Links Business Group LLC is now – even GREENER!

As one of the first Identity Access Management and Business IT Consultancies to make GREEN a top priority, we continue our pioneering tradition. You’re thinking “but wait — they’re already so green – how could they be more so?” After all, we are based on digital assets, cloud-based back office services, paperless contract/documentation delivery, 100% digital payment processing and industry-leading digital products.

Here’s what we did:  we have now completed the transition to 100% digital products. No more paper, no more bindings, no more printing, no more trees. Effective today, all of our books and audio programs are completely digital!

To celebrate, we have lowered our prices and made Identity Access Management knowledge and “consulting in a box” even more affordable than ever before. Visit our store and “Go Green”

GO GREEN AT THE IDENTITY MANAGEMENT STORE

Greetings!

I need to ask your advice about a few things. As we ring in the new year,
it is an important time for us to stop and reflect on
where we are as a company, and ensure that we are delivering the
right value to our readers and listeners. Could you take just a few
minutes to share your advice with us? It will take
just a few minutes and 10 brief questions, but the moments you
spend will be very valuable not only to us, but our other listeners
and subscribers as well.

To share your valuable insights, advice and opinions with us,
please visit:

http://www.linksbusinessgroup.com/iamsurvey

Thank you in advance or your time, and also for your continued
support of Links Business Group LLC. May 2011 bring you much
success and happiness!

All the Best, of Identity Management Success

Corbin Links,
Links Business Group LLC

All Material Copyright 2003 – 2011 Links Business Group LLC. All
Rights Reserved.

Greetings!

Episode 50:  Identity Management Success’ Gala Birthday Bash is here! Episode 50 marks a major milestone in the life of the Identity Management Success Podcast. Thank you to all of our loyal listeners for supporting the show!

Greetings Everyone!

One of the things we’re doing to start off the new year is to get all of our Amazon.com buyers — anyone who has purchased any one or all of the “IAM Success Tips” volumes from Amazon.com — into our system. Why? Well the primary reason is that we want to be able to issue update notices when existing editions are updated, or to pass on special bonuses that our direct customers enjoy. Participating in the round up is quick and easy (and free, and optional!)

So get “rounded up” today! Here is all you have to do:

• Track down a copy of your Amazon.com receipt clearly showing your name, the “IAM Success Tips” book that you purchased, your email address and your original shipping address
• Forward this receipt to “info   at   linksbusinessgroup.com”. Put the words “Amazon Round Up” in the subject line for fastest service

That’s it! You will receive a confirmation in 2 – 3 days that your name and book have been registered with us.

Questions? Please email us at “info   at   linksbusinessgroup.com”, or leave a message at +1 800 507 3480. Thanks in advance.

All the Best, of Identity Management Success

-Corbin

Thanks to everyone who took time out of their busy schedules to make purchases at our exclusive one-time Black Friday Sale! It is you the shoppers who support the site and the work we do here at Links Business Group LLC.

The sale is now closed and prices have returned to their normal levels.

Have a great weekend!

All the Best, of Identity Management Success

Corbin Links,
Links Business Group LLC

Greetings Everyone!

Just a quick reminder that there are now less than 12 hours left to save big on all Identity Access Management (IAM) Success Products. There has never been (and will never again be) a better time to stock up on everything you need to engage and complete your IAM Programs successfully. Remember too that IAM Success Tips books, audio, and IAMWorld Academy Memberships also make the perfect gift for the Project/Program Managers, IT Consultants, Developers, CIO’s, CTO’s and Implementers on your holiday shopping list.

Hurry over to the Black Friday Sale Page now and claim your 40 – 60% savings before it is too late.

To all everyone who is already shopping or has shopped today’s sale, a hearty THANK YOU!!

All the Best, of Identity Management Success

Corbin Links,
Links Business Group LLC
Author: IAM Success Tips Books

IAM Success Tips: Volume III – Print “Proof” edition that is…

In celebration of IAM Success Tips: Volume III being successfully approved for listing, I’m offering a very special pre-launch promotion. Short and sweet – here it is:

I am giving away an exclusive signed “Proof” edition of Volume III – Print Edition. In fact, it’s the only one in existence and is the actual proof copy we just approved for the final print run. The only differences between this edition and the full retail edition listed on Amazon.com are:

• It is signed by the author (me)
• It says “Proof” on the back page

Truly a one-of-a kind! To win, here is all you have to do:

• Write me a brief note telling me which tip, of all the tips you have read in my books or heard on the podcast, has helped you the most. Please tell me which tip it was and specifically how you implemented it.
• Be sure to include your contact information so that we can follow up with the winning entry and make shipping arrangements.

