Leading Analyst Firm Positions E2open in Leaders Quadrant of the 2009 Magic Quadrant for Integration Service Providers
FOSTER CITY, Calif., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ — E2open, the leading provider of on-demand multi-enterprise demand-supply network solutions, today announced that it has been positioned in the Leaders Quadrant in Gartner’s 2009 Magic Quadrant for Integration Service Providers.(1)
“E2open is a pioneer in leveraging the power of the Internet to simplify B2B integration,” said Mark Woodward, president and CEO at E2open. “With Business Process Networks (BPN), we are raising the bar with prepackaged integration to critical enterprise applications in the context of key multi-enterprise business processes. Our clients benefit from rapid, error-free, cost effective demand-supply network integration through seamless connectivity. I am honored that E2open was named a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant.”
Current market forces continue to drive demand for international sourcing and distribution opportunities, making business execution and corporate risk management more complex than ever. As a result, reliable B2B integration and business process networks are increasingly becoming critical factors for driving and maintaining profitability. Gartner estimated that companies worldwide spent more than $1.5 billion on integration-as-a-service (IaaS) and B2B integration outsourcing last year, and expects to see continued growth in this market.
Gartner evaluated many vendors before selecting 17 providers offering B2B integration services to automate the execution of multi-enterprise processes. Vendors were rated on a number of criteria, including secure communications, community management, integration services, application services, and B2B integration outsourcing.
With the introduction of E2open 7.0 in June 2009, E2open has built upon its strong track record of delivering large-scale, international B2B projects by continuing to develop its offering across these five capabilities and others. E2open’s advanced technology and proven business process management platform work together to ensure highly secure and scalable communications among trading partner communities, increasing visibility, collaboration, and control across multiple tiers of network partners. Specifically, E2open’s IaaS-based, integration platform offers rapid partner onboarding and a low total cost of ownership, and is designed to ensure data accuracy and timeliness. E2open also offers pre-built integrations to its global network of more than 75,000 trading partners, the largest global trading partner network in the world.
As another significant development in 2009, E2open announced an alliance with Oracle in November, becoming the connectivity solution for Oracle® Transportation Management (OTM).
About E2open, Inc.
E2open is the leading provider of integrated demand-supply network solutions designed to improve visibility, collaboration, and control across multiple tiers of trading partners. E2open delivers a complete, SaaS-based solution, including software, deployment, operations, and partner community management that easily connects to systems of record such as ERPs, PDMs, or advanced supply chain planning applications. E2open drives major improvements across all key demand and supply network performance metrics, resulting in significant cost savings and customer service improvements. Customers span a range of industries and include The Boeing Company, Celestica, Cisco, Dell, Hitachi, IBM, LSI Corporation, Panasonic, Philips, Seagate Technology, Spansion, Vodafone, and Wistron.
Further information can be found at www.e2open.com.
About the Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2009 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner’s analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the “Leaders” quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
(1) Gartner, Inc., “Magic Quadrant for Integration Service Providers,” by Benoit J. Lheureux and Paolo Malinverno, November 20, 2009.
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