http://blogs.kuppingercole.com/cole Kuppinger Cole + Partner Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:38:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Germans became the best-protected users of computers and the Internet today when the Federal Constitutional Court set out strict rules for government agencies anxious to spy on their hard disks. The decision was widely viewed as a slap in the face for Wolfgang Schaeuble, the hard-liner Interior Minster who has ... http://blogs.kuppingercole.com/cole/2008/02/29/a-german%e2%80%99s-hard-disk-is-his-castle/ Tom Noonan of IBM ISS talks a mean speech. Yet somehow I came away slightly unconvinced from a press and analyst briefing he gave on Monday at ISS headquarters in Atlanta. Maybe one reason was that he hardly used the term “identity” as he described in some detail how he ... http://blogs.kuppingercole.com/cole/2007/11/14/talking-the-talk-with-ibms-tom-noonan/ Anyone know where the biggest identity project in the world is going on today? Would you believe Germany? It's true, though. The "Electronic Healthcard" or "elektronische Gesundheitskarte" (known as the "eGK") will soon be issued to some 80 million citizens, providing them for the first time with a digital identity aimed ... http://blogs.kuppingercole.com/cole/2007/09/28/4/