Fischer International Identity Positioned in the Visionaries Quadrant for 2008 User Provisioning Magic Quadrant

Business Wire, August 21, 2008

NAPLES, Fla. -- Fischer International Identity, providers of The Technology for Managed Identity Services[TM], has been positioned by Gartner Inc. in the Visionaries quadrant in the 2008 User Provisioning Magic Quadrant report1 based on their completeness of vision and ability to execute.

Simplified, affordable Identity Management is Fischer's corporate mission. Fischer differentiates itself from other user provisioning vendors by enabling Identity Management to be delivered by service providers, global outsourcers, and internal shared services organizations via their client's preferred sourcing strategy, whether as a hosted, SaaS, or on-premise Managed Identity Service[TM], or as a traditional deployment. Fischer has extended their lead in Managed Identity Services with their latest release which includes many new SaaS capabilities such as advanced multi-tenancy and open source platform support. Fischer enables Service Providers to manage service level agreement (SLA) performance while delivering secure and affordable identity services in compliance with government and corporate regulations.

Fischer's technology stands alone as one platform that is suitable across all industries, company sizes and delivery models. "Fischer Identity delivers the business value as defined by the business," said Renee' Bacherman, CEO Fischer International Identity. "Our solution provides the only truly simple Identity Management solution. Complex problems are best solved by simple solutions. That is the basis for everything we do. Fischer Identity allows organizations to address their security and compliance business requirements without the usual Identity Management technology struggles."

The "Magic Quadrant for User Provisioning" is available from Fischer International Identity's website at: http://www.fischerinternational.com/gartner_mq.asp

About the Gartner Magic Quadrant

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About Fischer International Identity

Fischer International Identity was spun-out of Fischer International Systems Corporation in late 2006, creating a new company solely focused on Identity Management and based on a 26-year heritage in shaping the enterprise security industry. Fischer continues its history of technology leadership and innovation by bringing to market an Identity Services Platform that truly simplifies Identity Management, scales seamlessly from the SMB to the largest enterprise, and can be implemented either as a traditional software-as-a product deployment or via any outsourced delivery model. Fischer's solutions provide organizations of all sizes with greater choice in how they derive the benefits of Identity Management, but without risk or compromise. For more information, please visit www.fischerinternational.com.

1 Gartner "Magic Quadrant for User Provisioning" by E. Perkins, et al. August 15, 2008.