IBM Positioned in Leader Quadrant for Storage Resource Management and SAN Management Software

IBM Positioned in Leader Quadrant for Storage Resource Management and SAN Management Software

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that the analyst firm Gartner, Inc. has positioned IBM in the “Leader” quadrant in its Gartner Magic Quadrant for Storage Resource Management (SRM) and SAN Management Software for 2007(1).

According to Gartner, Inc., “Leaders have the highest combined measures of an ability to execute and a completeness of vision. They have the most comprehensive and scalable products. They have a proven track record of financial performance and an established market presence. In terms of vision, they are perceived as thought leaders, having well-articulated plans for ease of use, how to address scalability and product breadth.

For vendors to have long-term success, they must plan to address the expanded market requirements for change management and root-cause and performance analysis. Leaders must not only deliver to the current market requirements, which continue to change, but they also need to anticipate and deliver on future requirements. A cornerstone for leaders is the ability to articulate how these requirements will be addressed as part of their vision for resource management. As a group, leaders can be considered a part of most new purchase proposals, and they have high success rates in winning new business.”

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