How to submit your entry:

• You can message me on Twitter.com (http://twitter.com/corbinlinks)
• Submit a contact form via this website (http://www.linksbusinesgroup.com/contact)
• Submit your entry via email: info – at – linksbusinessgroup.com
• Call our offices at +1 800 507 3480 and leave your entry in voice mail

The winner will be notified by email and optionally, announced on the blog or podcast if the winner so chooses. Contest closes 6 November 2009, but might close even sooner if I find the perfect entry. So enter right away! The winner will be hand-selected from all the entries submitted. Good luck!

All the Best, of Identity Management Success

Corbin Links, Author
IAM Success Tips Books

Greetings everyone!

It’s here! IAM Design Secrets – or, as we’re officially calling it IAM Success Tips:  Volume III is now available in glorious PDF.

Here are some of the some of the time saving, headache saving, money saving, CIO rejoicing benefits you will quickly gain from Volume III:

• You and your design team and architects will ramp up quickly. Over 12 years of IAM Design tips, tricks, strategies compressed in one portable, easy-to-read book
• You will save immense amounts of time not reading through stacks and stacks of vendor manuals web searches and making frantic calls to industry analyst firms. Know everything you need to know before you pick up a 3000 page vendor manual. When you finally do have to pick up the giant manual, you’ll be able to only spend your time on only the handful of pieces that are relevant to your design.
• Save countless thousands of hours (and dollars!) on expensive vendor and “industry analyst” seminars. Have all the design information you need right in your laptop, PDA, smart phone, or Kindle.
• Reuse and re-purpose your existing infrastructure investments.
• Quickly understand, select and design the right identity model for your organization.
• Become your organization’s “super champion architect” by creating useful, extensible, scalable, efficient, effective and business relevant IAM Designs
• Understand how IAM industry concepts such as “User Centricity” and “Federation” can impact your business, and more importantly: how they won’t
• Learn what every organization must understand about roles and legacy systems *before* the design
• Become efficient and effective at collecting, analyzing and applying your actual business requirements to real-world design
• Hear exclusive Volume III rapid-train audio (RTA) and download design templates that you can review, study and even modify for your own use
• And much, much more

But what if there was even more?… Well, there is! In addition, to everything included between the digital “covers” of IAM Success Tips: Volume III, you also get the following bonuses:

• Exclusive Q & A with me, covering a range of topics not addressed in the public podcasts
• Our famous “Five Things the Big IAM Vendors Do Not Want You to Know” podcast
• “Discovering Discovery” audio program. This is one of the most important audio programs in our series and was only made available to early members of the Identity Management Success List. Now you can download your own copy and learn how to successfully “stack the deck” in favor of success when first launching your new IAM Program (or re-launching an existing one)
• “Identity Management Success – third party book review.” In this exclusive audio available to only to select list members, I interview one of the definitive IAM books on the market today (hint: it’s not one of mine )
• JUST ADDED TODAY! – “User-centric Identity vs. Centralized Identity and How it Impacts Your Design – Audio Program.” Hot off the presses of the newly released IAM Success Tips: Volume III, this mini audio book covers content read directly out of Volume III.

Ready to create your IAM Program Design today? Click the button below and immediately get all the secrets of Identity Access Management (IAM) architecture and design:

And of course, Volume III is backed by our 45-day money back guarantee.

IAM Success Tips: Volume I – Digital Edition

$99.00 USD Digital Edition / Print Edition available direct from Amazon.com (NOTE: Digital Editions purchased using the “Buy Now” button include lifetime updates and bonus downloads for FREE. Printed versions do not.)

