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Hummingbird Positioned in the Leader Quadrant in 2004 Smart Enterprise Suite Magic Quadrant
Hummingbird Ltd., provider of integrated enterprise content management (ECM) solutions, announced that Gartner, Inc., an independent technology research and advisory firm, has positioned Hummingbird in the Leader Quadrant in the Smart Enterprise Suite (SES) Magic Quadrant for 2004.
The Research Note, entitled: "Magic Quadrant for the Smart Enterprise Suite, 2004,"(1) evaluated 22 vendors based on the completeness of their suites, the degree of integration at the user level and the underlying product engineering. Gartner defines leaders as vendors who are performing well today, have a clear vision of market direction and are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership position in the market.
According to the Research Note, vendors in the SES Leaders quadrant are also "tracking market demands well and are prepared for the future. They have strong market visibility in multiple regions, consistent financial performance, well-integrated functionality, good customer support, and the most-comprehensive and most-scalable products."
Gartner originally identified the SES market in May 2002 and considers the core SES functionalities to include portal, collaboration and content management technologies, all delivered in an integrated suite. In its second Magic Quadrant for SES, Gartner cites a maturing market, expecting several additional functions to be integrated into the suite as standard features including expertise location and management, business intelligence and analytics, and more business process management (BPM). In addition, the report states: "E-mail remains a distinct system, but the communication and records management capabilities need to be integrated with SES functions from the user's perspective."
"We believe our position in the Leader quadrant of Gartner's 2004 SES Magic Quadrant is confirmation of the evolution of Hummingbird Enterprise(TM) and our commitment to deliver a completely integrated enterprise content management solution," said Andrew Pery, chief marketing officer and senior vice president, Hummingbird. "Hummingbird understands the business requirements of our customers and we provide business solutions that address these requirements. The Hummingbird Enterprise suite of technologies allow our customers to consolidate their information technology assets, gain efficiency improvements and mitigate risk."
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted May 2004 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
(1) Gartner, Inc., "Magic Quadrant for the Smart Enterprise Suite, 2004", Research Note 17 May 2004, by vice presidents: Gene Phifer, French Caldwell, James Lundy; research director, Simon Hayward; and principal analyst, Tom Eid 03.06.2004, Hummingbird Ltd.
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