From sausage to splat- Gartner's ECM 2008 MQ update

Last time I wrote about the Gartner ECM MQ I commented that the 2007 MQ view resembled that of a sausage with the way the vendors were spread from the bottom left to the top right. Well now that the September 2008 release has been put out I have to say it now looks like a splat !

So what has changed in significance?

The top right quadrant (Leaders Quadrant)

• Microsoft has arrived in the leaders quadrant, any surprises here!
• IBM and EMC and OpenText are curling back to the left so is there a stall here, or more like a market realignment?
• Oracle has risen up in the leaders quadrant, seeming to make good head way after the Stellent re brand.

In the top left (Challenger Quadrant)

• Hyland once nearly smack, bang in the middle has drifted to the left but remains in the challengers quadrant.

In the bottom right (Visionary Quadrant)

• Interwoven seems stable and near to breaking the top right line
• Vignette has drifted back to the left and is close to entering the niche quadrant

In the bottom left (Niche players)

• Alfresco has entered the quadrant, welcome and well done for Open Source
• Other players seem to be grouping together for a conference of some sort
• Tower Software has become HP
• Objective has drifted further to the left

Overall the sausage has become a vendor splat onto the MQ quadrant and next round is going to be interesting as to where some of the players move too looking at the current moves.