Yes, it’s that time of year again. While perhaps not as glamorous as awards season, analyst report season is always important for the software and hardware companies at the heart of the enterprise mobility management ( #EMM ) movement. And, all things considered, it’s increasingly looking like a pattern is emerging.
In both the IDC rankings, released earlier this month, and the #Gartner Magic Quadrant, #VMware #AirWatch came out on top. For the latter, the Atlanta firm was furthest along the line in both execution and completeness of vision. The quadrant has 14 vendors overall, with five in the leaders zone – #MobileIron and #Citrix battling it out for second place with #IBM and #BlackBerry battling it out for fourth.
Interestingly, the previous year’s analysis featured only 12 vendors, down from 14 in 2014. Not surprisingly, Globo, which found a place as a niche player in both 2014 and 2015, is not included in this year’s rankings following the financial scandal which crippled the firm at the back end of last year, while Good Technology was subsumed into BlackBerry’s offering after the $425 million takeover deal in September. As a result, BlackBerry jumps several places into the winners’ enclosure.
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