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Europe’s Leading Analysts on Identity Management, Digital IDs – and more…

Kuppinger Cole, founded in 2004, is a leading Europe-based analyst company for identity focused information security, both in classical and in cloud environments. Kuppinger Cole stands for expertise, thought leadership, and a vendor-neutral view on these information security  market segments, covering all relevant aspects like Identity and Access Management (IAM), Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC), IT Risk Management, Authentication and Authorization, Single Sign-On, Federation, User Centric Identity Management, eID cards, Cloud Security and Management, and Virtualization. Kuppinger Cole stands for Thought Leadership in and a deep knowledge of all covered market segments. Kuppinger Cole supports you in mitigating your risks when making decisions.

Research and Analysis Services
The core element of Kuppinger Cole research are the reports. Kuppinger Cole provides different types of reports, from vendor reports and product reports to comparative segment reports and trend reports on emerging market segments. Kuppinger Cole provides thought leadership and a vendor-neutral view on the status of the markets, products, and vendors through these reports. The large number of existing reports and a significant number of new reports published every year ensures that you can access always the up-to-date information you need for your decisions. Beyond these standard reports, Kuppinger Cole provides custom research on products and markets. 

Advisory Services
Based on our research, Kuppinger Cole provides advisory and coaching services. Kuppinger Cole develops and maintains roadmaps for IAM, GRC, and Cloud Computing as a structured, standardized guideline for strategies and deployments, including defined maturity levels based on Key Performance Indicators. With its advisory services, Kuppinger Cole supports the definition of visions, strategy, and project roadmap. Beyond that, Kuppinger Cole might assist you in product decisions and project reviews. The proven approach of Kuppinger Cole focuses on lean, efficient projects, with a structured methodology based on the ongoing research, the publications, and the thought-leading and deep knowledge of Kuppinger Cole analysts. Please note that Kuppinger Cole doesn´t provide any implementation services. We are fully focused on vendor-neutral advisory services.

Events
The Kuppinger Cole flagship event, the European Identity Conference (EIC), is held annually. In 2010 for the first time CLOUD 2010 and Mittelstandsdialog Informationssicherheit 2010 are co-located with EIC 2010. All conferences provide thought leadership and best practices on identity focused information security and IAM, GRC and Cloud Computing.
Besides these main events, Kuppinger Cole is one of the leading provider of Webinars and Virtual conferences around these topics. These online events are free of charge and provide up-to-date insight into hot topics in all research areas covered by Kuppinger Cole. These online events are complemented on occasion by single-day workshops which provide the opportunity for an intensive dialog with Kuppinger Cole analysts. With its event services, Kuppinger Cole provides support to vendors and integrators for custom events, including keynote speeches, content and marketing services, and full service offerings for your events.

Annual Contract
The most efficient way to make use of Kuppinger Cole analyst services is the annual contract, including services like research access, advisory briefings with Kuppinger Cole analysts and advisory workshops as well as a set of additional services. 

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Newsletter
Kuppinger Cole Identity Management Newsletter
Services
KCP provides strategic consulting services for vendor and user companies covering all areas of identity & access management.
Reports
Use KCP as an independent, objective, and neutral authority on the Market for Identity Management products and solutions
Podcasts
Free audio and video presentations on important IAM-topics
Current surveys
IAM-Studie 2010
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Virtualization Security Trends & Insights
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Blogs
Tim Cole
28.08.2010 11:53
Not Just Any Port in a Storm
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European Identity Conference Blog
27.08.2010 04:45
Google authentication support
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Martin Kuppinger
12.08.2010 11:34
Diving down to the details of access controls
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Sachar Paulus
11.08.2010 10:05
The GRC Marketplace is shaking up: SAP and CA partnering on GRC
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Sebastian Rohr
04.08.2010 20:18
Your token to VISA…
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Felix Gaehtgens
19.02.2010 17:40
Gerry Gebel joins Axiomatics
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Joerg Resch
17.02.2010 11:15
Identity Management is key to Smart Grid Security
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