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New KuppingerCole Leadership Compasses “Cloud User and Access Management” and “Cloud IAM/IAG” – decision-support tools to help select the right Cloud-IAM product

July 2014 by Marc Jacob

Overview and decision-making tool in one: the new KuppingerCole Leadership Compasses Cloud User and Access Management and Cloud IAM/IAG offer a comprehensive overview of the Cloud Access Management solution providers in the market. KuppingerCole decided to split the Cloud IAM market overview into two separate documents due to the significant differences between these two groups of offerings. As of now, there is no homogeneous Cloud IAM market. KuppingerCole expects seeing convergence over the next years.

The Leadership Compasses show that the Cloud IAM market has evolved from products that focus on providing Single Sign-On to various cloud services as their major feature and business benefit. This is changing, with two distinct evolutions of more advanced services forming the market: cloud-based IAM/IAG (Identity Access Management/Governance) as an alternative to on-premise IAM suites, and cloud IAM solutions that bring a combination of directory services, user management, and access management to the cloud. The latter are titled “Cloud User and Access Management” by KuppingerCole.

There can be no question that selecting the right Cloud User and Access Management or Cloud IAM/IAG product requires extensive prior analysis of the specific initial situation. To support this process, KuppingerCole’s Leadership Compasses offer an overview of the providers of Cloud User and Access Management and Cloud IAM/IAG solutions. KuppingerCole distinguishes between “Leaders” in four categories:

“Product Leaders” are characterized by outstanding products that significantly exceed the expectations in this market segment.

“Market Leaders” boast a broad, international customer base with a stable and organically evolved partner structure.

“Innovation Leaders” provide innovations and leading-edge product ideas that are expected to bring new possibilities to this market segment.

“Overall Leaders” combine strengths in all three categories based on the strengths of the product they offer, their market presence, and the vendor’s product innovations.

In all four categories, KuppingerCole distinguishes between Leaders, Challengers and Followers. While the Leaders are classified according to the criteria listed above, the Challengers are expected by KuppingerCole to steadily develop and expand the existing strengths of the products they offer. The Followers group contains companies where there is still room for development in several areas.


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