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10.29.07
Gartner's Magic Quadrant For Enterprise Social
Software
 By
Ross Mayfield
Gartner Research released the first Magic Quadrant
report on the Enterprise Social Software market last
week.
This is a pretty big milestone in the development of the Enterprise 2.0 category at-large. Just a few years ago, the only analysts covering the space were blogalysts.
Now, perhaps the most rigorous and influential vendor analyst reports in enterprise software says it really is enterprise software.
The analysis rightly says we all have work to do.
It also says that Socialtext is the most visionary provider and behind only Microsoft, BEA and IBM in execution.
This tells me that if we want to be the leader we need to demonstrate better execution (mind you, I'm not taking out IBM next year, but it is good feedback).
SuiteTwo, of which we are a core component, also scored well in vision but has a way to go in execution.
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About the Author:
Ross Mayfield is CEO and co-founder of Socialtext, an emerging provider of Enterprise Social Software that dramatically increases group productivity and develops a group memory.
He also writes Ross Mayfield's Weblog which focuses on markets, technology and musings.
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