{"id":13559,"date":"2021-09-14T06:37:02","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T05:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.avolutionsoftware.com\/?p=13559"},"modified":"2024-05-08T13:05:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T12:05:16","slug":"avolution-recognized-2021-gartner-market-guide-for-application-portfolio-management-tools-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.avolutionsoftware.com\/news\/avolution-recognized-2021-gartner-market-guide-for-application-portfolio-management-tools-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Avolution recognized in 2021 Gartner \u201cMarket Guide for Application Portfolio Management Tools\u201d report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Avolution has been recognized by Gartner Inc., as a Representative Vendor in its \u201cMarket Guide for Application Portfolio Management Tools,\u201d published August 2021.*<\/p>\n<p>Application Portfolio Management has become a mainstay as organizations look to reduce their IT spending to make room for new technologies. The average global company can save between 20% and 30% of its IT budget by retiring redundant applications. For enterprise architects looking for quick wins, application rationalization (APM) is an excellent place to focus efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Gartner explains in this Market Guide for Application Portfolio Management Tools that: \u201cAPM is an ongoing discipline, and many organizations report data quality issues after the initial data capture. Good data maintenance capabilities are key as stale data severely impacts the credibility and value of the APM initiative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As per the report \u201cApplication portfolio management (APM) tools support the people, processes and information of the APM IT discipline to discover, monitor, analyze and visualize the fitness of the application portfolio and provide recommendations for improvement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In this Market Guide, Gartner analysts recognize coverage levels for each of the\u00a0feature categories as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Data capture and maintenance<\/li>\n<li>Application inventory<\/li>\n<li>Integration<\/li>\n<li>Business and cost fitness<\/li>\n<li>Technical fitness<\/li>\n<li>Analysis<\/li>\n<li>Visualization<\/li>\n<li>Recommendations<\/li>\n<li>Life cycle planning and roadmapping<\/li>\n<li>Generic capabilities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to Gartner, \u201corganizations are moving away from one-off APM initiatives to continuous APM. They abandon their spreadsheet-based application inventories moving to APM tools that provide better support, especially in the area of data maintenance\u201d. .\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Avolution was recognized in this Market Guide for its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avolutionsoftware.com\/abacus\/\">ABACUS toolset<\/a>. ABACUS also supports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avolutionsoftware.com\/news\/avolution-recognized-as-leader-in-2020-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-enterprise-architecture-tools\/\">enterprise architecture<\/a>, strategy and digital operations through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avolutionsoftware.com\/abacus\/modeling-and-roadmapping\/\">modeling, analysis, and roadmapping<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Avolution\u2019s Dr Tim O\u2019Neill said: \u201cWe believe our recognition as a Representative Vendor in the 2021 Gartner Market Guide for Application Portfolio Management Tools supports why organizations trust ABACUS as a tool for successful application management.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith ABACUS, they have access to a current and connected dataset, both off-the-shelf and custom integrations to automate versioning and lifecycle content. They can also use pre-built <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avolutionsoftware.com\/abacus\/algorithms\/\">algorithms<\/a> to automate cost calculations or track the health of their application portfolio.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ABACUS offers best-in-class modeling, roadmapping and analytics plus additional features to speed understanding of enterprise ecosystems. This includes using machine-learning-generated values which can guide recommendations for the application portfolio, and graph visualizations for exploring business and technical connections and interdependencies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"small_text\"><em>*Gartner \u201cMarket Guide for Application Portfolio Management\u201d by Stefan Van Der Zijden and Wan Fui Chan, 24 August 2021<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"small_text\"><u>Gartner Disclaimer<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"small_text\"><em>Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner&#8217;s research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Enquiries:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Communications Manager, Avolution<br \/>\ncomms@avolutionsoftware.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Avolution has been recognized by Gartner Inc., as a Representative Vendor in its \u201cMarket Guide for Application Portfolio Management Tools,\u201d published August 2021.* Application Portfolio Management has become a mainstay as organizations look to reduce their IT spending to make room for new technologies. 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