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AVOLUTION, developer and supplier of software solutions for IT strategy, planning and enterprise modelling, today announced it has been positioned by the analyst firm, Gartner Inc., in the Visionary\u2019s quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Architecture Tools report for 2012*.<\/p>\n

The Gartner Magic Quadrant provides a graphical, competitive positioning of technology providers in areas of high market growth. Vendors in the Visionary quadrant align with Gartner’s view of how a market is evolving, and introduce innovative new technology, services or business models.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the report, Dr Tim O’Neill, co-founder of Avolution, said, \u201cBeing recognised as a Visionary in Gartner’s MQ further demonstrates our commitment to delivering innovative software solutions that bring significant business benefit to our customers.\u00a0 Our focus is on providing our global client-base with an agile, open and flexible XML-based solution for Enterprise Architecture and other inter-related business challenges, including Enterprise Portfolio Management, Business Process Management, IT Service Management, Governance, Risk and Compliance, and Business Intelligence\u201d.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Neill added, \u201cWe have a number of significant new product developments due for launch this year and next, and we will continue to execute on our vision of being a leading player in the Enterprise Architecture space.”<\/p>\n

ABACUS is\u00a0TOGAF certified<\/a>\u00a0and supports over 100 frameworks, notations and techniques including recent updates for the TOGAF, ArchiMate<\/a>, BPMN, eTOM and EPC frameworks.<\/p>\n

For demonstrations of ABACUS please visit\u00a0Avolution’s YouTube page<\/a>\u00a0and to download a free 30-day trial of ABACUS visit\u00a0www.avolution.com<\/a><\/p>\n

* “Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Architecture Tools” by R. Scott Bittler, 31 October 2012.<\/p>\n

About the Magic Quadrant<\/strong>
\nThe Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 31 October 2012 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 its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’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.<\/p>\n

About ABACUS<\/strong>
\nAvolution produces the ABACUS software suite, used to manage IT and business strategy. ABACUS users can move quickly, collaborating to deliver on enterprise architecture and digital transformation goals. Import and centralize data in minutes, build models and roadmaps, run analytics and algorithms, report with rich visuals and dashboards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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