|
Leading Analyst Firm Places Avocent's LANDesk in the Leaders Quadrant of its PC Life Cycle Configuration Management Magic Quadrant
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Jan 08, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ --
Avocent Corporation
(Nasdaq: AVCT), a global leader in IT Operations Management, today announced
that Gartner has placed Avocent's LANDesk in the Leaders Quadrant of Gartner
Inc.'s "Magic Quadrant for PC Life Cycle Configuration Management," published
December 29, 2008, and authored by Terrence Cosgrove and Ronni Colville.
According to the report: "Positioning in the Leaders Quadrant is the
result of successful completeness of vision and ability to execute." The
report also states that the vendors in the Leaders Quadrant have "unique
characteristics that position them favorably for future market success."
"It's an honor for Avocent to be placed in the Leaders Quadrant for PC
Life Cycle Configuration Management," said Michael Borman, president and CEO
of Avocent. "We constantly strive to help our enterprise customers more
effectively manage their complex desktop environments and the LANDesk
comprehensive Life Cycle management suite has been designed with ease of use
in mind, enabling effective PC lifecycle configuration management from a
single location-independent console."
For inclusion in the Magic Quadrant for PC Life Cycle Configuration
Management, 2008, vendor solutions were required to include the following
functions in their management suites: inventory, software distribution, patch
management, and OS deployment. Vendors also needed to have at least four of
these capabilities in their suites: remote control, software usage
monitoring, application virtualization, application streaming, security
configuration management, application packaging, data and settings migration
and policy management (for example, configuration control).
LANDesk pioneered the desktop management category in 1993 with the first
integrated management solution for deployed systems. In 2004, LANDesk led the
convergence of systems and security management, and is currently leading the
convergence of systems and security management with process management.
LANDesk was acquired by Avocent in 2006.
About the Magic Quadrant
The Gartner Magic Quadrant is copyrighted December 2008 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) The "Magic Quadrant PC Lifecycle Configuration Management, 2008," was
published on December 29, 2008 and was written by analysts Terrence Cosgrove
and Ronni Colville. Gartner's ID number for the report is: G00163033. For
more information on Gartner or for Gartner clients to access the report,
please visit http://www.gartner.com.
About Avocent Corporation
Avocent delivers IT operations management solutions that reduce operating
costs, simplify management and increase the availability of critical IT
environments 24/7 via integrated, centralized software. Additional information
is available at http://www.avocent.com.
Forward-looking Statements
This press release contains statements that are forward-looking statements
as defined within the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made, including
the risks associated with the closing of the transactions and the acquisition
and subsequent integration of risks associated with general economic
conditions, risks attributable to future product demand, sales, and expenses,
risks associated with acquisitions and acquisition integration, risks
associated with product design efforts and the introduction of new products
and technologies, and risks associated with obtaining and protecting
intellectual property rights. Other factors that could cause operating and
financial results to differ are described in our annual report on Form 10-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 21, 2008. Other
risks may be detailed from time to time in reports to be filed with the SEC.
Avocent does not undertake any obligation to publicly update its forward-
looking statements based on events or circumstances after the date hereof.
SOURCE Avocent Corporation
http://www.avocent.com
[ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]
|
|
INDUSTRIES
Activate Email 
INDUSTRIES
Find Solutions for Enterprises, SMBs & Service Providers at the INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference and EXPO West, September 1-3, 2009. Los Angeles, CA.
