CITATION POLICY

Overview

Unless otherwise noted, Alumen Consulting Limited (trading as “Quocirca”) owns the copyright, and reserve all rights to, all copyright and other rights in the content on its Site (www.quocirca.com) and in its research, documents, reports, articles and all other written material in paper or electronic form (“Quocirca Work”).

Quocirca also owns a number of trademarks that are on the Site.

All Quocirca Work is intended to be used by our clients for internal purposes only, subject to the restrictions set out below. Reproducing Quocirca Research either in its entirety or in part outside of this use is not permitted.

At all times, Quocirca Work will be deemed as copyrighted material and should be marked “for internal use only” and “Source: Quocirca”, along with maintaining the “© Quocirca” and date markings. All citations must therefore be attributed in the following manner: “Title, Quocirca, Date”.

Where applicable, you may only cite Quocirca Work during the term of your licence.

All citations must refer to Quocirca Work published within the past 18 months, unless updated Quocirca Work is available.

Use of Quocirca Work

Quocirca reserves the right to deny any and all uses of the Quocirca Work for any reason and at any time.

If you have purchased a global licence, you may quote the Quocirca Work internally but you may not use the Quocirca Work for external audiences in any way unless you have purchased the requisite licence for that specific Quocirca Work.

Correct attributions must be used with Quocirca Work and/or Report Names and Dates plus any links to original sources as provided by Quocirca.

Any usage of the Quocirca Work to support any position by a company must be approved by Quocirca in writing prior to such usage. No company specific excerpts are permitted.

All internal, external or commercial citation of the Quocirca Work, includes, without limitation:

⦁ use of the Quocirca Work in its original form e.g. for internal or external communications including presentations.
⦁ uses of the Quocirca Work in advertisements, press releases, marketing communications or sales collateral in any form.
⦁ uses of the Quocirca Work in SEC filings or other legal documents.
⦁ links to any websites maintained by Quocirca and/or its subsidiaries.
⦁ all full reproductions and/or distributions of the Quocirca Work, unless reprints are purchased from Quocirca.
⦁ all promotion, distribution, and reuse of Quocirca intellectual property and/or content, including any use of the Quocirca logo, trademarks, or service marks, through any third-party in all types of media.

If a client or third-party is unsure about a particular use, they must contact Quocirca.

Use of the Quocirca name and intellectual property

The Quocirca name, logo and intellectual property may only be used commercially in connection with advertising, sales materials or other commercial activities with the explicit written pre-approval of Quocirca for each instance of use.

This policy defines the criteria that will be used to issue that approval.

This policy applies to all contexts in which the Quocirca name or Quocirca Work may appear externally. It includes, but is not limited to, company reports, advertising, annual reports, blogs, books, brochures, marketing materials, newsletters, press releases, presentations, signage and speeches.

Quocirca Vendor Landscape

Quocirca encourages you to understand the need to respect Quocirca as an objective and independent provider of Quocirca Work and to use the Quocirca Work in marketing materials in a way that does not distort the data, opinions, or intentions of Quocirca.

The Quocirca Vendor Landscape product requires specific citation guidelines for firms included in the Research.

Participating companies:

⦁ should only publish a press release after Quocirca has made the Quocirca Work available to all clients.
⦁ should get written sign-off from an authorised Quocirca contact for your press release or other usage of the Quocirca Work (note, this is not necessarily the analyst who authored the Quocirca Work).
⦁ may include “Quocirca” in press release headers or sub-headers provided that they refer to Quocirca as an “Independent Analyst Firm”.
⦁ should refer to their characterisation such as “a Leader” or “a Major Player” only on the basis of their positioning in the Vendor Landscape report, not on the basis of a single dimension or evaluation criterion.
⦁ must refer to their positioning as “a Leader” not “the Leader” or “Leader” unless they are the only firm positioned in the “Leaders’” category.
⦁ should not make direct comparisons between their position on the Vendor Landscape and the position of a competing firm.
⦁ may take limited quotations verbatim from the Vendor Landscape report in accordance with the Quocirca citation policy.
⦁ may distribute the Vendor Landscape report graphic after receiving approval from Quocirca (note, this is not necessarily the analyst who authored the report).

Any graphics used by Quocirca in the Quocirca Work can only be used by clients as set out below. All other usages are prohibited.

