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IBM competes with Bindle as New York's health pass vendor

Carlos Corton · Can Bindle beat Clear to Handle COVID Records as NFT's? · Dec 13, 2021 · at 15:32

Carlos Corton explains Bindle's enterprise competition, highlighting IBM's state government contract in New York.

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“And we're competing with IBM, which is the service provider for the state of New York. And they've got, you know, they've got a solution in the market and you know, that's our competitive base.”

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The claim, plainly

IBM is the digital health credential service provider for New York State and competes directly with Bindle.

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Assessment

Both legs of the claim are corroborated by official state records and reporting. First, New York State officially announced in March 2021 that its digital health credential system, Excelsior Pass, was developed and operated in partnership with IBM using IBM's Digital Health Pass framework. State procurement records confirmed tens of millions of dollars in contracts paid directly to IBM for development and technical operations of the platform. Second, contemporary industry reports and media coverage throughout 2021 documented that IBM and Bindle were concurrent competitors offering digital health pass and verification solutions in the market.

March 25–26, 2021 joint announcements by the New York Governor's Office and IBM confirming Excelsior Pass was built on IBM's Digital Health Pass framework.
State contract records from the New York State Office of Information Technology Services showing IBM was contracted to build and maintain the Excelsior Pass system.
2021 reporting from Forbes and the Covid Credential Initiative identifying IBM and Bindle as competing digital health credential and venue-entry verification systems.

Checked against

[1] ibm.com [2] ny.gov [3] statescoop.com [4] medium.com [5] beckershospitalreview.com [6] fastcompany.com [7] statescoop.com [8] cityandstateny.com

"Bindle" "Excelsior Pass" digital health credential New York contract IBM "Excelsior Pass" amount IBM New York Excelsior Pass digital health credential contract Bindle digital health credential Excelsior Pass IBM

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Assertion Supported

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Disclosure

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Disclosure

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