Analyst Firm Places Datatel in "Magic Quadrant" Based on Vision and Ability to Execute.DALLAS -- Datatel([R]), Inc. today announced that Gartner, Inc. has positioned the company in the Leaders Quadrant quadrant, in analytic geometry quadrant. 1 In analytic geometry, one of the four regions of the plane determined by two lines, the x-axis and the y-axis. of its Higher Education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. Administrative Suites 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 2006. (Magic Quadrant for Higher Education Administrative Suites, M. Harris, M. Zastrocky, J. Lowendahl 26 September 2006). 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, Inc., leaders are vendors that are performing well today, have a clear vision of the market direction, and are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership position in the market. The announcement was made at the EDUCAUSE 2006 Conference and Expo in Dallas, TX, where Datatel is a Platinum Sponsor. At the company's exhibit booth (#303), Datatel will introduce the ActiveCampus Experience([TM]), a groundbreaking vision and strategic approach that gives faculty, staff, students, and alumni complete access to the information and enterprise resources they need to achieve their goals. "We are very pleased that Gartner recognizes Datatel in the leaders quadrant for higher education administrative suites," said John F. Speer, Datatel president and COO. "Over the past 27 years, we have taken pride in our advanced technology products, excellent professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. , and close collaborative relationships with our clients." The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted September 25, 2006 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 de·pict tr.v. de·pict·ed, de·pict·ing, de·picts 1. To represent in a picture or sculpture. 2. To represent in words; describe. See Synonyms at represent. 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.
About Datatel, Inc. Datatel is a leading provider of fully-integrated enterprise information management software and professional services for higher education. Headquartered in Fairfax, VA, the company has more than 725 client institutions throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Datatel has exclusively focused on meeting the needs of colleges and universities for more than 25 years, helping them operate more efficiently so they may better serve their constituents. For more information, please visit www.datatel.com. [c] 2006 Datatel, Inc. All rights reserved. Datatel, Colleague, and ActiveCampus are registered trademarks of Datatel, Inc. All other names, products, and services mentioned are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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