The 2012 User Administration/Provisioning Magic Quadrant, released on December 27, 2012, evaluated vendors’ solutions and placed the vendors based on ability to execute and completeness of vision.
“It’s very gratifying to have our leadership position in the IAM market recognized”, said Gideon Shoham, CEO of Hitachi ID, in a statement.
According to the Gartner website, the Magic Quadrants are a culmination of research in a specific market, providing a wide-angle view of the relative positions of the market's competitors. By applying a graphical presentation based on a uniform set of evaluation criteria, a Gartner Magic Quadrant is an effective reference tool to assess how technology providers are executing against their stated vision and is broadly used by decision makers worldwide.