's pretty simple really. The company was founded in January and it was raining. That's it. We've tried to come up with cooler versions for that story but nobody believes us when we say that that was the very last domain name available.

Haven't we seen this before?

A lot of really smart people have tried to solve this problem before us. We're using the "open source way" to help figure out the real solution. The users of the OpenID platform are helping shape its future and direction.

Solutions in the past have been too cumbersome, heavy or complicated to implement. We like OpenID because its extremely light-weight, easy to use and understand and solves a major pain-point on the Internet.

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