Gemalto Recognized in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for User Authentication

AMSTERDAM - Wednesday, April 3rd 2013 [ME NewsWire]

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Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, has been recognized as a Leader in Gartner’s 2013 Magic Quadrant for User Authentication*. The Magic Quadrant report presents a strategic analysis of key vendors measured on their completeness of vision and ability to execute. The leading vendors surveyed in this Magic Quadrant account for the majority of the market, by both customer and end-user numbers.

“We believe Gemalto’s placement in the best part of the quadrant recognizes the accuracy of our strategy to provide end-to-end solutions, dedicated to solving problems specific to vertical markets such as healthcare, law enforcement, financial institutions, and corporate environments,” said François Lasnier, Senior Vice President of Identity and Access at Gemalto. “We are dedicated to customer satisfaction and believe the complete customer experience starts with a superior solutions portfolio, and continues with dedicated support. We offer a scalable path to upgrade authentication technology to higher levels of security, and thanks to our experience, manage the growing need for mobile access.”

Gemalto supplies a broad range of authentication software and services to thousands of the world’s largest enterprises, service providers and governments. Gemalto’s range of Protiva and Ezio solutions includes an expansive portfolio of authentication tools and services for enterprises with a significant focus on technology development to ensure products are designed to address market trends and customer needs with the highest level of protection.

*Gartner, Inc., Magic Quadrant for User Authentication, Ant Allan, March 7, 2013.

Download your copy of Gartner's Magic Quadrant for User Authentication at Gemalto.com. http://www.gemalto.com/press/Gartner_Magic_Quadrant_2013.html

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About Gemalto

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO) is the world leader in digital security with 2012 annual revenues of €2.2 billion and more than 10,000 employees operating out of 83 offices and 13 Research & Development centers, located in 43 countries.

We are at the heart of the rapidly evolving digital society. Billions of people worldwide increasingly want the freedom to communicate, travel, shop, bank, entertain and work – anytime, everywhere – in ways that are enjoyable and safe. Gemalto delivers on their expanding needs for personal mobile services, payment security, authenticated cloud access, identity and privacy protection, eHealthcare and eGovernment efficiency, convenient ticketing and dependable machine-to-machine (M2M) applications.

Gemalto develops secure embedded software and secure products which we design and personalize. Our platforms and services manage these secure products, the confidential data they contain and the trusted end-user services they enable. Our innovations enable our clients to offer trusted and convenient digital services to billions of individuals.

Gemalto thrives with the growing number of people using its solutions to interact with the digital and wireless world.

For more information visit www.gemalto.com, www.justaskgemalto.com, blog.gemalto.com, or follow @gemalto on Twitter.

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