FineGround Positioned in the 'Visionary' Quadrant in Leading Analyst Firm's Magic Quadrant

FineGround Positioned in the 'Visionary' Quadrant in Leading Analyst Firm's Magic Quadrant CAMPBELL, Calif., Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- FineGround Inc., the leader in Web application delivery, today announced it has been placed in the Visionary Quadrant of Gartner's newly-released Web-Enabled Application Delivery Magic Quadrant. ("Web-Enabled Application Delivery Magic Quadrant for 2H04," by Mark Fabbi, January 18, 2005) The FineGround Enterprise Application Delivery (EAD) Suite allows organizations to improve productivity by automating application delivery end- to-end with an integrated solution that addresses performance, visibility, and security. By incorporating these three critical functions, FineGround delivers dramatic performance improvements to end-users across the Extended Enterprise and secures these applications against interruption. The Web-Enabled Application Delivery Magic Quadrant for 2H04 evaluates 11 vendors against Gartner-defined criteria for a marketplace based on their "completeness of vision," and "ability to execute." According to the report, "A strong placement in this Magic Quadrant demands solutions address the key requirements of enterprise application delivery in 2004 and beyond." According to Gartner, vendors listed in the visionary quadrant have a clear vision of market direction and are focused on preparing for that, but they can still improve in terms of optimizing service delivery. "FineGround has long believed that application delivery requires an integrated approach in order to meet the needs of Global 2000 organizations that manage IT centrally but operate their businesses across the global WAN," said Nat Kausik, president and CEO of FineGround. "The old rules for Web site acceleration don't apply when it comes to dynamic enterprise applications like Siebel, SAP, Oracle, and portals like those built on IBM WebSphere, BEA WebLogic, Plumtree, Vignette, and others. We are exceedingly pleased that Gartner has positioned FineGround in the Visionary Quadrant." About Gartner Magic Quadrant The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted in 2004 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 and product, vendor 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. About FineGround FineGround, the industry leader in application delivery, offers the industry's only fully integrated Enterprise Application Delivery Suite for automated performance optimization, end-to-end monitoring and application security. Global 2000 companies implement FineGround's solution to automate the secure delivery of mission critical applications to branch offices, maximizing IT efficiency and application performance. The FineGround Enterprise Application Delivery Suite installs in the data center requiring no changes to the desktop, application or servers. FineGround is headquartered in Campbell, California with regional headquarters in London, Hong Kong, and Toronto. Information about FineGround can be found on the Web at www.fineground.com. Source: FineGround Inc. CONTACT: Leah Bibbo of Kulesa PR, +1-650-340-1982 or leah@kulesapr.com, for FineGround Inc. Web site: http://www.fineground.com/ ------- Profile: International Entertainment