Fujitsu South Africa, the sole supplier of Information Builders products in the region, has announced that iWay Software is positioned in two of Gartner`s Magic Quadrant reports.
The first placement is for the Integration Backbone Software Quadrant. The second placement, in Gartner`s B2B Gateway Providers Quadrant, summarises the vendor`s vision and ability to execute in the B2B Gateway market. Gartner`s Magic Quadrant positions vendors in a particular market segment based on their vision and ability to execute that vision.
The Integration Backbone report addresses the middleware needs of a particular type of buyer, specifically architects, project leaders and IT managers who are automating business processes mostly using packaged and legacy applications rather than building all-new applications "from the ground up".
In order to be considered for placement on the B2B Gateway Quadrant, a vendor must meet the following criteria:
* The software must be sold and deployed as a standalone application (separate SKU) with trading partner management (TPM), security, management and adapters that allow users to consolidate and effectively manage all aspects of B2B interactions.
* Be deployed heterogeneously in conjunction with third-party applications, middleware and/or operating systems.
* Allow users the option of using two or more B2B protocols and security mechanisms to connect to multiple trading partners (eg, standalone AS2 solutions or custom adapters that only allow connections to one application or trading partner, were not considered in this evaluation).
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Fujitsu Services is one of the leading IT services companies in Europe, Middle East and Africa. It has an annual turnover of lb1.99 billion, (EUR2.86 billion) employs 15 200 people and operates in over 20 countries. It designs, builds and operates IT systems and services for customers in the financial services, telecom, retail, utilities and government markets. Its core strength is the delivery of IT infrastructure management and outsourcing across desktop, networking and data centre environments, together with a full range of related services, from infrastructure consulting through integration and deployment.
Fujitsu has from the outset been fully supportive of South African government transformation agenda requirements for employment equity as well as having local BEE company Yard Capital as an active 30% shareholder of its South African operation.
Headquartered in London, Fujitsu Services is the European-centred IT services arm of the Fujitsu Group. The Fujitsu Group is a US$44.5 billion (EUR34 billion) leader in the provision of IT systems and services for the global marketplace.
Information Builders` iWay Software
Information Builders founded iWay Software in early 2001 by leveraging the same integration middleware expertise we had developed over the course of a decade with our award-winning EDA middleware technology. iWay Software enables Information Builders to build and extend the power of EDA in an environment dedicated to rapid integration solutions and highly responsive customer service.
iWay Software provides rapid integration solutions that help companies large and small meet new business challenges without making their vital information investments obsolete.
Fujitsu, the world`s third largest IT company, is the local partner for Information Builders in South Africa.
Information Builders` award-winning technology has successfully provided quality software and superior services for 30 years to more than 12 000 customers, including most of the Fortune 100 and US federal government agencies. Headquartered in New York City with 90 offices worldwide, the company employs 1 750 people, and has over 350 business partners.
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