⦁ Any external use of draft graphics is considered an egregious violation and may result in an immediate quote and reprints ban of up to three months.
⦁ Graphics may be displayed in specific approved contexts: homepage banners or registration webpages, blogs, e-newsletters, other social media, videos and presentations provided:

⦁ The graphic is displayed exactly as the original. Edits, changes or enhancements are strictly prohibited and may result in an immediate quote and reprints ban of up to three months. Abstract representations of branded graphics in marketing materials are also prohibited.
⦁ The Client purchases reprint rights. The Client may only promote these graphics externally after it receives the reprint deliverable from Quocirca. The graphics require the full report to ensure proper context.
⦁ The following disclaimer paragraphs must appear with the graphic:
“This graphic was published by Quocirca as part of a larger research document and should be evaluated in the context of the entire document. The document is available upon request from Quocirca.
Quocirca does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Quocirca’s research publications consist of the opinions of Quocirca’s research organisation and should not be construed as statements of fact. Quocirca disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose”.

⦁ The Client may not use “customised” graphics externally.
⦁ The Client may use specific “use case” graphics provided it clearly labels each and includes a text reference to the total number of use cases in the document for proper context.
⦁ The Client may not position Quocirca published research graphics in marketing and promotional materials next to research graphics from other research organisations.
⦁ Clients with reprint rights may display entire, unaltered graphics on their website home page or as part of a web page exclusively dedicated to the authorised reprint of the report. All other online uses are prohibited.
⦁ Clients may use graphics in presentations to live audiences, as long as the graphic is shown in its entirety, unaltered, and with the original title and date of publication. The following disclaimer must be legible on the slide: “The Quocirca Vendor Landscape is a graphical representation of Quocirca’s opinion of the market and is based on Quocirca’s scorecard methodology. Quocirca does not endorse any vendor, product, or service. Information is based on best available resources and opinions reflect judgment at the time. All opinions are subject to change.”.
Quocirca’s logos, badges, images and “branded graphics” may not be included in earnings announcements, press releases, or supplemental documentation. However, references to Quocirca’s IP may be included, provided all of the below are met:
⦁ Such references are preapproved by Quocirca in writing;
⦁ Such references are submitted to Quocirca within the immediate context (that is, the paragraph containing any Quocirca references, as well as the paragraph before and after the paragraph containing the Quocirca references); and
Attribution and all required disclaimers are included.

Quocirca do not allow external use of its IP in connection with 1) corporate takeovers; 2) trademark application filings; 3) litigation or enforcement actions; or 4) competition law matters (including but not limited to merger or joint venture filings). However, to the extent the Client is compelled by court order or other legal obligation to produce Quocirca IP, it must:

⦁ If there is already a protective court order, identify for Quocirca the documents that it believes must be produced and the justification for why it believes each document is responsive to a particular request, at least 45 days before it is required to produce the Quocirca document(s);
⦁ If it does not have a protective court order, provide Quocirca at least 60 days’ advance notice to move in the appropriate court for one; and
⦁ In the event that the Client produces a Quocirca document, designate it “Highly Confidential,” or, if that designation is not available, the most protective designation of confidentiality pursuant to a protective order that has been entered by the court or regulator in the applicable litigation or enforcement action.

How to contact Quocirca

⦁ Email:  Louella.Fernandes@Quocirca.com
⦁ Provide the full proposed citation and context for your request.
⦁ Include a draft copy of any press releases and other marketing materials, such as newsletters, email campaigns, or direct mail.
⦁ Confirm that the company requiring the citation is an existing Quocirca client, or otherwise indicate how your company proposes to manage any costs of gaining such authorisation.
⦁ Provide the full context of the citation and how it will appear. Attach complete copies of press release drafts, web page mock-ups, emails, banners, social media posts, white papers, etc., where you plan to place the citation. Indicate the precise Research your material cites, including the full title and publication month/year, and analyst name. If the citations do not come from Quocirca Work published on quocirca.com, please include a link or attachment of the original source.
⦁ Please note Quocirca requires a reasonable amount of time to grant permissions. Please allow at least 14 days.
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Policy Violations

Quocirca reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to immediately terminate any uses of its intellectual property that are in violation of this policy or that otherwise abuse, harm, or damage any Quocirca intellectual property. Quocirca also reserves the right to alter this policy at any time to uphold fair and ethical use of the Quocirca Work and intellectual property. Any violation of this policy will incur a charge, which will be at Quocirca’s discretion and represent a genuine pre-estimate of Quocirca’s loss due to any violation.

In the event that you violate this policy, you shall not be able to recite any of the Quocirca Research for a period of 6 months (or longer, in Quocirca’s discretion).

Variations

Quocirca reserves the right to change these guidelines at any time without notice.

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