CI Radar Launches Competitor Dashboard for IT Project and Portfolio Management Market

    NORCROSS, GA, August 13, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- CI Radar, a provider of competitor intelligence software and services, has just released a new dashboard covering the vendors mentioned in the Gartner report, "Magic Quadrant for IT Project and Portfolio Management" authored by Daniel B. Stang. Thirty-one vendors are covered in the report with Planview, CA, Compuware, HP, Microsoft and Oracle found within the leaders segment.

Competitor research normally requires tedious and time consuming tasks to complete. But with CI Radar's dashboard the data collection, filtering and categorization of information is completed automatically. Users can get answers to specific questions by using a series a selection filters and drill down charts. Dashboard users typically include Product Management, Market Research, Competitive Intelligence, Sales, Analyst Relations and Marketing Management.

Other companies appearing in the Gartner report include Atlantic Global, AtTask, Augeo, Automation Centre, BMC, Cardinis, Clarizen, Daptiv, EPK, EPM Live, Genius, Innotas, Instantis, One2team, Onepoint, Planisware, PowerSteering, Project InVision, Project Objects, Project.net, SAP, Sciforma, Serena, Tenrox, and VCSonline.

Competitive intelligence can be obtained on these firms by accessing reports and analysis such as:

- Pricing changes
- Internal vulnerabilities
- Industry sales leads
- Conference and event monitoring
- Competitor customer identification
- Digital campaign budget views
- R&D plans and road maps
- Potential competitive threats
- Head-to-head market exposure
- RFP responses
- Competitive sales team metrics
- Social media intelligence
- Partner and reseller analysis
- Sales presentations
- Product release tracking
- Patent tracking
- Lawsuit tracking
- Financial Snapshots

Clients subscribing to CI Radar's award-winning competitive intelligence services may also add additional competitors and market segments important to them. This allows for precise filtering and analysis on specific business requirements and provides for ever-changing competitive landscapes. Other PPM vendors that can be covered include Accept, alphabet, 37signals Basecamp, BrightWork, Change Director, Dekker, Deltek, GenSight, HyperOffice, IBM, IT4Control, LiquidPlanner, Maconomy, Metier, Portfolio Decisionware, Projectplace, Qtask, Replicon, SemanticSpace Technologies, Skire, Solution Q, Versata, WSG Systems and Zoho.

CI Radar's competitive intelligence software may also be tuned and configured for industry relevancy terms, alert types, key intelligence topics and market keywords. This separates the CI Radar solution from generic services and accelerates the return-on-investment on subscription plans.

Reasons to Subscribe

- Win more deals by providing your Sales team the competitive ammunition they require
- Optimize your Sales and Marketing spend by understanding competitor tactics
- Gain far deeper insights over using generic tools like Google News alerts or clipping services
- Save hundreds of man-hours and frustration scouring the web for the information you need
- Make better decisions armed with the latest intelligence on your competitors and market

For more information on how CI Radar covers the IT Project and Portfolio Management market or your specific market segment, view a short competitive intelligence software video. Intelligence dashboards are just one of CI Radar's competitive intelligence tools. Visit CI Radar's website to view our comprehensive suite of tools, including several free competitive analysis tools.

The Gartner Research report, "Magic Quadrant for IT Project and Portfolio Management" is copyrighted 2010 by Gartner, Inc.

About CI Radar

CI Radar, LLC provides award-winning competitor intelligence software that helps generate opportunities for our clients. Opportunities include identifying sales leads, uncovering competitor plans, discovering new markets, optimizing marketing campaigns, building better products and gaining insights to make critical strategic decisions.

CI Radar's competitive intelligence service includes custom client dashboards, daily intelligence alerts, outsourced virtual analyst team, and a host of market research project capabilities.

Based in Atlanta, Georgia, CI Radar can be found at http://www.ciradar.com.

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