Kuppinger Cole + Partner will, for the first time, honor outstanding projects and initiatives in IAM with the “European Identity Awards”. There will be awards in six different categories:

• Best innovation in Identity Management
• Best new standard/improved standard in Identity Management
• Best project within the last 12 months: Internal use of Identity Management
• Best project within the last 12 months: B2B use of Identity Management
• Best project within the last 12 months: B2C use of Identity Management
• Best project within the last 12 months: Identity Management in eGovernment

The winners of the awards will be announced during the European Identity Conference 2008. We expect most of the winners to present their projects as best practice case studies during the EIC 2008.