Gartner Places Datatel in 'Magic Quadrant'; Datatel Ranked Above All Higher Education ERP Vendors in Its Ability to Execute

Business Wire, Sept 1, 2004

FAIRFAX, Va. -- Please replace the release dated August 30, 2004 with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions.

The corrected release reads:

ANALYST FIRM PLACES DATATEL IN 'MAGIC QUADRANT' BASED ON ITS VISION AND ABILITY TO EXECUTE

Datatel(R), Inc. today announced that Gartner, Inc. has placed Datatel in its coveted Higher-Education Administrative Suites Magic Quadrant. Datatel was evaluated based on "Completeness of Vision," and "Ability to Execute." (Markets, M-23-1814, M. Zastrocky, M, Harris, R. Yanosky, 12 August 2004)

Since its establishment in 1968, the company has been profitable every year. This year, Datatel acquired LiquidMatrix Corp.(TM) - an e-recruiting, e-communication, and e-marketing solution provider.

"Datatel's success is based on our ability to provide clients with the products and professional services they need to achieve their business goals," said H. Russell Griffith, Datatel president and CEO. "We are very pleased that Gartner recognizes our hard work and customer dedication."

About Datatel, Inc.

Datatel, an employee-owned company, is a leading provider of fully integrated enterprise information management solutions for higher education. Headquartered in Fairfax, VA, the company has over 600 client institutions throughout North America. For more than 25 years, Datatel has exclusively focused on meeting the needs of colleges and universities, helping institutions operate more efficiently so they may better serve their constituents. For more information, please visit www.datatel.com.

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The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted August 12, 2004 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.