) April 2, 2009 -- Uncertainty about cloud computing and an uptick in virtualization deployments are key trends in government IT, according to a survey administered at FOSE 2009 by ScienceLogic, a leading IT Operations Management provider. For the third year in a row, the survey asked federal government network engineers, systems administrators and IT managers about the challenges they face in 2009 and what technologies and IT projects are most important to them.

) May 19, 2009 -- ScienceLogic, a leading IT Operations Management provider, announced today the launch of an extended EM7 family of IT management appliances designed to meet the needs of any sized organization from small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) to Fortune 500 companies and carriers. All EM7 appliances adhere to a core product philosophy - to deliver solutions that automate and simplify IT management, work out of the box and enable major IT operations tools consolidation for network, systems, virtualization, application and cloud management.

) 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 25, 2009 -- Glassbeam, the innovative product analytics vendor, today announced that top analyst firm Gartner, Inc. has included Glassbeam in the "Cool Vendors in BI and Performance Management, 2009" report by Bill Gassman, Gareth Herschel, Rita L. Sallam, James Richardson, and Andreas Bitterer, published on March 13, 2009.

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) 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 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."

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.

) 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.

) 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.

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

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) 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.

) 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."

) 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.

) 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.

) 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.

) 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.

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

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

) 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.

Lombardi Teamworks 7 is a 2009 KMWorld Trend Setting Product

) 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.

) 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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) 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.

) 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."

) 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.

) 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.

) 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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) 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 .

) 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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) 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.

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.

) 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)

) October 7, 2008 -- Cornerstone OnDemand Inc., a leader in on-demand, integrated talent management software and services, today announced that Homeloan Management Limited (HML) has chosen Cornerstone OnDemand to address the company's needs regarding learning management, competency assessments and development plans. Future plans include rolling out Cornerstone's integrated talent management suite.

Las-Vegas, NV, USA – 4th of May 2009 – The “Outsourcing & Vendor Management Summit 2009” organized by Gartner was held at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino.

) January 19, 2009 -- Vendavo®, the leading provider of business-to-business price management and optimization solutions, today announced continued rapid growth and record revenue in 2008. Building on its strong performance in 2007, Vendavo increased license bookings by more than 99% and total bookings by more than 68% in 2008, making 2008 the most successful year in the company's history. This growth, in a very challenging economy, reflects the rapidly-expanding recognition of price management and optimization as one of the most strategic levers that businesses have to boost revenue and increase operating profits.

Vendavo 2008 highlights include:

) August 22, 2009 -- As the economy continues to contract, employers are reducing or dropping workers' group health coverage. This is making individual consumers become more involved in the health insurance decision-making process, as well as carry greater responsibility for their own wellness. In order to stay competitive in this new healthcare economy, these factors are driving health insurance companies to seek new tools and strategies to help them attract, retain and service their members.

) August 21, 2009 -- As the economy continues to contract, employers are reducing or dropping workers' group health coverage. This is making individual consumers become more involved in the health insurance decision-making process, as well as carry greater responsibility for their own wellness. In order to stay competitive in this new healthcare economy, these factors are driving health insurance companies to seek new tools and strategies to help them attract, retain and service their members.