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Gartner
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Gartner Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms
At the same time, cloud ecosystems and alignment with productivity tools have become key selection factors. This Magic Quadrant will help data and analytics leaders plan an analytics and BI roadmap.
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Microsoft Power BI
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Microsoft named a Leader in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Analytics and BI Platforms | Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI
February 22, 2021 - Today we’re announcing that for the 14th consecutive year1 Microsoft has been positioned as a Leader in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms.
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Gartner
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Gartner Magic Quadrant for IT Service Management Tools
August 30, 2021 - Published: 30 August 2021 · IT service management tools are vital for infrastructure and operations organizations to deliver business value in the services they provide. This research profiles vendors in the enterprise ITSM tool market to help I&O leaders align them with their current and future IT roadmaps. Market Definition/Description · Magic Quadrant ·
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Solutions Review
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What’s Changed: 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Quality Solutions
November 11, 2022 - Analyst house Gartner, Inc. recently released the 2021 version of its Magic Quadrant for Data Quality Solutions. The data quality management practice has evolved in recent years. The vendor landscape offers more than just software tools and has grown to include workflow, roles, collaboration, and processes like monitoring, reporting, and remediating data quality issues.
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AWS
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AWS Named as a Leader for the 11th Consecutive Year in 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Services (CIPS) | Amazon Web Services
March 11, 2025 - Today, I am happy to share that AWS has been named as a Leader for the eleventh consecutive year and has secured the highest and furthest position on the ability to execute and completeness of vision axes in the 2021 Magic Quadrant for Cloud ...
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Accenture
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Accenture Named a Leader in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Oracle Cloud Applications Services, Worldwide
July 1, 2021 - NEW YORK; July 1, 2021 – For the third consecutive year, Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been named a Leader in the Gartner “Magic Quadrant for Oracle Cloud Applications Services, Worldwide,” the global research and advisory firm’s annual ...
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Gartner
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Gartner Magic Quadrant & Critical Capabilities | Gartner
Gartner Magic Quadrant research methodology provides a graphical competitive positioning of four types of technology providers in fast-growing markets: Leaders, Visionaries, Niche Players and Challengers.
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Microsoft Azure
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Microsoft named a Leader in 2021 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for data integration tools | Microsoft Azure Blog
June 25, 2025 - We are announcing that Microsoft has been named a Leader in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools. By leveraging Microsoft’s data integration tooling to combine disparate data sources, automate processes, and manage their ...
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UC Today
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Gartner UCaaS Magic Quadrant 2021: Who Made it? - UC Today
April 19, 2022 - There are two other entity changes in the new Magic Quadrant. Sangoma features instead of Star2Star, following the acquisition in January 2021, while Wildix joins as the smallest provider in the pack by some way.
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Zendesk
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2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for the CRM Customer Engagement Center
November 15, 2023 - In the 2021 report, Gartner acknowledges customer service organizations that took immediate action to adjust their operations and provide critical support during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Reddit
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r/BusinessIntelligence on Reddit: Gartner Magic Quadrant 2021 results are in. Thoughts?
January 21, 2020 -

Read the report here: https://www.qlik.com/us/gartner-magic-quadrant-business-intelligence

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Microsoft and Tableau vs all others. I do feel like most others, including Looker, are niche players with none really gaining enough market share to make the top two sweat. Microsoft's strength is really the completeness of platform (data+viz) where Tableau has been trying bolt on pieces over time.

I think it's too bad that there isn't more competition as I feel like innovation in BI is stalling. Overall BI is becoming commoditized while adjacent Data Engineering and Data Science/Analytics are surging.

Some of the up-and-comers have interesting approaches. I'd like to see more around.

  • Multi-channel BI (portal, push, stream)

  • BI/Data API interfaces (not strictly reporting/viz)

  • GraphDB support

  • More robust cross datasource joining (more like data federation including db, nosql/json, api)

  • Real-time reporting

  • Context aware embedded BI

As a side note I find it sad that MicroStrategy is investing $300M in Bitcoin. It's like seeing your Uncle get hooked on meth.

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The companies that list links to the Magic Quadrant have all paid a lot of money for this privilege. They also pay a lot of money for cross-marketing services that Gartner and the many brands (Capterra, SoftwareAdvice, GetApp, and more) they own provide.

Second, they make money by writing about hot topics like AI, ML, Big Data, etc., even when only 1% of BI implementations utilize these. Boring old BI best-practices (e.g. user adoption, semantic modeling, etc.) do not get much clicks.

With that, I do think the analysis is pretty good. Microsoft's ability to execute is solid, however I would say it's not visionary - there aren't many/any features that many of the traditional BI providers have. Tableau is awesome, but not "enterprise-BI", meaning there are few medium+ organizations that can use it as their main BI tool. Qlik has excellent ability to execute, but is really old tech under the covers. They were bought by private equity firms that are milking it's value until they retire it - oldest trick in the private equity book. Having used Yellowfin, it should probably be higher. Oracle should be dead last. IBM should be lower on ability to execute, but much higher on completeness of vision. One of my main critiques is that IBM Cognos tries to do too much, making it inaccessible to regular users.

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Exabeam
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SIEM Gartner: Get the 2021 Magic Quadrant Report | Exabeam
December 6, 2023 - Exabeam, a security analytics and automation provider, has been named as the leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for SIEM in 2021.
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OneLogin
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OneLogin Named a Leader: 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant, Access Mgmt
May 8, 2024 - OneLogin was named a Leader in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Access Management based on Gartner’s evaluation of its robust product capabilities.
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Fortinet
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Fortinet Again Named a Leader in the 2021 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Network Firewalls
November 8, 2021 - We are very proud to announce that Fortinet has once again been named a Leader in the 2021 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Network Firewalls. Fortinet is a global leader in cybersecurity, serving over 500,000 customers worldwide, helping to ...
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Segura
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Gartner PAM Magic Quadrant 2021 Report
The Gartner Magic Quadrant for Priviliged Access Management 2021 report is a valuable resource for companies making decisions regarding one of the most essential cybersecurity tools.
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CMS Critic
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Key Takeaways from Gartner’s 2021 Magic Quadrant for Digital Experience Platforms | CMS Critic
January 12, 2024 - Competition is clearly heating up, and three new vendors have joined the party in 2021: e-Spirit, HCL Software, and Magnolia. Interestingly, only SAP is missing from the mix. Gartner maintains stringent guidelines for vendors to be considered ...
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Palo Alto Networks
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We Are a Ten-Time Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls
November 8, 2021 - On Nov. 1, 2021, Gartner named Palo Alto Networks a Leader for the tenth consecutive time in its Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Network Firewalls for 2021.
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NetDocuments
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A Path of Dependable Innovation in Gartner’s 2021 Magic Quadrant
April 10, 2025 - Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Content Services Platforms, By Michael Woodbridge, Marko Sillanpaa, Lane Severson, Tim Nelms, Published 18 October 2021.