| Oxford, UK - Grid-Tools Limited, the leading | | | | Awards are rigorously judged and to be |
| vendor of data creation, data masking and test | | | | announced as a finalist is a great achievement. I |
| data management software is pleased to | | | | don't envy the judges who now have to decide |
| announce they are an official finalist for the "UK | | | | the winners; it's going to be very tough." |
| IT Achievement of the Year" award by the | | | | About Grid-Tools Ltd |
| British Computer Society and the Chartered | | | | Grid-Tools is known internationally as the industry |
| Institute for IT. | | | | leader in data creation, data masking and test |
| The BCS & Computing UK IT Industry | | | | data management. Their highly experienced |
| Awards are a platform for the entire profession | | | | personnel have been writing and developing |
| to celebrate best practice, innovation and | | | | solutions for large companies in both the private |
| excellence. Having tripled their revenue in one | | | | and public sectors for over 30 years. |
| year, Grid-Tools is delighted to be nominated as a | | | | The Grid-Tools Datamaker™ suite includes a |
| finalist. | | | | wide range of technologically advanced tools for |
| Huw Price, Grid-Tools Managing Director, | | | | test data management. Their signature solution, |
| commented: "It is a real honour to be selected as | | | | GT Datamaker™, is a revolutionary tool that |
| a finalist for such a prestigious award. This has | | | | creates and publishes quality test data from |
| been an amazing year for us and proves that | | | | scratch whilst maintaining the relationships and |
| ingenious British companies can lead the world." | | | | referential integrity of production environments. |
| Grid-Tools has been nominated for the "UK IT | | | | Cutting-edge and groundbreaking in nature, |
| Achievement of the Year 2010" award. The | | | | Datamaker™ offers three methods for |
| ceremony will take place November 11th at the | | | | managing and generating data for testing and |
| Battersea Park Events Arena in London where | | | | development: database subsetting, data masking |
| the winners will be announced. | | | | and data creation. Datamaker™ also offers |
| David Clarke, Chief Executive Officer, BCS, The | | | | end-to-end manageability and enhancement of |
| Chartered Institute for IT, said: | | | | test data in multiple formats. |
| "Congratulations to Grid-Tools and all of the | | | | The Grid-Tools methodology consists of using a |
| finalists, they can be proud of their achievements. | | | | 'data-centric' approach to test data management. |
| Their projects and work showcase the | | | | Their focus is to ensure the quality of the test |
| professionalism that exists among IT professionals | | | | data you are using is of the right quality for |
| and also highlights the value of IT today and the | | | | successful testing and development. |
| way it touches so many areas of society." | | | | For more information, please visit: or call UK: +44 |
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| commented: "I would like to add my | | | | NOTE: All trademarks and registered trademarks |
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