Below is a list of reports issued by the various analyst organizations that follow the Federated Identity Management technology category. You will need a subscription to these organizations to access their reports but we wanted to help you easily find ones specific to Federated Identity Management by listing them below.
Federated Identity. Reference Architecture Technical Position - April 11 2007
Business and Legal Issues in Federations - June 12 2007
In Search of the Internet Identity System: Contrasting the Federation Approaches of SAML, WS-Trust, and OpenID - April 30 2007
The Information Card Landscape - February 9 2007
VantagePoint 2007: Identity and Privacy Trends in Enterprise IT - January 24 2007
Hype Cycle for Identity and Access Management Technologies 2007 - June 21, 2007
Findings: Higher Education Institutions Should Prepare for Identity Federation - November 28, 2006
Findings: Identity 2.0 is Too ill Defined for Imminent Deployment - August 9, 2006
Consider Present and Future Access Requirements for Reduced Sign-on and Single Sign-on - July 6, 2007
Findings: Focus on IAM Fundamentals in 2007 - January 30, 2007
Worldwide Identity and Access Management 2007–2011 Forecast and 2006 Vendor Shares
Sally Hudson, Jon Crotty
July 2007 - Doc # 207609 Market Analysis
Worldwide Identity and Access Management Federation 2006–2010 Forecast
Sally Hudson, Allan Carey
Dec 2006 - Doc # 204711 Market Analysis
The Maturing Identity Federation Market: Ping Identity's Latest Product Helps IT Navigate the Minefield of Federation Management and Multiple Standards
Sally Hudson, Allan Carey, Rose Ryan, J.D.
Jun 2006 - Doc # 202173 Technology Assessment
On The Radar: Ping Identity - 8/1/07
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