Avolution positioned as a "Leader" in Gartners 2014 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Architecture tools

LONDON - Oct. 3, 2014 - PRLog -- Avolution, developer and supplier of the ABACUS® software for enterprise modeling, planning and IT strategy, today announced that it has been positioned by industry analyst Gartner Inc. in the “Leaders” quadrant of its Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Architecture Tools*.  This is the second year in a row that Avolution has appeared in the Leaders quadrant.

"We are very proud to be positioned for the second year in a row in the Leaders Quadrant of Gartner’s Enterprise Architecture (EA) Magic Quadrant,” said Dr Tim O’Neill, principal and founder of Avolution. “Following strong growth throughout 2014 Avolution has expanded operations into new geographic markets and we continue to increase our support for related EA activities such as Enterprise Portfolio Management (EPM), Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) and IT Financial Management.

“Being positioned as a Leader validates our focus on advanced scenario planning and simulation capabilities, decision analysis for portfolio and life cycle management, and the ability to develop IT road maps.  It also endorses the investment we’ve made extending the reporting and Business Intelligence (BI) capabilities of the tool, through which ABACUS enables a more collaborative engagement with business and IT decision makers.”

To schedule a personal demonstration please contact us on sales@avolution.com.au. Free trials of ABACUS can be downloaded from www.avolution.com.au.

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* "Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Architecture Tools" by Saul Brand, 30^th September 2014.

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About Avolution

Avolution is the maker of ABACUS®, the leading solution for enterprise modeling, planning and IT strategy. What can take months with other tools can be performed in minutes with ABACUS. Some of the key features that differentiate ABACUS include:

• Unparalleled flexibility: support for over 100 frameworks and notations.
• Simple implementation: the ABACUS software is available via the cloud or installed locally on a PC within minutes.
• Support for existing data from Excel, Visio and many other formats.
• Open API: for integration, custom scripts, reports or queries.
• Advanced views including matrices, catalogues, pie charts, bubble charts, roadmaps and many more. Much more than just box and line diagrams.
• Advanced simulations to predict KPIs and support for custom metrics and other analytics to help make better business and IT decisions.

Press Enquiries:
Renate Krelle, Communications Manager, Avolution.
Tel: +44 (0)20 7554 5600
Email: renate.krelle@avolution.eu