Thursday, December 20, 2007

3i Infotech and MENTIS Software Partner to Protect Sensitive Data and Facilitate Regulatory Compliance

3i Infotech and MENTIS Software Partner to Protect Sensitive Data and Facilitate Regulatory Compliance

Companies to Showcase Data Security Solutions for Information Technology Implementations, Application Development and Hosted Service Environments at Oracle OpenWorld 2010

Edison, NJ (PRWEB) September 13, 2010

3i Infotech (http://www.3i-infotech. com), a global information technology and transaction services company, and MENTIS Software (http://www. mentisoftware. com), the leading provider of Sensitive Information Management™ solutions for the enterprise, today announced a partnership to provide customers with integrated solutions and services that protect sensitive personal and corporate data. Along with data security, these solutions also facilitate compliance with a broad range of regulations and mandates such as payment card industry data security standards (PCI-DSS), personally identifiable information (PII) confidentiality, breach notification laws and worldwide data privacy directives and laws.

3i Infotech will utilize MENTIS Software to secure data in its IT implementations, application development programs and hosted environments. These joint security solutions and services will be on display as part of a partner spotlight in the MENTIS booth, #3508, at Oracle OpenWorld 2010, Sept. 19-23, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Both companies are Oracle Partners, with 3i Infotech being a Platinum Partner.

As personal and corporate data becomes spread across a wide range of applications and databases, the challenge of locating and securing all sensitive information goes up dramatically. Through the multi-tiered partnership, 3i Infotech becomes a strategic partner, using the MENTIS software platform to secure applications and databases for 3i Infotech customer projects such as business intelligence, application development and cloud computing, among others.

"Leading global organizations in some of the most highly regulated industries, including financial services, insurance, healthcare, telecommunications and education, trust 3i Infotech with their most sensitive and mission-critical data," said Som Sarma, global head of IT Services, 3i Infotech. "Our partnership with MENTIS helps ensure that our customers maintain data security compliance and meet ever-changing regulatory requirements. Additionally, this partnership further reinforces peace of mind among our customers by applying industry-leading security to every data-related project we touch."

3i Infotech utilizes a proven, framework-based methodology to help companies better achieve their business objectives through the intelligent application of technology. This framework-based approach helps to greatly decrease project time-to-completion while keeping costs down. By incorporating the MENTIS software platform, these frameworks will house a comprehensive suite of tools to discover, protect and manage sensitive information in both production and non-production databases while reducing the cost of compliance. As a strategic partner, 3i Infotech will also install the MENTIS software for customers, in addition to using MENTIS for 3i Infotech's internal applications.

"Incorporating the MENTIS Sensitive Information Management™ platform into 3i Infotech's rapid-implementation process and hosted environments ensures that security and protection is a standard part of every 3i Infotech engagement," said Rajesh Parthasarathy, president and CEO, MENTIS Software. "Our solution will allow 3i Infotech customers to deploy across a wide range of applications and databases, discover and document sensitive data locations, audit access controls and mask data appropriately."

About MENTIS Software:

MENTIS is the leader in Sensitive Information Management™ for the enterprise. The MENTIS platform provides a comprehensive suite of modules that help customers discover, protect and manage sensitive information in mission-critical applications and databases. Our Sensitive Data Discovery™ and classification capabilities automate the process of searching and documenting all sensitive data locations. MENTIS lowers the cost of compliance and protects against data breaches with integrated auditing, masking and monitoring capabilities. MENTIS has received numerous awards for its technology and leadership, and partners with top-tier firms to provide its solutions to a global market.

For more information, please contact 212-861-2235 or visit www. mentisoftware. com.

About 3i Infotech:

3i Infotech (www.3i-infotech. com) is one of India's leading IT companies and among the top 3 Indian Software Products Companies.* The Company provides Technology, Transaction Services and BPO solutions (including Billing, Remittance Processing, Document Imaging, Managed IT Services, Application Software Development & Maintenance, Business Intelligence, Infrastructure Management, Testing, IT Staffing, Operations Outsourcing and IT Consulting) for the Insurance, Banking/Financial Services, Telecommunications, Government/Public Services, Utilities, Manufacturing, Healthcare/Life Sciences, Education and Retail industries. The Company services customers in over 50 countries across 5 continents.

The Company's quality certifications include SEI CMMI Level 5 for Software business, ISO 9001:2000 for BPO, ISO/IEC 27001:2005 for Data Center Operations and ISO/IEC 20000-1:2005 for Data Center Management Services.

3i Infotech is a member of the FinTech 100 and on the WorldBlu List of Most Democratic Workplaces.
Source: Dataquest, August 2009

Disclaimer:

Except for the historical information contained herein, statements in this release, which contain words or phrases such as "will", "would", "expect", "believe", and similar expressions or variations of such expressions may constitute "forward-looking statements". These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the performance of the Indian economy and of the economies of our principal international markets, the performance of the industry sectors in which our clients are based, the performance of the information technology industry sector world-wide, competition, our ability to obtain statutory and regulatory approvals and to successfully implement our strategy, future levels of our growth and expansion in business, technological implementation, changes, advancements, and redundancies, the actual demand for software products and services, or the future potential or feasibility thereof, changes in revenue, income or cash flows, our market preferences and our exposure to market risks, as well as other risks. 3i Infotech undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date thereof.

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