Abstract

The findings of the “information access software” analyses released in September 2009 by the IT consultancy company Gartner Group are summarized. This term refers to various software applications from publishers like Microsoft, Zylab, Oracle, Autonomy, Google, etc., used for both structured and unstructured data and for information retrieval and analysis. The contribution also describes the characteristics of the “magic quadrant”, a visual representation offered by Gartner to reflect the position in the market of the software publishers considering their vision and their ability to execute.