Leading Analyst Firm Recognizes Service2Media in Magic Quadrant for Mobile Consumer App Platforms

AMERSFOORT, Netherlands, July 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

Gartner, leading information technology research and advisory company, recognizes Service2Media in the Magic Quadrant for Mobile Consumer App* Platforms 2011. The Dutch company has been recognized for its ability to execute and completeness of vision.

The global provider of smartphones and tablet solutions has been placed in the quadrant of 'niche players'. Gartner evaluates companies on their vision and ability to bring that vision into reality and deliver results. Service2Media's App Lifecycle Platform, M2Active, allows users to develop apps that can be deployed across all operating systems. Customers who have used the platform include Al Jazeera, Reed Elsevier, RTL and Rabobank International.

Service2Media recently announced an investment of ten million U.S. dollars from Private Plus Fund and Prime Ventures - known for their investments in Layar and eBuddy.

Geert Kolthof, CEO of Service2Media: "Being a niche player included among names like Apple and RIM, is fantastic. The investment that we recently received was a confirmation of the vision we have on this market. This report shows that we are on the right track, even before we received that investment."

* Gartner, Inc., Magic Quadrant for Mobile Consumer Application Platforms, William Clark, Michael J. King, June 22, 2011.

About Service2Media

Service2Media is the leading provider of Advanced App Solutions for smart phones, tablets and an unbounded range of emerging devices. With our industrialized and future proof platform and services we overcome the challenges of our corporate partners to design and deploy apps across all Operating Systems. Our core and critical apps are some of the most popular available with hundreds of thousands of downloads and high app store rankings. With Service2Media's App Lifecycle Platform we help our corporate partners stay on top of Operating System fragmentation and device innovation.

Today Service2Media partners with some of the most innovative corporations worldwide, such as TURNER/ CNN, Rabobank, Al Jazeera, Abu Dabi Media Company, Liberty Global/ UPC and Reed Elsevier to deliver exceptional mission critical and engaging apps that drive core business and excite your customers. We focus on the Media, Finance and Utility industries.

Currently Service2Media has offices in the Netherlands, UK, Spain, UAE and USA.

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