Elemica Positioned in Magic Quadrant for Integration Service Providers

Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute

Exton, PA - November 17, 2008 - Elemica, the industry-leading business process network for the external supply chain, was recently positioned in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Integration Service Providers. The report highlights, "Elemica has established a good reputation for implementing large, complex multi-enterprise projects that typically combine IaaS (Integration as a Service) and B2B project outsourcing with application functionality, such as order management and logistics."

 

"We recognize the accomplishment of inclusion in Gartner's Magic Quadrant^©," said Mike McGuigan, CEO and president of Elemica, Inc. "We believe that our placement in the report exemplifies the value customers receive from Elemica's distinctive B2B platform. This is a solid testament to Elemica's capabilities and growing position in the industry." Elemica is a B2B supply chain execution gateway and market leader in manufacturing industries like chemicals. Enabling and facilitating the automated exchange of information between trading partners, Elemica unites disparate enterprise business systems, processes, and partners into one unified network. Elemica's approach maintains a focus on reducing errors in the supply chain, lowering the cost to do business, providing visibility, and enhancing the collaboration of business partners. "What distinguishes Elemica's technology is its capability to ensure that data is validated for business process conformity," adds Mike McGuigan. "What distinguishes Elemica as a company is that we uniquely understand how best to facilitate integration of technology and collaborative business processes with external trade partners. The result of this combination means clients attain greater reliability, visibility, efficiency and accuracy in the supply chain from order to cash."

About the Magic Quadrant^©

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted May 28, 2008 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. 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. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.