“Corbin Links really has an uncanny ability to extract and clarify the business impact of Identity and Access Management solutions. He is one of our industry’s foremost writers on the topic of real-world IAM technology solutions and has the battle scars to provide real insight into how-to-implement and where to look for pitfalls and obstacles throughout the process.“ Matt Flynn, NetVision “I just finished reading Corbin Links’ IAM Success Tips: Volume I and really think it would be a great resource for any new IdM initiative your organization might be starting. I know that I will try to implement many of the suggestions in the book as we move forward with our project.” Mike Conklin, Lead Analyst, University of Rochester “Corbin Links’ IAM Success Tips helped us get off the ground quickly and plan our software projects right the first time. We were not interested in fad tools, or methods that had failed us before. Reading and  applying the tips has allowed us to build a sustainable security program that performs well within our budgetary guidelines and satisfies our stakeholders.” Theodore Pehnec, President, Pehnec Gems

In this easy-to-read action guide, Corbin H. Links shares key strategies for successfully conceiving and building an Identity and Access Management (IAM) Program. Mr. Links brings something to the table that no one else does – success tips and strategies that are truly vendor neutral, and designed to work for any organization regardless of size or business type. This book is the result of over 11 years designing and implementing IAM strategies for a diverse international client base. This book has one primary purpose: save organizations time and money in their Strategic Business Initiatives, without sacrificing quality or alignment with goals. Just a few of the things you will learn in Volume I: Understanding and applying our exclusive IAM Six Stage Model Deep discussion and action points for this “Missing Manual” for the “Missing Step” in almost all programs: the Concepting and Strategizing Stage Compare and contrast winning vs. failing IAM Program Strategies – and ensure your program team is on the Winning Side Understand when IAM is an appropriate business strategy — and also when it is not Extensive Appendix and Definitions sections covering all the crucial details and “TLA’s” (Three Letter Acronyms) An exclusive “Tour” of Regulations around the world, and how they impact IAM Programs How to find and work with the REAL stakeholders in any IAM Program and get them on your side All Digital Products come with a LIFETIME UPDATE GUARANTEE! Tired of investing in other business books, only to find that you have to buy each new revision? Not here. If we update any of the digital product versions you currently own, we will upgrade your existing version for FREE (Offer limited to upgrades of existing product types and versions previously or currently purchased) All Digital Products include additional BONUS items, including special white papers, strategies, members-only audio, and more! And much, much more

More Testimonials

“Corbin Links is definitely one of the premier experts in the identity world.
After years in the industry, you can sift between the individuals who just
understand the components of a technology and those who truly understand its
value to the business. Corbin not only has technical foresight but understands
its relationship to resolving business problems as well. He brings a wealth of
experience, insight and professionalism to the table, and is definitely someone
you would want in your network.“

Ashraf Motiwala, Director of Identity Management, Identropy, Inc.

“Mr. Links’ professionalism as seen in his ability to balance the needs of client
stakeholders with the time and budget constraints of the project ensured a
successful implementation.“

Dave Wessels, Project Manager, Crescent Enterprise Solutions

Greetings!

Identity Management Success Podcast – Episode 32 is released! In today’s episode, I discuss that famous (and infamous) topic of the “SOW”, or “Scope of Work” document. Having been involved with the SOW process with multiple companies — on both sides of the table — I have a few lessons learned to share.

[Disclaimer] – Today’s discussion of Scope of Work (SOW) and Master Agreements involves documents which are often very legal in nature, aside from their technical and project management components. I am not an attorney, and Links Business Group LLC is not a legal firm. Nothing discussed in Episode 32 is intended to provide, or request legal advice. Please seek the advice of your attorney(ies) or internal legal department for any questions regarding contractual issues.[/Disclaimer]

Topics Covered on Identity Management Success Podcast – Episode 32

1. Announcements and updates
2. Definition and discussion of SOW (Scope of Work) and Master Agreement Documents — plus comparison and contrast between the two
3. Pre-work phase. All the things that need to happen *before* pen meets paper (HINT:  As with many IAM Programs, this is the stage in which many SOW’s fail, before they begin. This piece is *very* important)
4. Discussion of project billing types and models
5. Timelines, budget, task ownership
6. Summary

And much, much, more!! Be sure to stay tuned to the Identity Management Success Podcast for Part II, which will be available the week of 7 September 2009. Be sure to join the Identity Management Success Mailing List to stay in touch with the latest news, receive special list-member only benefits such as special downloads and podcasts, and of course — select weekly IAM Success Tips delivered straight to your email inbox. Joining is quick and easy. Just visit http://www.linksbusinessgroup.com/, enter your first name and email address in the subscription boxes and click Submit.

You can download Episode 32 here, subscribe via iTunes, or use the embedded player at the bottom of this post. If you like what you hear and find the information useful, please visit us on iTunes and leave us a five-star review. Also, consider linking to our main site at http://www.linksbusinessgroup.com.

Thanks for listening!

All the Best, of Identity Management Success

Corbin H. Links,
Links Business Group LLC
(and narrator of the “Identity Management Success Podcast”)