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March 21, 2002 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Gartner announced today in its 2002 North American Web Hosting Magic Quadrant, that Cable & Wireless? Exodus hosting is the ?Leader? based on the company’s ?ability to execute? and ?Completeness of Vision.?
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A graphical portrayal of vendor performance in a particular market segment, Gartner’s Magic Quadrant report, positions hosting service providers in one of four quadrants: Niche Players, Visionaries, Challengers and Leaders. According to Gartner, leaders are vendors that are performing well today, have a clear vision of market direction and are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership position in the market.
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Cable & Wireless bought Digital Island and Exodus last May, and re-branded their own hosting division. Under the new name of Exodus in the US, Cable & Wireless offers a complete suite of hosting services including managed hosting, collocation, managed security and managed storage services. This suite is being completely integrated with Digital Island’s established family of content delivery and streaming technologies.
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New to the evaluation is a criterion testing for financial stability. ?With the investment pool almost dry, it doesn’t matter how good a company is if it won’t have the funds to finish out the year or to reach eventual profitability,? the report states.
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?Cable & Wireless and its Exodus business are pleased to have been recognized by Gartner in the leader quadrant. The combination of Exodus, Digital Island and Cable & Wireless enables us to offer enterprise customers unparalleled network and hosting solutions and the expertise to meet their business needs,? said Bill Austin, chief executive officer, Exodus.
