A June 2004 AMR Research report `IT Portfolio Management Software: Clear Benefits, Converging Marketplace` awarded Mercury Interactive with the highest ranking, naming Mercury the market leader in IT governance software.
Mercury, the global leader in business technology optimisation (BTO), was ranked the market leader over 14 IT portfolio management vendors for having the best combination of product capability, referenceability, overall company direction and financial strength.
"From a company standpoint, Mercury is performing extremely well and is one of the fastest-growing companies in the software market," reported Dennis Gaughan and Carline Durocher (in the AMR Research Report). "There are many vendors in the portfolio management market, but the landscape is consolidating rapidly. The winners are the vendors that can help IT organisations deliver portfolio management in the context of their overall IT governance strategy."
Mercury scored a 4.0 rating or above, based on a 5.0 point scale, in five out of eight assessment categories and more than double any other vendor. Mercury was the only company to score a 4.0 in both the product and company assessment categories. The report defines Mercury as "setting the pace that other IT vendors are following".
The AMR Research Report also stated that "one of the most common themes, from the 50 customer reference interviews that were conducted for this research, was that IT portfolio management is about the IT process. One of the things that that references were looking for was clear best practices on optimising the process. Most references recognised that IT portfolio management is just a part of their overall IT governance strategy."
"We have been working with our customers and partners for years to deliver the most comprehensive IT governance offering in the market," says Raj Jain, general manager of IT governance at Mercury. "Mercury is honoured to be recognised as the market leader by AMR Research."
For more information on the AMR Research IT Portfolio Management Report, please visit www.amrresearch.com.
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The Mercury IT Governance Centre is an enterprise offering that helps customers automate IT business processes from demand management to portfolio, program and resource management, to final production. The Mercury IT Governance Centre is comprised of integrated applications, a real-time dashboard and an enterprise foundation. Applications within the IT Governance Centre include Mercury Demand Management, Mercury Portfolio Management, Mercury Program Management, Mercury Project Management, Mercury Resource Management, Mercury Time Management, Mercury Financial Management and Mercury Change Management.
Mercury Interactive
Mercury Interactive (NASDAQ: MERQ), the global leader in business technology optimisation (BTO), is committed to helping customers optimise the business value of information technology. Founded in 1989, Mercury conducts business worldwide and is one of the fastest growing enterprise software companies today. Mercury provides software and services to govern the priorities, people and processes of IT; deliver and manage applications; and integrate IT strategy and execution.
Customers worldwide rely on Mercury offerings to improve quality and performance of applications and manage IT costs, risks and compliance. Mercury BTO offerings are complemented by technologies and services from global business partners. For more information, please visit www.mercury.com.