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Gartner is one of the loudest voices in enterprise technology\u2014 they\u2019re world\u2019s largest information technology research and advisory company, and generally the first source consulted when it comes to evaluating enterprise IT solutions, and enterprise Identity Management is no exception.<\/p>\n
But while the Gartner’s flagship Magic Quadrants for IGA<\/a> and IDaaS <\/a>are great\u00a0resources for finding out who the top enterprise Identity Management contenders are, they don\u2019t give a particularly in-depth analysis behind what each solution offers or how they perform across different industries and use cases. And they typically don’t include a very broad spectrum of solutions.<\/p>\n Gartner’s yearly reports don\u2019t exactly move at the speed of business, and you can’t base an entire RFP off of one resource (though I’m sure some do). A\u00a0well-informed decision requires a well-rounded research process.<\/p>\n IT workers, CIOs, and CISOs need to conduct extensive research to correctly plan, assess, and deploy the right solution for their organization.<\/p>\n That means multiple sources\u2014and lots of work. Luckily, we’ve done some of the work for you. Below, you’ll find the top five alternatives to Gartner’s Magic Quadrant reports.<\/p>\n Since each organization needs a tool to match up with their own specific use cases, these resources allow researchers to sift through solutions that satisfy a wide range of Identity Management and Governance requirements.<\/p>\n But should you feel the need for even more resources, check out our IAM\u00a0resource library<\/a>, which features 20 top resources, and is constantly updated with the latest and greatest in Identity Management best practices.<\/p>\n View resource: Privileged Identity Management Wave Report<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n View resource: B2E Cloud IAM Wave Report<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n View resource: Market Overview for Consumer Identity Management<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n View resource: Vendor Landscape: Identity Management for the Internet of Things<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n View resource<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n View Resource:\u00a0Kuppingercole Leadership Compass \u2013 IDaaS: Single Sign-On to the Cloud<\/a><\/p>\n For example, in the 2016\u00a0version of their Critical Capabilities report for IDaaS, Gartner takes the 18 vendors that it considers most significant in the worldwide IDaaS market and evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of those vendors against 11 \u2018critical capabilities\u2019 and three common use cases for IDaaS. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product, or service depicted in its research publications.<\/p>\n Gartner defines Critical capabilities as \u201cattributes that differentiate products\/services in a class in terms of their quality and performance.\u201d<\/p>\n Gartner rates each vendor\u2019s product or service on a five-point scale in terms of how well it delivers each capability.<\/p>\n View resource<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n View Resource<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
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\nForrester Wave Report & Vendor Landscape Reports<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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<\/a>Forrester offers a wide variety of resources to assist business leaders in selecting the right enterprise technology solutions. As one of the most well-established technology research outlets, Forrester is a trusted source of information, offering expansive market studies that encompass a multitude of charts, graphics, and figures. Forrester\u2019s flagship methodology lies in the company\u2019s ever-evolving quarterly Wave reports as well as their in-depth vendor landscape reports.\u00a0Forrester currently offers Wave reports for B2E Cloud IAM\u00a0and Priviliged Identity Management (PIM)<\/a>, as well as Vendor Landscape reports for Identity Management for the Internet of Things, and a Market Overview for Consumer Identity and Access Management.<\/p>\n
\nKuppingerCole Leadership Compass: Access Management and Federation<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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<\/a>KuppingerCole is an international analyst firm that\u00a0<\/span>specializes in offering thought leadership in areas including Identity & Access Management and Digital Transformation. In their Leadership Compass for Access Management and Federation, KuppingerCole\u2019s analysts give an in-depth analysis of 17 major Access Management and Federation vendors, along with insight into major market trends and name market leaders in four categories: Product, Market, Innovation, and Overall.<\/p>\n
\nGartner Critical Capabilities Reports<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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<\/a>In addition to their Magic Quadrant reports, Gartner also offers the less well-known\u00a0Critical Capabilities\u00a0reports<\/a>, which allow the reader to compare vendors based on specific use cases which relate to their own environments.<\/p>\n
\nGartner Peer Insights<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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<\/a>Gartner Peer Insights is Gartner\u2019s answer to the crowdsourced review site\u2014a crowdsourced review site of their own. With their Peer Insights program, Gartner is trying to present\u00a0the collective experiences of thousands of qualified (and verified) tech buyers and end users who have already gone where you are headed. Perhaps most importantly, Gartner\u2019s Peer Insights democratizes the evaluation process, allowing for vendors not typically included in Magic Quadrants and Critical Capabilities reports due to their stringent requirements.\u00a0Gartner\u2019s Peer Insights on Identity Governance and Administration features 113 reviews on 19 vendors\u2014far more than considered in the Magic Quadrant and Critical capabilities reports.<\/p>\n
\nSolutions Review Buyer\u2019s Guide & Fact Book Reports<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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<\/a>Last but not least, here at Solutions Review we’ve come up with two tools to help buyers in their search for Identity Management tools. The\u00a0Buyer\u2019s Fact Book<\/a>\u00a0offers a high-altitude snapshot of the top 28 IAM vendors, with vital data on each company\u2019s maturity, longevity, business model, size, geographic reach, workforce, user base, notable clients, and financials, making it easy for companies considering IAM implementations to compare and contrast solutions and find their best fit. Solutions Review also offers a free IAM Buyer\u2019s Guide<\/a>, further enhancing the ability of the IT professional to make the right product decisions. In using these tools in conjunction, solutions-seekers will be armed with all of the materials they need to ensure selection of the best software for their company.<\/p>\n