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| Expand Networks Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of WAN Optimization Controllers Magic Quadrant Expand Networks has been positioned by Gartner in the "Leaders" quadrant in their recently released WAN Optimization Controllers, 2006 report. Gartner analyzed vendors in this space and based the evaluation according to a strict set of criteria which focuses on the completeness of vision and ability to execute. According to Gartner, leading vendors possess a completeness of vision, which encompasses market understanding, innovation, business model and strategies in sales, marketing and geography. Gartner also evaluates the ability to execute, which includes: product/service; overall viability; sales execution/pricing; marketing execution; and customer experience. In the report, Andy Rolfe, research director and Joe Skorupa, research VP state, "The development of the application acceleration market has been driven by customer demand for highly integrated solutions that employ a wide range of techniques to optimize network traffic, and that offer greater scalability and fault tolerance." The report clarifies the definition Leaders: "Leaders exhibit an ability to shape the market by introducing additional capabilities in their product offering and by raising awareness of the importance of these features. We expect a Leader to be growing market share, or the market as a whole, and to have solutions that resonate with an increasing number of enterprises. Leaders in the WOC market need to have a broad feature set, including QoS, generic compression, protocol acceleration and file system acceleration, with the majority of features proven in substantial real-world implementations. They also need to be able to offer sales and support on a global basis." write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Networking News :: home page |