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Independent analyst firms provide unbiased and insightful analysis of solution offerings from a wide variety of vendors. MetricStream products and solutions are regularly evaluated by analysts to assess the value they deliver to customers. To read what analysts are saying about GRC and Quality Management software in general and MetricStream offerings in particular, please select from the analyst reports and presentations below.

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Gartner Positions MetricStream in the Leaders' Quadrant of Enterprise GRC Platforms
by French Caldwell, Tom Eid
Gartner has placed MetricStream in the Leaders Quadrant in its recently released report "Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Platforms (EGRC)".

Forrester Research, Inc. Names MetricStream as a leader in the Forrester Wave™ report for Enterprise Governance, Risk, And Compliance Platforms
by Chris McClean
To assess the state of the enterprise GRC platform market and see how the vendors stack up against each other, Forrester evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of top 14 enterprise GRC vendors from among 114 peers. This report provides the definition, key capabilities, future trends and evaluation criteria for GRC platforms.

GRC in 2010: $29.8B in Spending Sparked by Risk, Visibility, and Efficiency
by John Hagerty, Bob Kraus
AMR Research's annual market survey is an essential reference document used by organizations to benchmark their governance, risk & compliance (GRC) spending priorities and business objectives. According to the study: "Visibility and efficiency underpin the majority of investments for 2010, as companies attempt to operate with heads up, eyes open and as efficiently as possible".

Complimentary Gartner Report: In Manufacturing, Quality Management Systems Evolve
by Dan Miklovic
The challenge for manufacturers today is using IT to automate quality management so quality can be achieved at the most cost-effective price point. This research examines the evolution of quality systems and how to architect an approach to automating support for quality that will sustain an enterprise into the future.

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Gartner
	Complimentary Gartner Report: In Manufacturing, Quality Management Systems Evolve by Dan Miklovic The challenge for manufacturers today is using IT to automate quality management so quality can be achieved at the most cost-effective price point. This research examines the evolution of quality systems and how to architect an approach to automating support for quality that will sustain an enterprise into the future.

	Gartner Positions MetricStream in the Leaders' Quadrant of Enterprise GRC Platforms by French Caldwell, Tom Eid Gartner has placed MetricStream in the Leaders Quadrant in its recently released report "Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Platforms (EGRC)".

	Cool Vendors in Compliance and Risk Management, 2008 by French Caldwell, Tom Eid, Jay Heiser, Jeffrey Wheatman, John E. Van Decker, Roberta J. Witty, Dave Russell Innovation is thriving in compliance and risk management solutions, and the variety of vendors is astounding. Cool Vendors' solutions presented this year include board communications, data governance, enterprise governance, risk and compliance platforms, financial governance, and data recovery.

	Reducing the Complexity of Governance, Risk Management and Compliance by French Caldwell Learn how to reduce the complexity of governance, risk management and compliance and what best practices can you employ to succeed in your GRC efforts. Includes case studies on successful GRC implementations.
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Forrester Research
	Forrester Research, Inc. Names MetricStream as a leader in the Forrester Wave™ report for Enterprise Governance, Risk, And Compliance Platforms by Chris McClean To assess the state of the enterprise GRC platform market and see how the vendors stack up against each other, Forrester evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of top 14 enterprise GRC vendors from among 114 peers. This report provides the definition, key capabilities, future trends and evaluation criteria for GRC platforms.

	MetricStream Cited as a "Leader" by Independent Research Firm by Chris McClean, Michael Rasmussen MetricStream demonstrated one of the most flexible GRC platforms evaluated, says the Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Platforms 2007.

	Role of Technology as a driver for Enterprise wide GRC by Chris McClean As organizations move away from a siloed approach to managing GRC to an integrated enterprise wide approach to reduce costs, allow for cross-functional visibility, and improve responsiveness to business stakeholders and regulatory bodies a powerful technology platform creates a comprehensive framework that integrates the various aspects of GRC, allows management of multiple compliance mandates on a single platform and paves the way for enterprise level risk management.
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Aberdeen Group
	The Cost of Quality: Benchmarking Enterprise Quality Management by Matthew Littlefield The report measures benefits of implementing quality management systems and recognizes a MetricStream customer, Fairchild Semiconductor, for successfully implementing an enterprise-wide quality management and compliance system to achieve Best-in-Class operational performance.

	GRC Strategic Agenda: The Value Proposition of Governance, Risk, and Compliance by Stephen Walker Due to tech-intensive nature of GRC solutions, it is often difficult to communicate their importance and value to upper-level decision makers. Geared toward C-suite budget holders, this report emphasizes the overall business advantages (rather than just IT) of a comprehensive GRC initiative.

