Leading Analyst Firm Recognizes Oracle as a Leader in Horizontal Portals

By ORACLE
Thursday, October 7, 2010

Redwood Shores, Calif. – Oct. 7, 2010

News Facts

Gartner, Inc. has named Oracle a leader in its recent “Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portals” (1).

Gartner’s Magic Quadrant report positions vendors within a particular quadrant based on their completeness of vision and ability to execute.
According to Gartner: “Portals provide a single, personalized point of access to relevant information, processes and people. They appeal to business leaders as a means to improve employee productivity and collaboration, extend business processes and applications to broader audiences, improve business visibility and responsiveness, engage and serve customers, and improve relationships and efficiency among value chain partners. More importantly than ever, portals appeal to end users overwrought with too many systems to log into and too much information.”

Supporting Quote

“A single, personalized point of access to relevant information, processes and people not only improves business productivity and collaboration, but also benefits customer and supplier relations,” said Rahul Patel, vice president, Server Technology, Oracle. “With Oracle WebCenter Suite 11g, we are able to offer a unified user experience platform that brings people together with the business processes and information they need to access. We believe our placement in the Leaders Quadrant is recognition of this and Oracle’s commitment to driving meaningful business results by empowering both developers and business users.”

Supporting Resources

Gartner: “Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portals” (www.gartner.com/technology/media-products/reprints/oracle/article151/article151.html)
Oracle WebCenter Suite 11g (www.oracle.com/us/products/middleware/user-interaction/webcenter-suite/index.html)
Oracle WebCenter Suite 11g Datasheet (www.oracle.com/products/middleware/user-interaction/docs/webcenter-suite-datasheet.pdf)
Oracle WebCenter Suite 11g Launch Center (event.on24.com/event/15/02/99/rt/index.html?eventid=150299&sessionid=1&partnerref=10&key=409AAB2E4D0C341FD02DC012B04173EB&eventuserid=26133356)
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(1) Gartner, Inc., “Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portals,” by Jim Murphy, Gene Phifer, Ray Valdes, Eric Knipp ; September 3, 2010

About the Magic Quadrant

The Gartner Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2010 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.

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