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Free trials of ABACUS can be downloaded from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.avolutionsoftware.com\/try-abacus\/\">www.avolutionsoftware.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>ENDS<\/em><\/p>\n<p>* &#8220;Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Architecture Tools&#8221; by Saul Brand, 30<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0September 2014.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Magic Quadrant<\/strong><br \/>\nGartner 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. 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