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Informatica Positioned in Leaders Quadrant in 2012 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Masking Technology
(GlobeNewswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Jan. 10, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Informatica Corporation (Nasdaq:INFA), the world's number one
independent leader in data integration software, today announced
that it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the leaders
quadrant in the 2012 Magic Quadrant for Data Masking Technology
report, published December 21, 2012. The complete report, including
the quadrant graphic, is available on the Informatica web site at
www.informatica.com/datamasking
Joseph Feiman and Carsten Casper, authors of the report state,
"Leaders demonstrate balanced progress in execution and vision.
Their actions raise the competitive bar for all vendors and
solutions in the market, and they tend to set the pace for the
industry. A Leader's strategy is focused on data security and
compliance. Its offering addresses the needs of security
specialists within the SLC and data management. Leaders' brands are
broadly recognized in the data security space. Leaders reach beyond
SDM (Static Data Masking) capabilities and encompass the broader
data security discipline, including data redaction capabilities,
DDM (Dynamic Data Masking), DAM/DAP (Database Activity
Monitoring/Database Audit and Protection) security intelligence. At
the same time, Leaders are able to amass a relatively large
clientele and revenue in this evolving market. A leading vendor is
not a default choice for every buyer, and clients are warned not to
assume that they should only buy from Leaders. Some clients may
find that vendors in other quadrants better address their specific
needs."
According to the report, "Sensitive data (such as credit card
numbers), personally identifiable information (such as Social
Security numbers), medical diagnoses and even nonpersonal sensitive
data (such as corporate financial information and intellectual
property) are exposed to abuse or negligence from enterprise
employees and outsiders.
Data masking aims to prevent the abuse of sensitive data by
hiding it from users. Technology vendors offer multiple data
masking techniques, such as replacing some fields with
similar-looking characters, replacing characters with masking
characters (for example, "x"), replacing real last names with
fictional last names and reshuffling data in the database columns.
Data masking is also known as data obfuscation, data privacy, data
sanitization, data scrambling, data deidentification, data
anonymization and data deauthentication."
Adopting data masking helps enterprises raise the level of
security and privacy assurance against abuses. At the same time,
data masking helps enterprises meet compliance requirements with
the security and privacy standards recommended by
regulating/auditing authorities."
Informatica Data Masking is highly scalable, high-performance
data masking software. Informatica Data Masking statically and
dynamically protects sensitive data from unauthorized access across
development, testing, training, and production environments. With
this software, enterprises can comply with data privacy regulations
and mandates while dramatically reducing the risk of a data
breach. IT organizations can easily customize data masking
solutions to meet different regulatory or business requirements,
protect personal and sensitive information while supporting
offshoring, outsourcing and cloud-based initiatives.
"We believe our placement in the Leaders' quadrant of the first
Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Masking further confirms
Informatica's leadership, dedication to innovation and the delivery
of excellent products for our customers," said Adam Wilson, senior
vice president and general manager, ILM, Informatica. "The insider
threat has emerged as the new data security battleground and data
masking is proving to be a critical component of any enterprise
risk and compliance program. Our placement is testament to the fact
that Informatica Data Masking is ahead of the curve when it comes
to helping organizations successfully address a wide range of
data privacychallenges, keep their data
secure and maximize their return on data."
In March 2012
Informatica Dynamic Data Masking was named the Most Innovative
Security (Software) Product of the Year in the 2012 Global Excellence Awards. In April 2012
Informatica was mentioned in the Gartner Cool Vendors in Security:
Application and Data
Protection 2012 report; in August 2012 the company was
positioned in the
2012 Magic Quadrant for Data Quality Tools report; in October
2012 Informatica was positioned in the leaders quadrant in the
2012 Magic Quadrant of Data Integration Tools;and in October
2012, Informatica was also positioned in the leaders quadrant in
the
2012 Magic Quadrant for Master Data Management of Customer Data
Integration report.
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About the Magic Quadrant
Gartner 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. Gartner
research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research
organization and should not be construed as statements of fact.
Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with
respect to this research, including any warranties of
merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
About Informatica
Informatica Corporation (Nasdaq:INFA) is the world's number one
independent provider of data integration software.
Organizations around the world rely on Informatica for maximizing
return on data to drive their top
business imperatives. Worldwide, over 5,000 enterprises depend on
Informatica to fully leverage their information assets residing
on-premise, in the Cloud and across
social networks. For more information, call +1 650-385-5000
(1-800-653-3871 in the U.S.), or visit Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA)">www.informatica.com.
Connect with Informatica at http://www.facebook.com/InformaticaCorporation,
http://www.linkedin.com/company/informatica
and http://twitter.com/InformaticaCorp.
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Note: Informatica, PowerCenter, Informatica Data
Masking and Informatica Platform are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Informatica Corporation in the United
States and in jurisdictions throughout the world. All other company
and product names may be trade names or trademarks of their
respective owners.
CONTACT: Deborah Wiltshire
Informatica Corporation
+1 650 385 5360
mobile/+1 650 862 8186
dwiltshire@informatica.com
Shira Frantzich
Informatica Corporation
+1 650 385 5674
sfrantzich@informatica.com
Source: Informatica Corporation
2013 GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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