SCHAUMBURG, Ill. – May 11, 2011 – Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: MSI), a leading provider of mission-critical communication products and services for enterprise and government customers, today announced that it has received a Strong Positive rating in Gartner’s “MarketScope for the Ruggedized Handheld-Computer Market (Global).” (1)
KEY FACTS
• Gartner's MarketScope provides specific guidance for users who are deploying, or have deployed, products or services. The Gartner MarketScope evaluation is based on a weighted evaluation of a vendor's ruggedized handheld-computer products in comparison with the evaluation criteria.
• According to Gartner, rugged handheld vendors design, build and support computers for applications used where environmental or usage conditions would quickly render standard, off-the-shelf handheld computers inoperative or expensive to maintain.
• The report states that a vendor with a “strong positive (rating) is viewed as a provider of strategic products, services or solutions.”
• Customers engaged with a vendor with a Strong Positive rating are advised to “continue with planned investments,” while potential customers should “consider this vendor a strong choice for strategic investments.”
• Motorola Solutions offers a broad mobile computing portfolio - from rugged mobile computers and vehicle-mount mobile computers to Enterprise Digital Assistants and wearable computers - to help mobilize organizations both indoors and out in the field
