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The Magic Quadrant: Team collaboration and social software

The Magic Quadrant: Team collaboration and social softwareSuprise SupriseIt is no surprise to me that the cowards at Gartner didn't put any of the true disrupter's in social software in the upper right hand corner of their silly quadrant. My guess is that the real leaders in social software have...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Team management, social Software, Team Collaboration, Magic Quadrant, software, team

Discussion threads 2007-10-28

The Magic Quadrant: Team collaboration and social software

Gartner just released its Magic Quadrant for team collaboration and social software. What's interesting is that there aren't any leaders and only two visionaries, Socialtext and SuiteTwo, products from Socialtext, NewsGator, SimpleFeed and MovableType, bundled by SpikeSource and distributed through Intel. Blogs, wikis, forums, RSS and even social graph ...

Tags: Software, Team, Quadrant, Collaboration, Socialtext, Blog, Six Apart Ltd., SiteScape, Magic Quadrant, Wiki, Blogging, Tools & Techniques, Online Communications, Internet, Management, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-10-27

If the URL exists, you must acquit: The Sequel

The last time I wrote "if the URL exists, you must acquit," it had to do with the way John Udell had basically published the URL to an audio file on a Web-based XML page. In his case, the end result was a podcast feed for NPR's This American...

Tags: Gartner Inc.

Blog posts 2006-07-11

Additional Resources

News to know: Bing-Twitter; Net Neutrality; eBay; VMWare; Nook; Win7

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Microsoft lands Facebook, Twitter deals for Bing Sam Diaz: Tweets on Bing: Watch out for more noise,...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Twitter Inc., Net Neutrality, VMware Inc., eBay Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Software As A Service (SaaS), Podcasts, Microsoft Windows, Managed Hosting, Emerging Technologies, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Legal dispute sheds light on how Gartner's "Magic Quadrant" is made up

When it comes to business law, not fairIs oftentimes illegal.Keep shining that light on GartnerIt's good for Gartner to be exposed by cases such as this. Too many people take Gartner's opinion as the end-all for technology evaluation, and especially the higher you go up the corporate ladder.This isn't...

Tags: Gartner Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Legal dispute sheds light on how Gartner's "Magic Quadrant" is made up

The legal battle between ZL Technologies and Gartner over the "Magic Quadrant" reveals some interesting facts about how it is made... by Tom Foremski

Tags: Quadrant, Gartner Inc., Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-10-21

Gartner Magic Quadrant lawsuit: Sour grapes or real gripes?

They should join the IIARMichael,Nice post, I agree with your analysis. As a bottom line, I think they should be more professional with their AR programme, maybe join the IIAR [u]http://www.analystrelations.org[/u] to benefit from best practices.See my earlier post on this:http://iiar.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/is-shooting-on-the-referee-productive/Merits of LawsuitWhile Gartner may have its own objectives, I...

Tags: Gartner Inc., IIAR, lawsuit, Sour Grapes, Gartner Magic Quadrant

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Gartner Magic Quadrant lawsuit: Sour grapes or real gripes?

Industry analyst firm, Gartner, is the target of a lawsuit from a software vendor challenging the "legitimacy" of Gartner’s Magic Quadrant rating system. The suit has brought forth an array of divergent opinions. by Michael Krigsman

Tags: Lawsuit, Quadrant, Gartner Inc., Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2009-10-21

News to know: Nook; Yahoo; Sun; Net Neutrality; Apple; Windows 7

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Burnette: Meet Nook: Barnes and Noble's sexy new book reader Matthew Miller: B&N Nook ebook reader revolutionizes...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Sun Microsystems Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Apple MacBook, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Net Neutrality, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, E-books, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Notebooks, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2009-10-21

Gartner in the dock over Magic Quadrant

Persona Non GartnerOver the years, I've watched, participated in researching and experienced the results of the positing of Gartner's disclosures. My analysis is as follows:On any given subject at any given time, there is a .90 probability that the opinions expressed by Gartner will be either flat out wrong or...

Tags: Gartner Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Gartner in the dock over Magic Quadrant

Friday October 23rd will see Gartner argue a motion to dismiss a complaint by ZL Technologies Inc about the famed Gartner Magic Quadrant. According to court papers, Gartner will argue to dismiss based on First Amendment rights citing that the Magic Quadrant is not meant to represent statements of fact...

