Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Application Platform as a Service, Worldwide
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Oracle Java Cloud <strong>Service</strong><br />
Pivotal Web <strong>Service</strong>s<br />
<strong>Service</strong>Now <strong>Service</strong> Automation Plat<strong>for</strong>m<br />
WebRatio Plat<strong>for</strong>m<br />
We recommend that you examine these vendors' offerings in addition to those evaluated in this<br />
<strong>Magic</strong> <strong>Quadrant</strong>. Many may have advanced to meet your cloud application PaaS requirements.<br />
All vendors in the market will be examined again <strong>for</strong> the 2016 version of this <strong>Magic</strong> <strong>Quadrant</strong>.<br />
Evaluation Criteria<br />
Ability to Execute<br />
Gartner analysts evaluate technology providers on the quality and efficacy of the processes,<br />
systems, methods or procedures that enable IT provider per<strong>for</strong>mance to be competitive, efficient<br />
and effective, and to positively impact revenue, retention and reputation. Ultimately, technology<br />
providers are judged on their ability and success in capitalizing on their vision.<br />
Table 1. Ability to Execute Evaluation Criteria<br />
Evaluation Criteria<br />
Product or <strong>Service</strong><br />
Overall Viability<br />
Sales Execution/Pricing<br />
Market Responsiveness/Record<br />
Marketing Execution<br />
Customer Experience<br />
Operations<br />
Weighting<br />
High<br />
Medium<br />
Medium<br />
Medium<br />
Medium<br />
High<br />
Medium<br />
Source: Gartner (March 2015)<br />
To evaluate the functional capabilities of vendors' available enterprise aPaaS offerings, we<br />
examined the vendors' current services and their record in the market <strong>for</strong> the following<br />
characteristics:<br />
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Degree of cloudiness (Medium), including some or all of:<br />
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