Company Placed in Desktop and Help Desk Quadrants
PLANO, Texas, April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Perot Systems Corporation (NYSE: PER) today announced that it has been positioned as a "Leader" by Gartner, Inc., a major analyst firm for the global IT Services industry, in both the "Magic Quadrant for Desktop Outsourcing Services, North America, 2009"(1) and "Magic Quadrant for Help Desk Outsourcing, North America, 2009"(2) reports.
"Perot Systems is pleased to be a Leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant Reports," said Peter Altabef, president and CEO of Perot Systems. "We are also proud that the rankings validate the quality of IT services we deliver to our clients."
The Gartner Magic Quadrant Reports are a representation of how certain IT industry vendors measure against completeness of vision and ability to execute.
Gartner states that companies positioned in the "Leaders" quadrant for desktop outsourcing are "performing their service solutions skillfully, have a clear vision of the desktop outsourcing services market's direction, and are actively building and improving their competencies to sustain their leadership positions."
Companies positioned in the "Leaders" quadrant for help desk outsourcing have "demonstrated that they have significant help desk outsourcing experience and understand the dynamics needed to deliver help desk services successfully," according to Gartner.
"Our clients trust us to provide reliable, high quality support services for their IT users around the world," said Scott Barnes, head of the company's global infrastructure operations. "For Perot Systems, this report reaffirms the deep commitment and dedication we have for our clients across the entire spectrum of services we provide."
Using industry best practices, Perot Systems supports 250,000 desktops for clients, and handles more than 3 million help desk calls each year from end users around the globe. Our clients are able to draw upon the company's complete range of infrastructure solutions, which include end-user services, messaging and collaboration, network services, information security, and data center and cloud-based services.
(1) Gartner Research "Magic Quadrant for Desktop Outsourcing Services, North America" by W. Maurer, R. Matlus. March 3, 2009.
(2) Gartner Research "Magic Quadrant for Help Desk Outsourcing, North America" by R. Matlus, W. Maurer. March 4, 2009.
About the Gartner Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2009 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.
About Perot Systems
Perot Systems is a worldwide provider of information technology services and business solutions. Through its flexible and collaborative approach, Perot Systems integrates expertise from across the company to deliver custom solutions that enable clients to accelerate growth, streamline operations and create new levels of customer value. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Perot Systems reported 2008 revenue of $2.8 billion. The company has more than 23,000 associates located in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific. Additional information on Perot Systems is available at http://www.perotsystems.com/.
This press release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. For factors that could affect our business and cause actual results to differ materially, please refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and available at http://www.sec.gov/, as updated in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed after such Form 10-K, for additional information regarding risk factors. We disclaim any intention or obligation to revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future developments, or otherwise.
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