Third Cloud Based Vendor Certified As “Epic” For Constellation CosmosTM Cloud Buyer’s Bill of Rights Evaluations
San Francisco, CA– July 3, 2013 Constellation Research, Inc. the research and advisory firm focused on how businesses can be transformed by disruptive technologies today announced the publication of “Cloud Buyer’s Bill of Rights: SaaS Apps – Ultimate Software” by R “Ray” Wang, Principal Analyst and CEO, Constellation Research. This is the third Constellation CosmosTM Certification for the Cloud Buyer’s Bill of Rights: SaaS Apps authored by Wang. The Constellation CosmosTM Certification for the Cloud Buyer’s Bill of Rights is intended to help buyers and prospective buyers of enterprise cloud applications determine which vendors meet the spirit of customer friendly cloud contracts. Constellation’s goal is to recognize vendors for honoring the 61 Cosmos criteria including the 55 Bill of Rights criteria upfront in their existing contract language, and throughout the buyer and ownership experience.
Ultimate Software achieved the highest designation, “Epic”, for its performance in the CosmosTM evaluation in the Cloud Apps Suites category.“The Enterprise Cloud Buyer’s Bill of Rights provides a tool for clients and vendors to change the tenor of contract negotiations from user subservience to an equal and collaborative long-term partnership.”, commented R “Ray” Wang, Principal Analyst & CEO. “Constellation has participated in over 1500 enterprise software contract negotiations including 250 for the cloud. We plan to certify over 20 vendors by end of 2013.”
This report fits into Constellation’s business-focused research themes: Technology Optimization and Innovation and Consumerization of IT & The New C-Suite
ABOUT R "Ray" Wang
R “Ray” Wang is the Principal Analyst and CEO at Constellation Research, Inc. He’s also the author of the popular enterprise software blog “A Software Insider’s Point of View”. With viewership in the millions of page views a year, his blog provides insight into how disruptive technologies and new business models impact the enterprise. Ray is a prominent keynote speaker and research analyst working with clients on engagement strategies, social business, customer experience, and decision management. He advises Global 2000 companies on business strategy and technology selection. Ray is quoted regularly in Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Bloomberg, Reuters, IDG News Service, and other media outlets around the world.
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THE REPORT
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ABOUT CONSTELLATION COSMOS
Constellation CosmosTM is Constellation's flagship quantitative and qualitative product and solution comparison tool. A typical Cosmos contains 50 to 150 exception-based criteria used to help buy-side clients with product and solution selection across the galaxy of choices. The evaluation comprises of six major categories on a 0 to 5 point scale where Constellation evaluates key criteria in:
- Ownership experience.
- Solution offering.
- Use case support.
- Market execution.
- Corporate vision.
- Ecosystem feedback.
The final ratings place solutions into 5 categories
- Epic. Composite scores typically above 4.5
- Stellar. Composite scores typically between 3.5 and 4.49
- Emerging. Composite scores typically between 2.5 and 3.49
- Nascent. Composite scores typically between 1.5 and 2.49
- Laggard. Composite scores typically between 0 and 1.49
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