) June 30, 2009 -- Glassbeam announced today that a leading research firm sees immediate and compelling ROI for manufacturers and software companies looking to analyze their operational data, such as log files and configuration files, from customer locations.

The report from Aberdeen Group research notes that companies gathering operational data and analyzing the information have had a 6.3% increase in contract renewal rates and 7% increase in service revenues.

) March 27, 2009 -- ScienceLogic, a leading provider of IT Operations Management solutions, announced today that it has been included in the list of "Cool Vendors" in the Cool Vendors in IT Operations, 2009* report by Gartner, Inc.

) April 14, 2009 -- Racemi, a provider of cost-effective, image-based provisioning software for data center consolidation and disaster recovery has been named a 2009 "Cool Vendor" by Gartner.

) March 24, 2009 -- New Relic, Inc. the leading provider of Rails application performance solutions was named a "cool vendor" by analyst firm Gartner, Inc. in its research note Cool Vendors in IT Operations and Virtualization, 2009 (1).

) April 2, 2009 -- CorasWorks Corporation, a leading provider of software that makes it easier to build applications on Microsoft SharePoint, today announced it has been named by Gartner, Inc. as a "Cool Vendor" for Content Management in 2009.

In its' March 13, report, Cool Vendors for Content Management, 2009, written by analysts Toby Bell, Rita E. Knox, Regina Casonato, Karen M. Shegda and Mark Gilbert, Gartner names CorasWorks as one of four Cool Vendors in the Content Management space.

) April 8, 2009 -- Mendix, the global leader in model-driven application development, has been named a "Cool Vendor" in the report "Cool Vendors in Application Development, New Tools, 2009" by leading industry research firm Gartner. The report identifies cool vendors and their products that represent key trends, directions and emerging best practices in application development.

) April 16, 2009 -- RightScale®, Inc. (RightScale.com), the leader in cloud computing management, today announced that Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT), the world's leading information technology research and advisory company, has named RightScale a "cool vendor" in the recent Gartner report titled, "Cool Vendors in Cloud Computing Management and Professional Services. " The Gartner report is designed to highlight interesting, new and innovative vendors, products and services.

) April 21, 2009 -- Open Invention Network (OIN), a collaborative enterprise that enables innovation in open source and an increasingly vibrant ecosystem around Linux, today announced that it has been named one of Gartner’s “Cool Vendors in Intellectual Property 2009,” in a March 2009 research report published by Gartner Inc. Written by Brian Prentice, “Cool Vendors in Intellectual Property 2009,” highlights selected companies that offer solutions which address some of the challenges emerging from a dynamic, intellectual-property (IP) environment.

Avolution today announced that it has been included in the list of "Cool Vendors" in the Cool Vendors in Enterprise Architecture, 2009 report by Greta James of Gartner, Inc.

Vendors selected for the “Cool Vendor report” are innovative, impactful and intriguing. (PRWeb Mar 24, 2009)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Gartner/SelectMinds/prweb2258854.htm

) July 23, 2009 -- Enterprises, ISVs and cloud computing providers can learn how to determine which server-based enterprise applications make the most sense to move from the datacenter to a cloud computing environment in a special webcast featuring AppZero and leading industry analyst firm Gartner at http://www.appzero.com/gartnerwebcast.

) April 15, 2009 -- LongJump, a leading provider of software that powers Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), today announced that leading analyst firm Gartner has named it as a "Cool Vendor" in Cloud Computing System and Application Infrastructure in their newly released report on cloud computing. LongJump's disruptive and highly innovative approach to delivering its Business Applications Platform to companies and service providers has turned the industry on its head.

) April 15, 2009 -- AppZero has been listed as a "Cool Vendor" in a new report from Gartner titled "Cool Vendors in Cloud Computing System and Application Infrastructure, 2009 published on April 6, 2009.

According to the report, "For most enterprises, 2009 will be a year of experimentation and of the use of cloud infrastructure to power leading-edge and targeted applications."

) March 27, 2009 -- Unison™ unified communications, the world's first free enterprise software, has been listed in Gartner's "Cool Vendors in Unified Communications, 2009" report (March 12, 2009). In the research, designed to highlight interesting, new and innovative unified communications vendors, products and services, Gartner recommends that small businesses review Unison's portfolio when researching unified communications.

