ARCHIBUS, Inc. Positioned in the 'Leader' quadrant of Integrated Workplace Management Systems Report; Evaluation Based on Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision.BOSTON -- ARCHIBUS, Inc.--developer of the #1 Total Infrastructure and Facilities Management The management of a user's computer installation by an outside organization. All operations including systems, programming and the datacenter can be performed by the facilities management organization on the user's premises. (TIFM) solution in the world with over 3,000,000 users--announced today that it has been positioned in the Leaders Quadrant by Gartner, Inc. in its report "Magic Quadrant The Gartner Magic Quadrant is a proprietary research tool developed by Gartner Inc., a US based research and advisory firm. It is designed to provide an unbiased qualitative analysis of a “markets’ direction, maturity, and participants. for Integrated Workplace Management Systems, 2005" written by Michael A. Bell, research vice president, and released on December 20, 2005. The Magic Quadrant for Integrated Workplace Management Systems (IWMS IWMS Integrated Workplace Management System IWMS Integrated Waste Management System IWMS Identified Wildlife Management Strategy (Canada) IWMS Integrated Waste Management Solution IWMS Irrigation Water Management Society ) depicts Gartner, Inc.'s evaluation of how software vendors measure against criteria for the IWMS space. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Gartner's analysis "The market for IWMSs is being driven by several user needs to include a focus on occupancy cost Occupancy costs are the whole life costs of buildings and their associated land from occupancy until disposal. These costs may be incurred on a regular or irregular basis. Occupancy costs are those costs related to occupying a space including; rent, real estate taxes, personal reduction; a need to report on key performance indicators Key Performance Indicators (KPI) are financial and non-financial metrics used to quantify objectives to reflect strategic performance of an organization. KPIs are used in Business Intelligence to assess the present state of the business and to prescribe a course of action. across the workplace portfolio; a drive toward operations productivity via self-service functionality; and a need for greater workflow management across the life cycle of facility assets from acquisition (project management), lease and portfolio management, space management, and operations and maintenance management." To be positioned in the Leaders Quadrant, Gartner's analysis concludes: "Leaders have strength in application and platform technology, demonstrate a high level of Quality in product reliability and service, have strong operation and organization capability and financial stability, have global reach, and offer a strong vision of customer needs reflected in a robust development road map." "We are pleased to be recognized by Gartner in the Leaders quadrant for the IWMS industry," said Bruce Kenneth Forbes Kenneth K. Forbes (July 4 1892 – 1980) was a Canadian landscape and portrait painter. Born in Toronto, Ontario, he enlisted in 1914 and served during World War I with the 10th Royal Fusiliers as a Captain. He was a war artist and served in the Canadian Army until 1959. , President/CEO of ARCHIBUS, Inc. "We feel that this recognition reflects our twenty-plus years' drive to continuously improve the most forward-thinking and comprehensive solutions for facility managers and real estate executives available. To-date, ARCHIBUS/FM has been rapidly deployed at over 16,000 sites and has been integrated with over 1,000 corporate information and legacy systems. IT professionals are quickly adapting the robust business intelligence and analytic dashboards of ARCHIBUS/FM Web Central, which are being used in conjunction with offerings from companies such as Autodesk, ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., Redlands, CA, www.esri.com) The world's leading developer of geographic information systems (GIS) software, including programs that plot ZIP codes and addresses, demographic information and detailed, color-coded data. , Johnson Controls Johnson Controls, Inc. (NYSE: JCI) is a United States company, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, specializing in the design, manufacturing, and installation of automotive systems, automotive batteries (Optima[1] based in Denver, Colorado) and climate control systems. , Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, and Siemens. Once deployed, even the most casual of users can benefit from the combined capabilities of these blue chip solutions. In this quest for excellence, our advantage has been the professionalism and collective expertise of our 3,000,000+ users and our global network of over 1,600 information technology, infrastructure, and facilities management professionals--all dedicated to delivering bodies of work that meet the highest standards and reflect global best practices and benchmarks." About ARCHIBUS, Inc. ARCHIBUS is the #1 provider of infrastructure and facilities management solutions in the world, with expenditures for ARCHIBUS/FM(R)-related products and services exceeding $1.5 Billion (US). With ARCHIBUS/FM, organizations can use a single, comprehensive, integrated solution to make informed strategic decisions that optimize return-on-investment, lower asset life-cycle costs, and increase enterprise-wide productivity and profitability. Client organizations are reducing their infrastructure and facilities-related costs by as much as 34%. ARCHIBUS/FM is available in over 130 countries and more than seventeen languages. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, ARCHIBUS, Inc. created the first commercially available integrated computer-aided facilities management (CAFM CAFM Computer Aided Facilities Management CAFM Certified Automotive Fleet Manager CAFM Conductive Atomic Force Microscopy CAFM Commercial Air Freight Movement ) system in 1982. Since then, ARCHIBUS, Inc. went on to create the world's first computer-integrated facilities management (CIFM CIFM Computer Integrated Facilities Management (TM)) Enterprise and the world's first Total Infrastructure and Facilities Management (TIFM(TM)) Solution. Today, ARCHIBUS/FM solutions are considered to be best-of-class, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) offerings that can be rapidly deployed in less than 90 days with a return-on-investment, typically, in less than 6 months. For more information about ARCHIBUS/FM, call 617-227-2508, e-mail info@archibus.com, or visit www.archibus.com. About the Magic Quadrant The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2005 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 mer·chant·a·ble adj. Suitable for buying and selling; marketable. mer chant·a·bil or fitness for a particular purpose.
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