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iWay Software Positioned in Visionaries Quadrant in Analyst Report on Managed File Transfer
iWay Evaluated Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute
| Source: Information Builders
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - July 1, 2008) - iWay Software, a division of Information
Builders and an innovator of enterprise
integration solutions, today announced that Gartner, Inc. has
positioned iWay to the Visionaries Quadrant in the recently issued "Magic
Quadrant for Managed File Transfer," issued June 23, 2008.
According to the Gartner report, Managed File Transfer (MFT) helps
companies "manage the movement of information from system to system,
partner to partner and person to person... Gartner tracks 20 vendors in
this space offering MFT functionality in multiple deployment models,
including services, appliances and traditional software. Additionally, all
the vendors represent various spectrums of the MFT suite market, including
multi-enterprise collaboration, internal integration and support for common
collaboration mechanisms, including email."
Vendors in the 'Visionaries' quadrant are defined in the report as
companies that, "understand the market and customer requirements well, but
have fewer assets available or committed to the pursuit of this particular
market than leaders. Specific to the MFT suite market, visionaries offer
the functionality requirements often requested by Type A (early technology
adopters) companies, such as an service-oriented architecture with
interoperable interfaces, business process management and an integrated
service environment for design and modeling. However, many visionaries
compete in multiple markets, trying to balance and juggle resources and
marketing messages."
"Our Managed File Transfer offering gives customers the ability to perform
highly reliable, scalable, and auditable transfers for any size file,
across any protocol," said iWay President John Senor. "At iWay, the single
integration infrastructure we provide is capable of handling MFT, B2B and
A2A integrations. By contrast, it is my belief that our competitors require
separate products and infrastructures for each integration, which increases
costs, complexity and maintenance."
About the Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant for Managed File Transfer by L. Frank Kenney and James
Lennard is copyrighted 2008 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.
About iWay Software
iWay Software has been an innovator in the enterprise integration market
for more than 10 years. The company's integration methodology is simple: it
uses a single, integrated set of graphical design tools to assemble
powerful pre-built components for enterprise-class B2B, A2A, or B2B2A
integration scenarios -- without the use of custom code. The company
delivers the fastest, most cost-effective, and simplest way to integrate
and streamline critical business processes. iWay Software's vendor,
platform, and protocol-neutral integration solutions fulfill the promise of
SOA: true reusability.
iWay Software's rapid integration solutions help companies both large and
small meet new business challenges without making their vital information
investments obsolete. The company truly fulfills its motto: "Because
Everything Should Work Together." With revenues topping $50 million in
2006, iWay Software is among the top 10 integration vendors worldwide and
works with many Fortune 500 companies. For more information, visit: iwaysoftware.com
About Information Builders
As a leading independent business intelligence (BI) company for the past 30
years, Information Builders has provided innovative solutions to more than
12,000 customers, including most of the Fortune 100 and numerous U.S.
federal government agencies. The company's flagship WebFOCUS product is the
world's most widely used BI platform. Superior architecture and intuitive
nature enables WebFOCUS to address the needs of everyone in the extended
global enterprise -- executive, analytical, operational, and beyond. It
provides the agility to adapt to changing business conditions with the
security, scalability, and flexibility to support dozens to millions of
users.
Unique to the company is the integration expertise it brings to the BI
market. Information Builders iWay Software suite solves complex integration
problems with pre-built components that require minimal custom programming.
The award-winning combination of WebFOCUS and iWay gives Information
Builders customers the ability to embrace the company motto: "Everyone
Makes Decisions."
Information Builders is committed to customer service excellence with a
Professional Services division that specializes in building custom
applications using WebFOCUS and iWay Software. Headquartered in New York
City with 90 offices worldwide, the company employs 1,450 people and has
more than 350 business partners. Visit informationbuilders.com.