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The Gartner Magic Quadrants are treated very highly by senior management who often don't trust vendors or their own staff. They tend to be vacuous and of awful
by casca 13y ago
The Gartner Magic Quadrants are treated very highly by senior management who often don't trust vendors or their own staff. They tend to be vacuous and of awful quality - I've started keeping historical ones so that at some point I'll be able to show how terrible Gartner are at predicting the future. But a surprising number of purchasing decisions are made on the back of these magic quadrants.
Here is the link to the 2013 Magic Quadrant for Mobile Device Management Software that is referenced in the post:
http://www.gartner.com/technology/reprints.do?id=1-1FRG59X&ct=130523&st=sb http://www.gartner.com/technology/reprints.do?id=1-1FRG59X&c...
- mcintyre1994 13y agoI get that this is addressed to a specific audience, and it isn't me - but I don't understand how their position there is something to mention at all. They're a "niche player" apparently, where in this context that means they have a low ability to execute and incomplete vision. "BlackBerry is positioned in the Niche Players quadrant and should only be considered for BlackBerry management or for cross-platform if iOS is needed and BES 10 has been purchased." sure doesn't sound reassuring either.