) April 27, 2009 -- ServePath, LLC has been included in the list of "Cool Vendors" in the April 2009 "Cool Vendors in Cloud Computing Systems and Application Infrastructure, 2009" report by Gartner, Inc.

) July 8, 2009 -- GoGrid, a leader in Cloud Computing Infrastructure Hosting and the Cloud Computing division of ServePath, LLC, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc., in the Visionaries quadrant in the "Magic Quadrant for Web Hosting and Cloud Infrastructure Services (On Demand)" report.

Gartner evaluated each provider against five use cases, specifically: Self-managed hosting, mainstream managed hosting, highly complex managed hosting, global solutions portfolio and enterprise applications hosting in order to produce a composite rating.

) February 5, 2009 - QlikTech, the world's fastest-growing Business Intelligence (BI) software vendor, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the visionaries quadrant in the of the "Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms," report (1). BI software solution providers are evaluated based on completeness of vision and ability to execute.

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) October 13, 2008 -- Approva® Corporation (www.approva.net), a leader in controls intelligence software, today announced that technology analyst firm Gartner has listed the company as “Strong Positive” in its “MarketScope for Segregation of Duty Controls Within ERP and Financial Applications” report.1. Approva was one of seven vendors evaluated in the report and received the highest possible rating, “Strong Positive”. A complimentary copy of the report is available at http://response.approva.net/content/GartnerMarketScopeAE.

) August 28, 2009 -- TNT Software, Inc., developer of centralized system monitoring, alerting and reporting solutions, today announced that Gartner, Inc., the leading provider of research and analysis on the global IT industry, positioned TNT Software in the "Niche Players" quadrant of its Magic Quadrant for IT Event Correlation and Analysis (ECA) (i).

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According to Gartner, "IT organizations invest in ECA tools to improve productivity of the IT operations and to reduce the time it takes to troubleshoot problems by concentrating events from various devices, applications and other management tools."

) June 29, 2009 -- Ezwim, a leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider for Telecom Management Services to enterprises and operators announced that it has received a "Promising" rating in Gartner's "MarketScope for Telecom Expense Management."¹ Ezwim was one of 45 companies that were evaluated.

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Vendors selected for the “Cool Vendor report” are innovative, impactful and intriguing.

) June 15, 2009 -- Instantis, the premier provider of on-demand project portfolio management software used by business process and IT leaders to improve strategy execution and financial performance, announced today it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Visionaries Quadrant of its recently published Magic Quadrant for IT Project and Portfolio Management. The research evaluates 19 industry players along two primary dimensions: Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute.

) August 28, 2009 -- Aprimo®, Inc., a global provider of on-demand marketing software solutions, announced today that it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc in the "Visionaries Quadrant" of the "Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Marketing Management" published by Gartner in July 2009.

) August 24, 2009 -- Lombardi, a leader in business process management (BPM) solutions, today announced that its flagship BPM suite, Teamworks® 7, has been awarded a 2009 "Trend-Setting Product of the Year" by KMWorld Magazine.

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) May 4, 2009 -- Bradford Networks, the leading provider of advanced network access control (NAC) solutions, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. as a "Visionary" in Gartner's first Magic Quadrant for Network Access Control.

Gartner evaluated 18 NAC vendors on their completeness of vision and ability to execute for the "Magic Quadrant for Network Access Control." In the report, Gartner estimates that the NAC market grew at 51 percent between 2007 and 2008, and is approximately $221 million.

) March 9, 2009 -- Greenplum, a leading provider of database software for the next generation of data warehousing and analytics, today announced that NASDAQ OMX has deployed Greenplum Database to store, manage and analyze terabytes of critical transaction data generated by billions of daily trades at its U.S. markets. The NASDAQ OMX Group Inc.

Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc., the provider of on-demand, integrated talent management software and services, has announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the leaders quadrant of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems (CLS). [Gartner, Inc. Gartner Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems, Carol Rozwell and Jim Lundy, 30 June 2008]. The Magic Quadrant positions vendors according to their ability to execute and their completeness of vision.
According to the Gartner, Inc. report, Leaders must not only meet the market's current requirements, which are continually changing, but also anticipate future requirements. Also fundamental is the ability to articulate how they will address these requirements as part of a vision for an expanded CLS.

