ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Oct. 2, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- DATAllegro(tm), supplier of data warehouse appliances that lead the industry in price and performance, today announced that the company has been positioned in the Visionaries quadrant in Gartner, Inc.'s Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems, 2006(1).
Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems report is updated and published regularly. Companies that meet Gartner's qualifications for inclusion are rated on criteria such as overall viability, market execution, customer experience, business model, product strategy and innovation. Based on the evaluation, each vendor is positioned in the Magic Quadrant in one of four areas: Leaders, Challengers, Niche Players and Visionaries.
Gartner, Inc.'s Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems, 2006 reports, "Visionaries are those vendors that represent a forward-thinking approach to managing the hardware, software and end-user aspects of the DW. Visionaries frequently suffer from a lack of global or even strong regional presence. They also exhibit a smaller market share. New entrants with exceptional technology may appear in this quadrant very early after their general availability release, but more typically, unique or exceptional technology will emerge in this quadrant after several quarters of general availability. The Visionaries quadrant is often populated by new entrants that have new architectures and functionality that is yet unproven in the market. The requirement for production customers and general availability of at least one year indicates they must be more than a startup with a good idea. Vendors must demonstrate customers in production proving the value of the new functionality and architecture. Frequently, visionaries will drive the leaders toward new concepts and engineering enhancements."
DATAllegro offers patent-pending data warehouse technology that enables extremely high performance on very large volumes of data (1-300 terabytes). The company has customers in data intensive industries such as retail, finance, telecommunications and manufacturing.
"We feel that Gartner's Magic Quadrant provides a sort of 'Who's Who' for the data warehousing world," said Stuart Frost, CEO of DATAllegro. "We believe being positioned in the Visionaries quadrant is a great milestone for DATAllegro and for our customers who have played a key role in our success."
DATAllegro is sponsoring a webinar on "Data Warehouse Technology Selection Criteria" with featured speaker Donald Feinberg, VP and Distinguished analyst from Gartner on November 1. To register visit http://datallegro.com/news/events_2006.asp. To get a copy of Gartner's report, visit http://datallegro.com/library/library_articles.asp.
About The Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2006 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.
About DATAllegro(tm)
DATAllegro offers data warehouse appliances with the best price and performance in the industry. Using DATAllegro's patent-pending technology, companies can run faster and more complex queries on their data in order to increase their business intelligence. Whether you have 1 terabyte of user data or 300, DATAllegro's data warehouse appliances offer record breaking performance at a fraction of the cost of any other offering on the market.
With prices for a complete appliance starting at $130,000 and table scanning speeds as fast as six terabytes per minute, DATAllegro's data warehouse appliances have set a new standard in price and performance. DATAllegro has offices throughout the US as well as in Europe. Based in Aliso Viejo, California, DATAllegro delivers a fast, flexible and affordable solution that allows a company's data to grow at the pace of its business. For more information on DATAllegro go to www.DATAllegro.com.
DATAllegro is a Trademark of DATAllegro, Inc. All other trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos are the property of their respective owners.
(1) Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems, 2006, by Donald Feinberg and Mark Beyer, Publication Date: September 12, 2006