SoftLayer™ Positioned in the Niche Players Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Web Hosting and Cloud Infrastructure Services
Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute
July 7, 2009, Dallas, TX – SoftLayer Technologies™ today announced that it has been listed in the "Niche Players" quadrant in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for "Web Hosting and Cloud Infrastructure Services (On-Demand)" released July 2, 2009, written by Gartner analysts Lydia Leong and Ted Chamberlain.
"In my opinion, being evaluated in this report is proof that our unique approach is redefining hosting," said Lance Crosby, CEO of SoftLayer. "Of course, our greatest pride and core goal is to provide solutions and scalability that make an impact on our customers’ business. But to me, being in the Magic Quadrant shows that we’re making a difference throughout the industry."
SoftLayer has consistently built an effective solution through the complete integration of multiple IT environments —both in-house and outsourced—through a common management console and provisioning system. The firm has established a record of innovation and thought leadership that includes multiple industry firsts: Private Network for managing servers; fully featured and integrated portal; and a standards oriented and fully featured API. Most recently, SoftLayer launched a set of cloud services that include:
All of these are available as standalone services (i.e. no dedicated server required) as well as being fully integrated with all other SoftLayer offerings. SoftLayer Also offers hourly billing for its CloudLayer Computing platform, which is available across all SoftLayer data centers.
Each company in the Magic Quadrant was evaluated on its completeness of vision and ability to execute within five use cases: self-managed hosting, mainstream-managed hosting, highly complex managed hosting, global solutions portfolio, and enterprise applications hosting. "We truly are a different breed. Our on-demand data services provide far more than hosting, and our commitment to fully automated solutions and complete customer access and control really moves us out of either the 'managed' or 'unmanaged' categories," said George Karidis, SoftLayer Chief Strategy Officer. "With each offering we introduce, we’re not just extending our portfolio—we’re transforming how those services are provided. And I’m excited about the new ideas we have on the way." | 
