Lava Systems Africa, an affinity partner of Canadian-based Open Text, today announced that leading analyst firm Gartner has positioned Open Text in the Leaders quadrant of its recently published Magic Quadrant(a) for integrated document archive and retrieval systems (IDARS), 2005, published on 11 March 2005, and co-authored by Kenneth Chin and Toby Bell.
In addition to this Leader`s quadrant placement, Open Text also placed in the Leaders Quadrant in Gartner`s Magic Quadrant for enterprise content management, 2004, published 19 October 2004 and co-authored by Karen Shegda, et al, and in the Magic Quadrant for the smart enterprise suite (SES), 2004, published 17 May 2004 and co-authored by Gene Phifer, et al.
Gartner`s well-known Magic Quadrants are graphical representations of a technology vendor`s performance in a market segment, based on Gartner`s analysis of the vendor`s vision and ability to execute that vision. The IDARS Magic Quadrant analysis looked at the market for software used to manage documents for high-volume processes such as invoicing, ordering or claims processing. These systems allow companies to convert large volumes of paper into electronic documents via print-stream ingestion, processing them through highly structured workflows and managing them in a central document archive. Open Text has been building its IDARS offerings over the last year, integrating technology from acquisitions in 2004.
"Open Text`s vision is based on intersecting people and information through processes. So we have seamlessly integrated collaboration, content and process management - all essential ingredients that `complete` Open Text`s vision," commented Ron Vangell, Senior Vice-President of Production Document Management Solutions at Open Text. "We believe our Leaders Quadrant placement in these three reports recognises the integration of our comprehensive ECM offering, and the realisation of our vision."
In the IDARS Magic Quadrant, Gartner defines leaders as having "achieved the highest combined measures of ability to execute and completeness of vision. As a group, leaders exhibit the highest win-loss ratios and growth above the industry average. They have established a strong IDARS market presence with their installed base, and they demonstrate continued customer and revenue growth. These strategic vendors will continue to drive the IDARS market by broadening their product functionality and integration."
Gartner`s ECM Magic Quadrant is based on six core components: document management, Web content management, records management, document capture and document imaging, document centric collaboration and workflow. For Gartner`s SES Magic Quadrant, the report states, "Core to SES are portal, team collaboration, and content management technologies".
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Open Text is the market leader in providing enterprise content management (ECM) solutions that bring together people, processes and information in global organisations. Since launching the world`s first Internet search engine and the first Web-based enterprise collaboration and knowledge management software, Open Text continued its leadership in providing global enterprises with innovative and effective solutions.
Throughout its history, Open Text has matched its tradition of innovation with a track record of financial strength and growth. Today, the Canadian-based company supports 15 million end-users across deployments in 31 countries and 12 languages worldwide and includes among its client base government departments in Australia, Canada and Japan; the UK Metropolitan Police; British telecommunications, UNHCR and the US Department of Defence.
Open Text`s flagship product, Livelink seamlessly combines collaboration with content management, helping organisations transform information into knowledge in order to provide the foundation for innovation, compliance and accelerated growth. Open Text acquired Germany`s Ixos Software AG in February this year to become the largest ECM software vendor in Europe and the largest pure-play ECM software vendor in the world, according to Bradley West, an analyst with Southwest Securities Inc.
(a) The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2005 by Gartner, Inc and is reused with permission, which permission should not be deemed to be an endorsement of any company or product depicted in the quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is Gartner`s opinion and is an analytical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It measures vendors against Gartner defined criteria for a marketplace. The positioning of vendors within a Magic Quadrant is based on the complex interplay of many factors. Gartner does not advise enterprises to select only those firms in the "Leaders" quadrant. In some situations, firms in the Visionary, Challenger, or Niche Player quadrants may be the right matches for an enterprise`s requirements. Well-informed vendor selection decisions should rely on more than a Magic Quadrant. Gartner research is intended to be one of many information sources including other published information and direct analyst interaction. Gartner, Inc expressly disclaims all warranties, express or implied, of fitness of this research for a particular purpose.
Lava Systems
The Lava Systems Africa (Pty) Ltd, team originated in the late 1990s with the objective of becoming a premier supplier of enterprise systems based around knowledge management, document management, records management, image management, collaboration and workflow solutions. The emerging demands that were identified included government process re-engineering, supply chain co-ordination, customer relationship management, e-government and B2B processing. In support of these business aims the technology platforms chosen had to enjoy a proven global track record and adhere to open Internet architecture standards and developments.
Lava Systems Africa is a South African-based BEE company dedicated to the sales, marketing, support and consultancy founded upon the Livelink product suite from Open Text, a product that the staff have been involved with since 1998. Lava Systems Africa user base embraces customers from both the private and public sector and includes organisations such as Bateman Projects Limited, Alexander Forbes, the Gauteng Provincial Government and the National Social Security Fund of Uganda.
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