magic quadrant

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.