Courion, a leading provider of intelligent identity and access management (IAM), today announced record sales for the fourth quarter of 2013 and a robust roster of new customers in major market segments in 2013, including 13 new customers in the fourth quarter alone.

"The constant pressures of rapid technology change and ever-increasing threat vectors have driven customers to look for better ways to protect their business information while making it available to the people who need to use it," said Christopher Zannetos, CEO of Courion. "With sales growth of more than 40 percent from the same quarter last year, it's clear that Courion's real-time intelligent IAM capability has hit the mark."

Courion provides intelligent identity and access solutions to more than 600 companies. Courion solutions, driven by Big Identity Data, enable IT departments to automate routine IAM tasks, identify and eliminate compliance issues as they occur, and predict and prevent the problems that create risk. This enables Courion customers to improve service agility and streamline audits while reducing IT costs.

New customers adopting Courion's award-winning intelligent IAM solutions span a range of industries, including financial services, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing and retail, including such companies as Alden Management Services, Beacon Health System and Miami Children's Hospital.

In Q4 2013, Courion was positioned in the leaders quadrant in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Identity Governance and Administration (IGA). This is the ninth time that Courion was placed in the Leaders quadrant in a Gartner Magic Quadrant since 2007. Courion was also lauded by several other analyst firms and publishers in 2013, such as KuppingerCole, DataWeek, Network Products Guide and Info Security Products Guide.

To learn more about intelligent IAM solutions from Courion, call 866.COURION or email info@courion.com.

About Courion

With deep experience and more than 600 customers managing over 10 million identities, Courion is the market leader in Identity and Access Management (IAM), from provisioning to governance to Identity and Access Intelligence (IAI). Courion provides insight from analyzing the big data generated from an organization's identity and access relationships so users can efficiently and accurately provision, identify and minimize risks, and maintain continuous compliance. As a result, IT costs are reduced and audits expedited. With Courion, you can confidently provide open and compliant access to all while also protecting critical company data and assets from unauthorized access.

For more information, please visit www.courion.com or read http://blog.courion.com.

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