Gartner 2012 "Visionary" for Cloud PPM

Planforge evaluated based on ability to execute and completeness of vision.

Planforge, a leading vendor of integrated project and portfolio management solutions, has been selected by leading IT analyst firm Gartner as one of the companies included in their June 2012 "Magic Quadrant for Cloud-Based PPM Services". The new research report evaluating vendors was published by Daniel Stang and Robert Handler and is available for purchase from Gartner's website.

Planforge focuses on integrated and easy-to-use project management solutions that are used by both IT people and non-technical knowledge workers. While originally only providing a SaaS hub in Europe, Planforge recently also launched a new US-based cloud infrastructure that is intended for customers in the Americas. Planforge's development focus for 2012 is to further enhance portfolio and risk management, an even tighter integration of resource management functionality, and two-way syncing with Atlassian's JIRA. In addition, Planforge plans to add a number of practical social project management features as well as integration with Confluence later this year.

Planforge Enterprise Server and Planforge Enterprise Cloud are available for on premise and on-demand/SaaS deployment respectively. Planforge is licensed on a per user and role model providing optional modules such as risk management, program management, a formal project controlling-cycle, and agile planning based on the Scrum framework. Besides being known as an easy-to-use project management solution that can be deployed with little effort, Planforge is also one of the few PPM systems offering rich, integrated resource management functionalities.

"Being named as a 'Visionary' in Gartner's latest research effort makes us being a small software vendor very proud," said Gerald Aquila, founder and CEO of Planforge . "Together with our new HTML5 user interface we are thrilled to make it even easier for users to get started with 'real' project management in the cloud."

Interested parties can experience the advantages of integrated agile and formal project management firsthand by requesting a free 30-day trial version via the Planforge website http://www.planforge.io.

Planforge 360 requires an iPad or iPad 2 running iOS 5. Every user running the app also needs a user account on Planforge 10.3 Enterprise Server Update 2 or later, or access to the Planforge Enterprise Cloud. Planforge is available both as an OnDemand/SaaS subscription model and for in-house/on premise installation. Interested parties can experience the advantages of integrated agile and formal project management firsthand by requesting a free 30-day trial version via the Planforge website http://www.planforge.io.

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About Planforge

Planforge is the leading provider of integrated project and portfolio management solutions for innovative small and medium-sized businesses. Unlike traditional PPM software, Planforge integrates formal, agile and JIRA projects into a single project portfolio and resource utilization database. Planforge enables project-driven organizations to increase project and portfolio transparency, shorten project lead times, automate best practices and optimize resource utilization. By building on an open source foundation, providing both cloud-based/SaaS and on-premise installations and with its strategic focus on making PM systems easy to deploy, Planforge redefines ROI for project management solutions.

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