SDL (LSE: SDL), the leading provider of Global Information Management solutions, today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the “Leaders” Quadrant for the “Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management”*.

“We believe SDL’s position  as a “Leader” in the Web Content Management (WCM) landscape reaffirms our commitment to provide solutions that enhance customer engagement, enabling our customers to deliver the right information at the right time on any device,” said Jan Jaap Kolleman, CEO of SDL’s Web Content Management Solutions division. “We are very pleased to be recognized by Gartner.  We consider this placement a testament to our ability to innovate SDL Tridion® beyond traditional Web Content Management to a pervasive solution that incorporates personalized and targeted customer engagements, multi-channel marketing, management of global brands and a truly global Web Content Management capability.”

Gartner bases its evaluation on the “ability to execute” and “completeness of vision.” Ability to execute measures how well a company sells and supports its WCM products and services globally and completeness of vision focuses on the vendor’s potential and points to its future likelihood of success.

According to Gartner, companies that are placed in the “Leaders” quadrant should “drive market transformation. Leaders have the highest combined scores for ability to execute and completeness of vision. They are doing well and are prepared for the future with a clearly articulated vision. They have strong channel partners, a presence in multiple regions, consistent financial performance, broad platform support and good customer support.
In addition, they dominate in one or more technologies or vertical markets. Leaders are ‘environmentally aware’ of the solution ‘ecosystem’ into which their own offerings need to fit. Leaders can: demonstrate enterprise deployments; offer integration with other business applications and content repositories; and provide a vertical-process or horizontal-solution focus.”

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*Gartner, Inc., Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management, Mick MacComascaigh, et al, November 10, 2011.