Courion Placed in Challenger Quadrant in Analyst Firm's 1H06 User Provisioning Magic Quadrant; Report Evaluates Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision.FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Courion(R) Corporation, the provisioning specialist, today announced that it is positioned in the challenger 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. in Gartner's 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 User Provisioning The ability for customers to change voice and data services from their carriers online without having to place the order with a human representative. Web-based user provisioning lets you add and delete services and features from your browser. See automated provisioning. , 1H06(1). The report is based on two categories of performance criteria including vendors' ability to execute and completeness of vision. "We believe that Courion's position in the challenger quadrant in Gartner's Magic Quadrant confirms that Courion has been able to make a strong impact on the market as a technology innovator with the ability to execute on our vision, as evidenced by our 62 percent sales growth in 2005 and our record revenue in Q1 2006" said Chris Zannetos, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Courion. "Our commitment to focusing on our customers' needs of simplifying the complexities of provisioning while delivering rapid business impact has resulted in Courion's strong position as a leading competitor in the provisioning market." Courion's innovative Enterprise Provisioning Suite(TM) solution provides a rapid business impact approach to provisioning. Instead of imposing additional infrastructure requirements and forcing customers to adapt their business processes based on technology constraints, Courion leverages customers' existing infrastructure and data to accelerate provisioning time-to-value. Courion has distinguished itself based on its ability to provide customers the flexibility to directly align business and provisioning processes in heterogeneous environments Using hardware and system software from different vendors. Organizations often use computers, operating systems and databases from a variety of vendors. Contrast with homogeneous environment. to offer immediate pain point relief. (1) Gartner "Magic Quadrant for User Provisioning, 1H06" by Roberta Witty, Ant ant, any of the 2,500 insect species constituting the family Formicidae of the order Hymenoptera, to which the bee and the wasp also belong. Like most members of the order, ants have a "wasp waist," that is, the front part of the abdomen forms a narrow stalk, called Allan and Ray Wagner. April 25, 2006. The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted April 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 COURION Courion's rapid business impact approach enables organizations to avoid the pitfalls of traditional user provisioning and achieve lasting business value. By eliminating dependencies, prerequisites, and other barriers to provisioning success, Courion is able to address the specific business needs of customers and provide both extensibility and adaptability to the changes that are the reality of today's business Today's Business is a show on CNBC that aired in the early morning, 5 to 7AM ET timeslot, hosted by Liz Claman and Bob Sellers, and it was replaced by Wake Up Call on Feb 4, 2002. environment. Powered by the industry's most flexible provisioning technology, Dynamic Community(TM) set-based Provisioning, Courion securely automates manual processes for user provisioning, audit and regulatory compliance, and password management. Courion is a registered trademark. Enterprise Provisioning Suite and Dynamic Community are trademarks of Courion Corporation. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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