In Q1 2017, as always, we reset this chart – no bold or italic for new entries. As of January 20, no new MQs had yet been published in 2017 featuring Microsoft, so the picture below lays out a new picture for the year ahead. An addition or two late last year raise the totalContinue reading “Microsoft Enters 2017 With 45 Offerings in Magic Quadrants”
Category Archives: Magic Quadrant
More Microsoft Offerings in Magic Quadrant Listing
In Q3 2016, three additional Microsoft offerings were covered in Magic Quadrant reports: Disaster Recovery as a Service, Application Delivery Controllers and Application Release Automation. –more–
Microsoft Magic Quadrant Sees Two Promotions, One Addition
As of July 13, Microsoft is featured in 41 current Gartner Magic Quadrants. 16 have been updated this year; they are shown in bold in the figure. One has been added: Disaster Recovery as a Service enters in the Visionary quadrant. Two improved their positions: Mobile Application Development Platforms moved from Challenger to Leader, and Identity and AccessContinue reading “Microsoft Magic Quadrant Sees Two Promotions, One Addition”
Microsoft’s Magic Quadrant Positioning Was Unchanged in Q1
As of April 29, Microsoft is featured in 40 current Gartner Magic Quadrants. 8 have been updated this year; they are shown in bold in the figure. In quarterly updates throughout the year, this series of posts will track changed positions, updated MQs and new MQs as they appear. Gartner clients can read about these offerings in depthContinue reading “Microsoft’s Magic Quadrant Positioning Was Unchanged in Q1”
Microsoft MQ Updates – Results are Mixed
Each quarter, I update my quarterly map of the several dozen Gartner Magic Quadrants that feature Microsoft offerings. Previous posts include December 2014’s Microsoft’s Product Positions – Positive Progress, March’s Microsoft in MQs – March On, and July’s Microsoft in MQs – June is Bustin’ Out. This post follows the end of a fiscal year with quarterly revenue of $19.90 billion forContinue reading “Microsoft MQ Updates – Results are Mixed”
Microsoft in MQs – March On
In December 2014, I posted Microsoft’s Product Positions – Positive Progress, updating my quarterly map of the several dozen Gartner Magic Quadrants that feature Microsoft offerings. Welcome to the New Year. The progress I identified then has continued through Q1, as another product improved its position in a refresh (Advanced Analytic Platforms), and another (Enterprise Integration Platform as aContinue reading “Microsoft in MQs – March On”
Microsoft’s Portfolio – A Formidable Mix
For the past few months, I’ve been Gartner’s Vendor Lead for Microsoft. For some 30 vendors, we assign a single analyst to act as a focal point for coordinating across the 1000 analysts we have when research covers that vendor. In Microsoft’s case, that has proven to be fascinating – we have some 3 dozenContinue reading “Microsoft’s Portfolio – A Formidable Mix”
Data Security for Hadoop – Add-on Choices Proliferating
In my post about the BYOH market last October, I noted that increasing numbers of existing players are connecting their offerings to Apache Hadoop, even as upstarts enter their markets with a singular focus. And last month, I pointed out that Nick Heudecker and I detected a surprising lack of concern about security in a recent Hadoop webinar. Clearly,Continue reading “Data Security for Hadoop – Add-on Choices Proliferating”
Hadoop and DI – A Platform Is Not A Solution
“Hadoop people” and “RDBMS people” – including some DBAs who have contacted me recently – clearly have different ideas about what Data Integration is. And both may differ from what Ted Friedman and I were talking about in our Gartner research note Hadoop Is Not a Data Integration Solution , although I think the DBAs’ concept isContinue reading “Hadoop and DI – A Platform Is Not A Solution”