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1 Objective, Independent, Substantial, Prospective: Kuppinger Cole Services for IT Professionals Neutral - strict manufacturer neutrality for a fair evaluation Focused - defined topic ranges with a high level of expertise Worldwide - with an European foundation

2 Your access to Kuppinger Cole Research and Analysis A contemporary view of IT-agile companies gives Digital Identity centre stage. Kuppinger Cole's (KC) Research and Analysis sector provides you with the tools and knowledge to recognise chances early and to be able to take these chances without unnecessary risks. KC's expertise reflects a modern, foresighted and, at the same time, pragmatic view of an IT infrastructure, focusing on Digital Identity and broken down into the key topics: Identity Management, GRC, IT Service Management/Business Service Management, Unified Communications, SOA security and Web 2.0/VRM (Vendor Relationship Management). KC Research and Analysis allows you as an IT-manager and your company to become successful and provides you with the possibility of continual access to all KC publications to support you in your everyday business activities The 6 formats of KC Research Documents Examples of research documents set for release in the 2nd half of 2008: Best Practice Roadmap and Maturity Levels IAM - Finance Industry Roadmap and Maturity Levels IAM - Manufacturing Industry Roadmap and Maturity Levels IAM Telco Industry Strategies for IAM in an Active Directory Environments Business Reports Identity Management and Governance Identity Federation Business Value Standard KRIs - Best Practice-Benchmarks Open Source Identity Management Strategies Approximately 50 reports are published per year in both English and German (PDF download). KC Roadmap: A Benchmark and Guide Market Reports System Integrators (Europe) Identity Management Vendor Maturity Cloud Computing Information Rights Management The KC Roadmap is regularly updated and touches on Best Practices, and thus structures your strategy for the future. It is your benchmark, showing you where your business is in comparison to others; it serves as a guide alongside defined maturity levels and stages of development towards a minimum-cost, open and agile business infrastructure. The KC Roadmap offers Thought Leadership - without loosing its touch with reality or practical effect, however. Once a year, KC holds a Roadmap Webinar for all customers, presenting updates and amendments. All types of contract include a commercial licence without limitations Research & Advisory Access Roadmap + Webinar P a g e 2

3 Executive Monthly (Newsletter + Webinar) "Executive Monthly" is a monthly newsletter in English published as a PDF. It informs you about current topics from our research sectors, with a perfect mix of business perspective and a strong technical foundation. "Executive Monthly" contains Best Practice reports alongside market perspectives, trends and product analyses; it gives a view on current discussions and offers guidance. With the publication of each newsletter, KC analysts hold a Webinar for all subscribers, allowing them to discuss newsletter contents with other participants and analysts. The Webinar is also conducted in English. Executive Monthly Certainty for your decisions Readily Available and Effective: KC 1:1 Analyst Briefing Calls Consolidated Knowledge and Support with Decisions: KC Strategy Advice Answers to burning questions from day-to-day project work - You can easily arrange KC Analyst Briefing Calls online. A Briefing Call normally lasts 30 minutes and can be conducted in either German or English as desired. Analyst Briefing Calls Option 5 (*) (*) unlimited for two named people Forward planning to maintain commercial agility is an increasingly complex undertaking. For strategic topics that are relevant to you, Kuppinger Cole provides you with a well-founded, independent basis for decision-making, which is balanced and considers your starting situation; this is with a combination of written evaluations and a oneday strategy workshop. In order to determine your starting situation and to investigate the priorities relevant for your company, KC uses a tool that is preconfigured with branch-specific comparative values from Best Practices. This means that up to 90% of the otherwise normal efforts and expenditure are avoided. Strategic Advice Option Option Option 1 The Next Step with Your Roadmap: KC Readiness Analysis KC Readiness Analysis measures the maturity of your organisation with reference to getting started with - or expanding - IT topics. It provides you with a toolkit of check lists and structured self-assessments and, using a Best Practices evaluation grid, shows you where your organisation stands in comparison with other businesses which steps to take and in which order Thanks to the self-assessment and evaluation grid, significant effort and expenditure can be reduced here, too. Readiness Analysis Option Option Option Option P a g e 3

