Press Release


January 14, 2019

Software Reviews names Slack, Asana, Cisco Webex Teams, Basecamp and Igloo Software its’ Team Collaboration Data Quadrant Gold Medalists


Toronto, ON – January 14th, 2019 – Software Reviews, a division of world-class research and advisory firm Info-Tech Research Group Inc., published its’ 2019 Team Collaboration Data Quadrant Awards, naming five Gold Medalists in the space: Slack, Asana, Cisco Webex Teams, Basecamp and Igloo Software.
 
Software Reviews’ Data Quadrant awards derive entirely from expert-user feedback.  IT leaders, business professionals and end-users evaluate vendors, examining relative performance across two axis: Product Features & Satisfaction and Vendor Experience & Capabilities.

Team Collaboration software is an integral part of business process and efficiency. The vendors evaluated in the category assist across a variety of collaboration functions.  These aspects aim to help users work and integrate seamlessly with other members of their organization.  This includes facets such as instant messaging, calendar sharing, file sharing and video conferencing. 

The category’s Data Quadrant featured ten vendors in total, with the Gold Medalists’ positioned towards the top right of the quadrant.  Exemplary scoring across the board positioned Slack, Asana, and Cisco Webex Teams as the defined leaders in the category.  Basecamp excelled with strong product feature scores, while Igloo Software displayed strong vendor experience results.

About Data Quadrant Awards and Software Reports
 
Software Reviews Data Quadrant Awards are awarded annually to recognize outstanding vendors in the technology marketplace as evaluated by their users.  Top vendors in a software category are eligible to receive Data Quadrant Gold Medals, provided their scores meet the threshold for sufficiently high user satisfaction across four areas of evaluation: vendor capabilities, product features, likeliness to recommend, and vendor experience.  Full vendor evaluations are available in our in-depth software evaluation reports.
 
About Software Reviews and the Data Quadrant Awards
 
Software Reviews is a division of Info-Tech Research Group Inc., a world-class IT research and consulting firm established in 1997.  Having worked in the vendor space for two decades, Software Reviews is a leading source of expertise and insight into the enterprise software landscape and client-vendor relationships. 

By collecting real data from IT and business professionals, Software Reviews’ methodology produces the most detailed and authentic insights into the experience of evaluating and purchasing enterprise software.