M-Files Named a Visionary in 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Content Services Platforms
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PRESS RELEASE
M-Files Named a Visionary in 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Content Services Platforms
M-Files recognised as a Visionary based on completeness of vision and ability to execute
Reading, UK – Dec. 1st, 2020 – M-Files Corporation, the
intelligent information management company, today
announced that the company has been recognised as a
Visionary in Gartner, Inc.'s 2020 Magic Quadrant for
Content Services Platforms. In this year's evaluation of 18
vendors, Gartner named M-Files as a Visionary based on
its completeness of vision and ability to execute.
Facing a new business reality brought on by the 2020
COVID-19 pandemic, today's leading enterprises are
driving the demand for content services platforms that
ensure the productivity of their knowledge workforce as
they transition to flexible work environments. M-Files is
uniquely positioned to help organisations navigate
today's unprecedented challenges and future-proof their
businesses by ensuring seamless access to documents
and information while minimising risk.
The M-Files intelligent, repository neutral platform
utilises metadata and artificial intelligence (AI) to surface
any relevant documents for a given user in context,
regardless of where they are stored, including network folders, SharePoint, file-sharing services and other
business systems and repositories across the organisation. Additionally, M-Files seamlessly embeds within
leading digital workplace platforms, including Microsoft 365, Salesforce and Google Workspace, allowing
users to remain focused on the task at hand in the applications where they prefer to work.
Gartner defines Completeness of Vision as "a vendor's view of the future, the direction of the market and
the vendor's role in shaping that market. We expect the vendor's vision to be compatible with our view of
the market's evolution. A vendor's vision on the demands for a foundational CSP within an ever-evolving
technology landscape is particularly important. The rating for Completeness of Vision is based on direct
vendor interactions and our analysis of the vendor's view of and preparedness for the future."
"We believe our recognition by Gartner as a Visionary placed furthest for completeness of vision in the
Magic Quadrant for Content Services Platforms validates that our context centric approach to intelligent
information management uniquely supports the critical needs of the most innovative companies in today's
unparalleled business climate," said Antti Nivala, CEO at M-Files. "Our metadata-driven, folderless
structure enables enterprises to intelligently connect content, improve worker productivity and solve
complex workflows. We also feel Gartner's recognition reaffirms our strong federation strategy and
modern approach that eliminates information silos and unifies data across repositories, a clear
differentiator among our competitors. M-Files ensures increased productivity and business continuity in
the new work-from-anywhere world."
According to the Gartner 2020 Magic Quadrant for Content Services Platforms, "Integrated, intelligent
content services, repository federation and cloud readiness are now driving differentiation and disruption
Gartner sees M-Files as the most visionary vendor
in the 2020 MQ for Content Services Platforms
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in a long-established market." The report further states, "Gartner has recently seen the inclusion of tightly
integrated intelligent services starting to provide real differentiation between products in the market. This
has surfaced in a number of ways; in classification (content intelligence), in productivity (productivity
intelligence) and in content protection (security intelligence)."
M-Files continues to modernise its offering with new emerging technologies, such as microservices-based
cloud architecture and containerisation. M-Files Ground Link allows organisations to securely connect
cloud and on-premises data repositories, enabling a seamless 360-degree view of all content across
multiple repositories. The flexible licensing model allows customers to utilise the same subscription
without having to purchase separate licenses for both deployment options. This gives M-Files customers
the flexibility to modernise their information management with cloud services at their own pace while
leaving the option to store some data in their on-premises environment.
According to the report, "Intelligent services, primarily those powered by machine learning, have really
made a large impact on vendor offerings in this space in 2019 and 2020. Gartner has seen three major
types of intelligence maturing significantly in content services offerings over the last 12 months: Content
intelligence: the classification of content; Productivity intelligence: improving employee productivity by
surfacing relevant content and proactively based on employee behaviour; Security intelligence: the
automated protection of content in different contexts and scenarios."
M-Files continues to employ the latest AI technologies to enrich the user experience and ensure
customers maximise the value of their content. M-Files uses machine learning to automatically analyse
documents, extract insights, and ensure proper handling of sensitive data and business-critical
information. AI-powered features, such as auto-tagging and auto-classification, infer the meaning,
sensitivity, and importance of content.
Going beyond traditional, zonal data capture, M-Files incorporates natural language understanding (NLU),
to automatically learn and recognise the meaningful context of the content that drives a business. M-Files'
NLU enables automatic analysis of lengthy, complex and unstructured documents such as legal
agreements, policies and reports. M-Files achieves all this automatically without requiring specialised
expertise, nor any time-consuming steps to train and tune its machine learning.
M-Files uses AI to bring disconnected data silos together and simplify the user experience without
disturbing existing systems and processes. M-Files Discovery allows customers to identify content with
value, ensuring that the most important information in any repository is easily accessible and managed
efficiently. The platform unifies information across different sources based on context, not on the system
or folder in which the information is stored. This allows users to find, access and manage information in
all connected systems and repositories, all from a single view within the M-Files user interface, without
requiring data migration.
Utilising cloud-based, AI-powered technology, M-Files delivers information quickly and easily when
needed, regardless of where it is stored, connecting content across all platforms, and people across all
locations. This allows powerful business process automation, streamlines workflows and frees knowledge
workers to focus on high-skill, high-value work. The M-Files software-as-a-service (SaaS) business model
continues to drive the company's strong growth. M-Files surpassed 100 per cent growth in subscription-
based annual recurring revenue in 2019 over the previous year.
Visit here for a complimentary copy of the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Content Services Platforms
report: https://go.m-files.com/2020-Gartner-Magic-Quadrant-CSP-Post-Release-UK-EN.html
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All quotes from Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Content Services Platforms, Michael Woodbridge, Marko
Sillanpaa, Lane Severson, Nov. 16th, 2020.
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Gartner, MQ, Content Services, CSP, 2020, Visionary, ECM, intelligent information management
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About M-Files Corporation
M-Files provides a next-generation intelligent information management platform that improves business
performance by helping people find and use information more effectively. Unlike traditional enterprise content
management (ECM) systems or content services platforms, M-Files unifies systems, data and content across the
organisation without disturbing existing systems and processes or requiring data migration. Using artificial
intelligence (AI) technologies in its unique Intelligent Metadata Layer, M-Files breaks down silos by delivering an in-
context experience for accessing and leveraging information that resides in any system and repository, including
network folders, SharePoint, file-sharing services, ECM systems, CRM, ERP and other business systems and
repositories. Thousands of organisations in more than 100 countries use M-Files for managing their business
information and processes, including NBC Universal, OMV, Rovio, SAS Institute and ThyssenKrupp. For more
information, visit www.m-files.com.
M-Files is a registered trademark of M-Files Corporation. All other registered trademarks belong to their respective
owners.
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Suzie Collier, Director of Global Field Marketing, +44 774 8305900, suzie.collier[at]m-files.com
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