"We believe this Leader placement reflects our rapid pace of innovation, which makes the whole software development lifecycle easier and increases developer productivity with enterprise-grade access controls and security," said Channy Yun, principal developer advocate for AWS.
As with the security industry, where companies have filed legal complaints after their software is labeled spyware or malware, IT firms placed in less desirable boxes have challenged the designation in court.
The other three boxes are reserved for 'visionaries' (less ability to execute compared to leaders), 'challengers' (executing just fine, but vision impaired), and 'niche players' (lagging in execution and vision).
Another firm, ZL Technologies, sued Gartner in 2009 over its 'niche player' designation, only to lose in court and on appeal.
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