Gartner, Inc. recently released its 2011 Magic Quadrant for Employee Performance Management Software. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts the company’s analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool and Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the ‘Leaders’ quadrant.
One company positioned in the 'Leaders' Magic Quadrant is StepStone Solutions—which has shown rapid growth recently, with organic growth in 2010 of around 30% and over 220 new customers. The Gartner report indicating that companies in this Quadrant have: strong product functionality and, often, provide superior customer experience. In addition…strong direct sales and/or channel sales capabilities [and] strong or emerging multinational solutions with corresponding service and support.
Paul Arkwright
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