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Gartner's 2010 Magic Quadrant for Cloud IaaS and Web Hosting is out, and OpSource has been recognized this year as a “Challenger,” a nice improvement over last year’s position. Putting pressure on the incumbent providers, OpSource was recognized as having an enterprise-class cloud offering that is aggressively priced.
Strong growth, product innovation and competitive pricing drove OpSource to a spot in the 'challengers' corner on this year's Gartner Magic Quadrant, moving from its position as a niche player.
Published just a few weeks ago, there has already been a lot of talk about the MQ this year, with Derrick Harris at GigaOm criticizing Gartner’s ranking system, and Lydia Leong of Gartner defending it. Whatever side you support in this debate, the reality is that the Gartner Magic Quadrant is one of the most influential benchmarks for companies seeking to evaluate vendors.
From the outside it may seem like a mystery as to how companies gain a position on the magic quadrant as a niche provider, visionary, challenger or leader. Lydia did a good job explaining the objectivity that goes into the MQ; and, I can say that this was by far the most detailed evaluation I have been through by an industry research group. Their questions and myriad surveys were detailed, quantitative as well as technical.
It took a while for Gartner to publish the 2010 report; however, Lydia has stated that the pace of innovation in the cloud IaaS market is so rapid that she and Gartner colleague Ted Chamberlin will be issuing a mid-year update rather than waiting a whole year for the next report. As one of the companies committed to this innovation, we look forward to the next report.
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