Vendors selected for the “Cool Vendor” report are innovative and intriguing

) May 26, 2009 -- Opinion leaders from Gartner and industry experts on IT Service Management from BlueAlly, join for a brand new podcast on integrated solutions for IT Service Management (ITSM) applications. In this podcast, David Coyle, Research Director for IT Operations Management, Gartner, gives an insight on burning issues of integrated IT service management solutions and Vijay Tanamala, President of BlueAlly, discusses how BlueAlly helps customers to derive the maximum benefit out of an integrated ITSM application.

) October 26, 2009 -- Appistry, a pioneer in private cloud computing for the enterprise, today announced that Gartner Inc. has positioned it in the visionaries quadrant of the "Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Application Servers" report (Yefim V. Natis, Massimo Pezzini, Kimihiko Iijima; September 24, 2009)

"In my opinion, our positioning in this report highlights the benefits we provide in the cloud computing market," said Kevin Haar, CEO, Appistry. "More importantly, I believe it recognizes the ability of our platform to support large, critical application deployments across a wide range of IT environments."

) April 29, 2009 -- The Rainmaker Group announced today the expansion of a point-of-sale (POS) data sharing and analysis service for retailers.

Many retailers provide vendors with POS data using methods that include spreadsheets, EDI 852, or a web site where the data can be downloaded. However, retailers often find these methods do not deliver the desired performance improvements because vendors are not well equipped to turn raw data into actionable reports.

) August 18, 2009 -- Omnitrol Networks has been named one of the Top 5 vendors in manufacturing intelligence by Manufacturing Automation readers.

"We are very pleased," said Omnitrol Networks' Vice President of Marketing and Product Management David Orain. "We have long believed that real-time trusted data, process visibility and analytics can bring cost containment, production improvement and revenue growth. It appears that Manufacturing Automation readers agree."

) March 11, 2009 -- Emcien, Inc., a pioneer in predictive analytics for manufacturers of configurable products, today announced the launch of its new web site at Emcien.com.

) February 17, 2009 -- Aprimo, Incorporated, a global provider of software for Enterprise Marketing Management (EMM), today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the leaders quadrant in the “Magic Quadrant for Marketing Resource Management Magic Quadrant,” report*.

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BlueCherry by CGS (http://www.cgsinc.com) has received a "Positive" rating in Leading Analyst Firm's latest MarketScope for PLM in Apparel, Footwear and Accessories report. The rating is based on an independent evaluation of the company's product, market understanding, customer experience and other key criteria. The report also highlights the importance of PLM to the AFA sector and discusses the advantages of tightly integrated PLM, sourcing and ERP systems such as BlueCherry by CGS. (PRWeb Oct 20, 2009)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Bluecherry/Gartner/prweb3073264.htm

) August 10, 2009 -- Green Hat, a leading global provider of automated quality solutions for the SOA lifecycle, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Niche Players quadrant of the Integrated Software Quality Suites Magic Quadrant. (i)

) February 3, 2009 -- Longview Solutions, a leading provider of Corporate Performance Management (CPM) software, announced today that it has been recognized in the Visionaries quadrant in Gartner Inc.'s 2008 Magic Quadrant for CPM Suites .

) May 19, 2009 -- Greenplum, a leading provider of database software for the next generation of data warehousing and analytics, today announced that OnMobile has selected Greenplum to power its analytics and reporting platforms for its value added services offering. Greenplum Database is powering OnMobile's systems to enable its product managers and OnMobile customers to learn about consumer behavior and to shape service offerings.

OnMobile (NSE:ONMOBILE) is one of the largest white labeled Data and Value Added Services (VAS) companies for Mobile, Landline and Media Service Providers. OnMobile's innovative products like Phone Book 2.0, Say & Search, M-Radio, Ringback Tones, Mobile Paparazzi and Messaging enhance the mobile phone customer experience.

) July 29, 2009 -- Astaro Corporation (http://www.astaro.com), a leading network security vendor, today announced that Astaro has achieved 26% quarter over quarter growth for the second quarter of 2009. This growth also represents a 16% increase in revenues over the second quarter of 2008 and marks Astaro's 14th consecutive quarter of growth as well as the company's third most profitable quarter to date.

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) April 13, 2009 -- LogiGear Corporation (http://www.logigear.com), a leader in onshore / offshore software testing and development, will showcase the exciting expansion of software testing capabilities in Vietnam at Booth K during the Gartner Outsourcing & Vendor Management Summit May 4-6, 2009 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, NV. LogiGear founded the first US-led software testing center in Vietnam in 2005, and its executives are well-versed on the status of the industry and projected growth.