SAN FRANCISCO, June 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/
-- Salesforce [NYSE: CRM], the global leader in CRM,
today announced that for the third consecutive year, Salesforce has
been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the "Leaders" quadrant of the
June 2017 Mobile Application
Development Platforms (MADP) report.
Gartner's Magic Quadrants are based on rigorous analysis, backed
up by highly structured methodologies. According to
Gartner1: "The mobile app development platform (MADP)
market offers tools, technologies, components and services that
enable enterprise IT developers to create mobile apps for
customers, partners and employees. A MADP enables an enterprise to
design, develop, test, deploy, distribute, analyze and manage a
portfolio of cross-platform mobile apps on a range of devices
running Android and iOS, addressing the requirements of diverse use
cases, including external-facing and internal-facing
scenarios."
"More innovative CIOs and IT teams than ever are building
intelligent mobile apps on the Salesforce Platform - transforming
the customer experience and driving real business value," said
Paolo Bergamo, SVP of Product
Management at Salesforce. "We believe our continued leadership in
the Mobile Application Development Platforms Magic Quadrant further
validates our vision for the changing role of IT in a
customer-driven era2."
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Additional Information
- The 2017 Mobile Application Development Platforms report is
available at:
https://www.salesforce.com/form/app-cloud/gartner-magic-quadrant-for-mobile.jsp
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http://www.salesforce.com/platform/overview/
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1 Gartner, Market Snapshot: Mobile App
Development Platforms, Worldwide, 2015, 15 January 2016.
2 "New Research: Driven by Customers, IT
Leaders ... - Salesforce.com."
https://www.salesforce.com/blog/2017/04/2017-state-of-it-research.html.
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