Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute

HERNDON, Va., Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Exostar, the leading provider of secure, on-demand, multi-enterprise collaboration solutions to the aerospace and defense (A&D) industry, today announced it has been included in Gartner, Inc.'s Magic Quadrant for Integration Service Providers.

Gartner's analysts develop Magic Quadrants as graphical representations of marketplaces at and for a specific time period. Each Magic Quadrant depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that particular marketplace, as defined by Gartner. The Magic Quadrant for Integration Service Providers, authored by Benoit Lheureux and Paolo Malinverno in November 2009, evaluates 17 integration service provider vendors. The research report defines an "integration service provider" as "any IT service provider that offers some combination of IaaS and B2B integration outsourcing."

In their report, the Gartner analysts state, "We estimate that companies worldwide spent more than $1.5 billion on integration as a service (IaaS) and B2B integration outsourcing. They will purchase and consume much more integration services in the next five years; thus, companies should be aware of how the B2B integration services market is evolving to take maximum advantage of B2B services in their B2B projects." The report continues, "Our evaluation for this research clearly focused on each vendor's completeness of vision and ability to execute in order to deliver and compete aggressively for IaaS and B2B integration outsourcing business in the integration services market segment."

Exostar's integration service provider solutions include:

• The B2B Supplier Network: The B2B Supplier Network supports information sharing among over 70,000 companies, and is perfect for low-volume suppliers because they can communicate via an intelligent supplier Web portal interface that requires nothing more than a Web browser and Internet connectivity.
• Supplier Integration: The Supplier Integration solution enables any-to-any integration by transforming content between the format best consumed by the supplier's back-end system and the formats used by its customers. It is ideal for high-volume suppliers because they can use their preferred message and transport protocols to communicate, allowing them to leverage their investments in Enterprise Application Integration and B2B systems.
• Supply Chain Platform (SCP): SCP is a comprehensive, hosted offering that enables visibility of operations and supply chain performance throughout multiple partner tiers. The B2B Supplier Network and Supplier Integration capabilities are the building blocks for SCP. SCP provides a real-time, end-to-end picture of supply and demand performance so organizations can achieve the necessary level of process integration to eliminate potential shortages, reduce obsolete inventory, track deliveries, proactively evaluate exceptions, and automatically trigger replenishment cycles.

"We are very pleased to have been recognized by Gartner in its Magic Quadrant for Integration Service Providers," said Peter Scott, Exostar's Vice President of Supply Chain Solutions. "Our inclusion in the Magic Quadrant is a reflection of the strength and track record of Exostar's solution portfolio, and reinforces our position as the dominant B2B service provider for the A&D industry."

About Exostar

Exostar powers secure multi-enterprise information sharing, collaboration and business process integration throughout the value chain. Exostar was founded in 2000 to support the complex trading needs of the world's largest aerospace and defense companies, including BAE Systems, The Boeing Company, Lockheed Martin Corp., Raytheon Co. and Rolls-Royce. Exostar's identity assurance products and on-demand business applications reduce risk, improve agility and strengthen trading partner relationships and profitability for over 70,000 companies worldwide. For more information, please visit www.exostar.com.

About Gartner, Inc.'s Magic Quadrant

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted November 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.

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    Exostar
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    Alan.Gilbert@exostar.com

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