	Visibility and value: The Evolution of Operational Compliance and Quality into Enterprise Risk Management by Stephen Walker In an increasingly regulated market, organizations are searching for ways to streamline compliance activities and functions. However, as the sophistication of GRC solutions grow, organizations are seeking to integrate external compliance practices with internal policies and quality controls to integrate regulatory compliance with operation guidelines to improve the time lines and quality of deliverables and effectively manage risk. Analyzing data from over 800 global organizations, this Analyst Insight details the evolution of operational compliance and quality assurance to streamline processes and optimize a holistic Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program.
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AMR Research
	Complimentary copy of the AMR Reserach Report: $29B in Spending Sparked by Risk, Visibility & Efficiency By John Hagerty, Bob Kraus AMR Research's annual market survey is an essential reference document used by organizations to benchmark their governance, risk & compliance (GRC) spending priorities and business objectives. According to the study: "Visibility and efficiency underpin the majority of investments for 2010, as companies attempt to operate with heads up, eyes open and as efficiently as possible".

	The Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (GRC) Landscape, Part 2: Software’s Integral Role in GRC Automation by John Hagerty, Koppel Verma, and Dennis Gaughan GRC costs continue to rise as national and global mandates proliferate. In order to gain sufficient efficiency, enterprises must automate as many GRC-related activities as possible to ensure a repeatable, sustainable, and cost-effective risk and compliance regimen.

	Best Practices in Supplier Quality by Simon Jacobs In current global economy with suppliers spread around the world, it has become challenging and difficult for manufacturers to maintain product quality, on time shipments and control costs. Managing communications with supplier is often a manual, tedious and time-consuming process. This presentation covers the challenges companies face in managing global suppliers and contract manufacturers, and take a look at how world class organizations are managing quality in their supplier network by using robust Supplier Quality Management systems.

	Market Kingpins Accelerate GRC Agendas by John Hagerty While best-in-class providers have set the agenda for how GRC is defined, some high-visibility news from technology market leaders indicate the supply side of the GRC market is again starting to simmer with a platform approach to GRC.

	Compliance Is Still a Priority: Total GRC Spending Approaches $30B in 2007 and Growing by John Hagerty, Eric Klein When we survey companies on governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) spending, the vast majority readily tell us that past-year spending either met or exceeded expectations, with only a scant few reporting it was less than anticipated.

	Profiles in Compliance by John Hagerty, William McNeill, and Ryan Garvey Sarbanes-Oxley has made most companies hypersensitive to the word “compliance.” Now, organizations are seeing compliance concerns—not just SOX concerns—in many different areas of the business. This Report provides a framework for managing future compliance initiatives and a guide for assessing vendors that can help you meet your company’s long term compliance and governance goals.

	Quality Management Hubs: Mitigating Brand Risk Across Complex Value Chains by Simon Jacobson Integrated and enterprise-level quality management is not a single product. It’s an enterprise strategy and supporting set of business processes and accountabilities that must be assembled and integrated from existing products and technologies to align not just intracompany functions, but intercompany ones as well. A common enterprise QM hub is required to support this framework.

	Laying the Framework for an Effective CAPA Strategy by Simon Jacobson Corrective actions are the response to an issue or event, and preventive actions are the measures taken to ensure nonrecurrence. Combined, they represent an organization’s ability to translate field complaints and supplier production issues back into product and process design, ultimately abating long-term risk to products and brands and ensuring customer loyalty. If implemented and enforced correctly, reductions in supply network costs and claims against the brand and warranty costs will persist, which will decrease the costs of poor quality (COPQ) and affect overall revenue.

	Regulatory Compliance Reshapes the Quality Software Market by Alison Smith As regulatory compliance issues heat up, manufacturers are realizing that the lack of visibility into the quality of their products is a tremendous risk—and cost. Those that want to get a grip on product quality performance must assemble integrated quality architectures from an array of building blocks that include everything from traditional quality software applications to the systems that control production.
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Corporate Integrity
	Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) in the Extended Enterprise by Michael Rasmussen Critical Risk Management issues and best practices for assessing business risk in critical areas such as supply chain exposure, regulatory compliance violations, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and corporate governance. The presentation covers key ERM principles and components defined in risk standards such as COSO ERM as well as AS/NZS 4360:2004, Standard & Poor's proposed implementation of ERM in companies for their respective debt rating evaluation process and integration of Enterprise Risk Management and Internal Audit standards, methodologies, recommendations and legislation.

	Better Business Performance and Improved Bottom-line through an integrated Enterprise wide Risk Management (ERM) program by Michael Rasmussen Best practices and a step by step approach to implementing an enterprise wide risk management program focussing on leveraging ERM to improve the company debt ratings and developing solutions to managing ERM in the extended enterprise with a global supply chain.
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