- Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Content Management(Gartner Research, October 18, 2012) Microsoft is placed in the Leaders Quadrant of this report, which looks at the enterprise content management market and how Gartner rates vendors and their packaged ECM products. According to Gartner “Uptake of ECM offerings remains strong as organizations harness content to drive key business applications. Process-centric solutions, social content management and integration are factors differentiating the 22 vendors assessed here.”
- Gartner Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portals, 2012 (Gartner Inc, September 20, 2012) Gartner positions Microsoft in the Leaders Quadrant in the 2012 Horizontal Portals Magic Quadrant. Gartner defines a portal as "a Web software infrastructure that provides interaction with relevant information assets (for example, information/content, applications and business processes), knowledge assets and human assets by select targeted audiences, delivered in a highly personalized manner."
- MarketScope for Project and Portfolio Management Software Applications (Gartner Research, June 27, 2012) Gartner rates Microsoft ‘Positive’ in the 2012 MarketScope for Project and Portfolio Management Software Applications.
- Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms(Gartner Research, February 06, 2012) Gartner has positioned Microsoft in the Leaders Quadrant in the 2012 Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms.
- Magic Quadrant for Business Process Analysis Tools (Gartner Research, December 12, 2011) Gartner positions Microsoft in the Leaders Quadrant. The report says “Business process analysis tools continue to grow in importance as business managers, process architects and process analysts seek to better understand, streamline and automate their business processes, and to communicate their needs to IT professionals.”
- MarketScope for Enterprise Search (Gartner Research, November 18, 2011) Gartner ranks Microsoft ‘Strong Positive’ in the 2011 MarketScope for Enterprise Search.
- Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portals (Gartner Research, October 24, 2011) Gartner positions Microsoft in the Leaders Quadrant on the 2011 Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portals based on an evaluation of completeness of vision and ability to execute.
- Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Content Management (Gartner Research, October 13, 2011) Microsoft is placed in the Leaders Quadrant of this report, which looks at the enterprise content management market and how Gartner rates vendors and their packaged ECM products. According to Gartner “Changing delivery models, new value propositions, solution configurations and partner ecosystems make ECM relevant to every business.”
- Magic Quadrant for Social Software in the Workplace (Gartner Research, August 25, 2011) Gartner positions Microsoft in the Leaders Quadrant in the 2011 Magic Quadrant for Social Software in the Workplace.
- Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms (Gartner Inc., January 27, 2011) Gartner positions Microsoft in the Leaders Quadrant in the 2011 Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms.
- MarketScope for Enterprise Search (Gartner Research, November 22, 2010) Microsoft achieved a Strong Positive rating in this report. Gartner attributes a Strong Positive rating as a provider of strategic products, services or solutions. Gartner states, “The enterprise search market has endured about 15 years as a robust, distinct market intended to aid companies and governments in making their information available.”
- Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Content Management (Gartner Research, November 16, 2010) Microsoft is placed in the Leaders Quadrant of this report, which looks at the enterprise content management market and how Gartner rates vendors and their packaged ECM products. According to Gartner “process-centric solutions, social content management and integration are key factors differentiating the vendors assessed in this document.”
- Magic Quadrant for Social Software in the Workplace, 2010 (Gartner Research, October 25, 2010) Microsoft is positioned in the Leaders’ Quadrant of this report, which focuses on the market for products that support social networking within an enterprise. According to Gartner, “buyers in this market are looking for persistent virtual environments, in which participants can create, organize and share information, as well as find, connect and interact with each other.”
- The Forrester Wave™: Cloud Strategies Of Online Collaboration Software Vendors, Q3 2012 (Forrester Research, Inc., August 16, 2012) Forrester Research, Inc. positioned Microsoft as a leader in The Forrester WaveTM: Cloud Strategies Of Online Collaboration Software Vendors, Q3 2012. Forrester Research evaluated eight significant collaboration services providers for this report. This report details their findings on how well each vendor fulfills their criteria for constructing an online collaboration service, and where they stand in relation to each other, to help CIOs and their staff evaluate key criteria when looking for at a prospective provider for their needs. Given the relative immaturity of this market and the nature of client questions about it, Forrester chose to evaluate the overall strategies of these providers across criteria like global footprint, service-level agreements, mobile support, enterprise readiness, and more.
- The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Content Management, Q4 2011 (Forrester Research, Inc., November 1, 2011) Forrester Research Inc., a leading independent research firm, recognized Microsoft SharePoint as a Leader in two technology areas in The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Content Management, Q4 2011. According to Forrester, "SharePoint 2010 continues to grow in popularity, thanks to its blend of collaboration and content management support. SharePoint 2010’s ECM capabilities are much improved from the 2007 release, and Microsoft has focused on empowering the worker by delivering a better enterprise-ready solution."
- Enterprises’ Productivity Plans Include SharePoint 2010 And Office 2010 (Forrester Research, May 11, 2010, .pptx file, 581 kb) Forrester Research Inc, a leading independent research firm, found in a Q1 2010 global survey that 1/3 of respondents plan on upgrading Office within a year, and that firms will upgrade to SharePoint 2010 sooner than Office 2010. According to Forrester, the alternatives to Microsoft Office today do not meet the needs of the enterprises surveyed.
|
|