Tags: Quadrant, Analyst, Vendor, Gartner Inc., Vinnie, MQ, Blogging, Operational Accounting, Marketing Research, Internet, Finance, Marketing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Exorcist 1.1 (Mobile)

Exorcist is a new engaging puzzle game that employs the iPhone's touch and accelerometer in a genuine gameplay that has never been done before. Use your iPhone or iPod Touch as a magic wand and complete spells in a challenging race against time. In Exorcist, your goal is collect different...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Component, Mobile, Exorcist, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-07-16

Magic Quadrant for Content-Aware Data Loss Prevention

The maturing market for content-aware data loss prevention technologies has experienced another year of significant industry consolidation. Enterprise wide capabilities have become more broadly available, but the market is only now reaching the end of its "Adolescent" phase. The market for content-are Data Loss Prevention DLP continues to show significant...

Tags: Aware, Quadrant, Data Loss, Gartner Inc., Regulatory Compliance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures

White papers 2009-06-22

News to know: Yahoo CFO; Oracle's Java; iPhone 3G S specs; EC2 outage

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Yahoo names Tim Morse as new CFO Larry Dignan: Can Oracle give Java a boost (and...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Java, Yahoo! Inc., Palm Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Apple iPhone 3G, Microsoft Corp., Outage, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows, Pricing, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing

Blog posts 2009-06-12

Gartner's conservative mid-tier ERP Magic Quadrant

Gartner's conservative mid-tier ERP Magic QuadrantSAP Business All-in-OneI take serious exception to your comments about SAP Business All-in-One. While you?re obviously entitled to your opinion, these comments are misleading and factually inaccurate. On what do you base your comment about where Business All-in-One was a few years ago?...

Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), SAP Business All-in-One, SAP Business, SAP AG, ERP, Gartner Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-06-11

Gartner's conservative mid-tier ERP Magic Quadrant

'Tis the season for round robins. On this occasion Frank Scavo pokes a sharp stick in the eye of Gartner's Mid-tier ERP Magic Quadrant. Vinnie Mirchandani goes next having a poke at his alma mater...Guess what? It's my turn: First...

Tags: Quadrant, Gartner Inc., ERP, Frank Scavo, Vinnie Mirchandani, SaaS Player, Software As A Service (SaaS), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Sales Strategy, Managed Hosting, Strategy, Cloud Computing, Manufacturing, Enterprise Software, Emerging Technologies, Software, Sales, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-06-11

Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management

Broad adoption of SIEM technology is driven by compliance and security needs. New use cases in areas such as application activity monitoring are emerging. Security Information and Event Management SIEM technology provides real-time monitoring and historical reporting of security events from networks, systems and applications. SIEM deployments are often funded...

Tags: Quadrant, SIEM Deployment, Security

White papers 2009-05-29

Poll: Analyst Org. You Trust in Enterprise Software - Traditional & Social

Poll: Analyst Org. You Trust in Enterprise Software - Traditional & SocialAnalyst PollPaul Greenberg of course !!Big time conflict of interest in modelI am always skeptical when analysts write evaluations on products from firms that they get large fees. In fact, many firms only cover companies that are pushing...

Tags: Org, revenue, enterprise software

Discussion threads 2009-05-19

Magic Quadrant for e-Mail Active Archiving

The e-mail active archiving market has evolved, with vendors offering solutions to meet the broad range of functionality and price requirements. Emerging e-mail archiving vendors will often win on price as their products mature and gain the interest of larger organizations. As the vendors covered in this war's Magic Quadrant...

Tags: Quadrant, Archiving, Business Intelligence, E-mail, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Online Communications

White papers 2009-05-19

Gartner: Skip Vista and wait for Windows 7

Gartner: Skip Vista and wait for Windows 7 Unix Pimp: Skip Gartner and ask some real expertsOnce again Gartner group releases some "No Shite Sherlock" information.Only brain dead CIO's and pointy haired bosses listen to Gartner group.Gartner will say...whatever you pay them to say. Gartner's greed or laziness has...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Gartner Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2009-05-18