4 Finding the Right Partner: KC Fairness Opinion How does your implementation partner, chosen from a narrow selection, fit with your strategy? Is a concept developed for you externally valid? Which friction losses are to be expected? KC Fairness Opinion brings neutrality, profound analyst knowledge, many years of experience and, in particular, also a complete picture of the solutions markets for your decision-making process, giving you certainty and protection you from unnecessary costs. KC Fairness Opinion is an optional service, which we perform efficiently by quick reviews and effectively by structured suggestions. Ideally, Fairness Opinion builds on the Readiness Analysis. Fairness Opinion Option Option Option Option Kuppinger Cole Events EUROPEAN IDENTITY CONFERENCE (EIC) Thought Leadership & Best Practices in Identity Management and GRC I wanted to congratulate you on the organisation of the European Identity Conference. It was a pleasure to interact with my peers and discuss strategy. I am looking forward to the next one. Ariel Gordon Director Enablers, Orange France Telecom - Group Strategic Marketing The European Identity Conference (EIC) takes place in Europe in spring and is the leading event with an accompanying specialist exhibition (EIC EXPO) on the topic of Identity Management and GRC. 500 participants from over 20 countries meet more than 100 top-class speakers to discuss the current topics in the fields of Identity Management and GRC in numerous keynote speeches and five parallel lecture series. Dialogue takes centre stage: numerous Best Practices are exchanged with moderated panels. Alongside the "traditional" key topics such as Governance/Risk/Compliance (GRC), Role Management, Provisioning, Directory Services, Single Sign-On (SSO), Identity Federation, SOA, Security and Authentification, the EIC provides practical lectures and expert discussion groups to cover topics such as User Centric Identity, Unified Communications, Cloud Computing and Vendor Relationship Management (VRM). The EIC is English-speaking. EIC Tickets Option 1 2 unlimited (*) (*) As long as tickets are available, there is no limit to the number of employees from your company which may take part in the EIC. Cloud Conference CLOUDSOURCING ENTERPRISE IT - MANAGING RISKS, GAINING REWARDS Cloud Computing as a concept is a must for today s organization. It has to be evaluated as part of any IT strategy. But Cloud Computing isn t a no-brainer. A strong strategy and a clear view on threats and opportunities is mandatory to do the (partial) move to the cloud successfully. CLOUD 2010 will be the place to define such a strategy. Martin Kuppinger Kuppinger Cole CLOUD 2010 is a 2.5 day conference with expo where you will meet with enterprise technologists, thought leaders and experts to learn about, discuss and shape the market in most significant technology and business topics around cloud computing. With its world class list of speakers, a unique mix of best practices presentations, panel discussions, thought leadership statements and analyst views, CLOUD 2010 is an absolute must-attend event for Enterprise IT leaders from all over Europe and will be intensively covered in the news, in blog entries, newsletters and Kuppinger Cole Reports. Cloud Tickets Option 1 2 unlimitiert (*) (*) As long as tickets are available, there is no limit to the number of employees from your company which may take part at the Cloud. P a g e 4

5 KC Forum: Focused, Practice-Orientated, Two- Day Specialist Events KC Forum events are two-day conferences covering current themes from the KC Research Scope and provide a unique mix of Best Practices, Analyst Views and Thought Leadership. KC Strategy Briefings: Recognising Trends, Putting Visions into Practice KC Strategy Briefings are one-day events in the style of a seminar and, alongside the KC Roadmap, they pick up on current trends and investigate the relevance of these for your company's IT. KC Strategy Briefings are intensive. They focus on the important things and give you concrete guidance. KC Seminars: Consolidated Knowledge KC Seminars are 1 to 2 day courses about the current challenges in the fields of Identity Management, GRC, Cloud Computing and SOA. "Since we took the opportunity to let all employees interested in KC events attend these for free within the scope of contract option "F", our IT projects have remained on budget and on time." Free access to all Forums/Briefings/Seminars unlimited (*) Price reduction tickets 10% 10% 20% - (*) As long as tickets are available, there is no limit to the number of employees from your company which may take part in KC events. Kuppinger Cole Ltd. Arnheimer Str. 46, Düsseldorf Tel. +49 (0) Fax +49 (0) Register: Duesseldorf HRB VAT-Nr. DE Geschäftsführer: Martin Kuppinger, Joerg Resch Münchner Bank eg (BLZ: ), Konto-Nr (IBAN DE ; BIC GENODEF1M01) info@kuppinger.com P a g e 5