The Country of Norway looked to Sun (over IBM, Oracle and others) to build an end-to-end infrastructure for its "eNorway" initiative. Using open source Solaris OS, many parts of the Java Enterprise System (Access Manager, Federation Manager, Portal), Sun Niagara T2000 and x64 "Galaxy" servers, StorEdge and other Sun techhologies - Norway has created the world's first portal for citizens to access all governmental services...Securely, Safely with one single sign-on. Japan and other countries have even visited Oslo to see how Norway did it.
Norway's IT Minister chimes in:
"It is an important goal for the Norwegian Government to make daily
life easier for the population as a whole, and ensure security for
future prosperity and welfare. This portal - called "MinSide" - will
give a better and more coordinated digital service for the population,
across sectors and levels of administration. At the same time we get a
more cost-efficient public sector, " said Mrs. Heidi Grande Røys,
Norway's minister of government administration and reform. "We want to
ensure that each citizen is given a secure, simple and personalized
digital experience when accessing and taking advantage of national
public services."
Here's the release: http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2007-02/sunflash.20070206.5.xml
People are already blogging about it: http://blogs.sun.com/superpat/entry/norway_using_access_manager_federation