Drupal Positioned as a "Visionary" in Leading Analyst Firm`s 2009 Social Software in the Workplace Magic Quadrant

Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute
WOBURN, Mass.--(Business Wire)--
Acquia, the enterprise guide to social publishing, today announced that Drupal
has been placed by Gartner, Inc. in the Visionaries Quadrant of its 2009 Magic
Quadrant for Social Software in the Workplace.1

"What`s unique about Drupal has been its ability to both flourish as an open
platform with thousands of contributors while at the same time remaining
applicable to enterprise users who value innovation, power, flexibility, and
TCO," said Dries Buytaert, Acquia co-founder and CTO and creator of Drupal.
"What we`ve proven is that open source doesn`t have to mean `for-members-only.`
I believe this report by Gartner is recognition of the strength and talent of
the Drupal community recognized by Gartner's leading market analysis."

"By offering enterprises a Social Publishing solution, a powerful combination of
content management and community, Drupal has secured its spot among the most
innovative technologies and vendors for enterprise social software," said Tom
Erickson, CEO of Acquia. "Acquia`s work in developing a quick on ramp and ease
in enterprise deployment of Drupal allows organizations to reap the cost
benefits of open source while cutting complexity out of the equation, giving
enterprises a superior alternative to proprietary social software while meeting
their requirements for security, scalability and flexibility."

Gartner defines Social Software for the Workplace as "software products used
within an organization, primarily among employees, to support teaming,
communities and networking."

"We are pleased to see that Drupal has grown to over 400,000 sites. From my
perspective, the recognition by Gartner validates that Drupal continues to be a
scalable and reliable platform for organizations of all sizes," said Jay Batson,
co-founder of Acquia.

About the Magic Quadrant

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted October 22, 2009, 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 vendor`s 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.

1) Gartner, Inc. "Magic Quadrant for Social Software in the Workplace" by Nikos
Drakos, Carol Rozwell, Anthony Bradley, Jeffrey Mann, October 22, 2009

About Acquia

Acquia helps organizations of all sizes build social publishing websites
quickly, easily and with a lower total cost of ownership by leveraging Drupal,
the open source social publishing platform that blends content and community.
Our products, services and support enable companies to leverage the power,
technical innovation and economic value of Drupal while simplifying the
experience, removing the complexity and minimizing the risk. Please visit:
http://acquia.com. Download Acquia Drupal, the completely free Drupal
distribution, at http://acquia.com/downloads.

About Drupal

The Drupal social publishing system has been downloaded over 2 million times
since its inception and powers more than 400,000 web sites globally. Drupal
includes an enterprise class content management system and is used to deliver a
wide variety of web applications including single or multi-user blogs, wikis,
community networks, digital media portals, e-commerce, and many more. Assisted
by a thriving ecosystem of consultants and developers, a diverse set of
organizations use Drupal including SonyBMG, Warner Brothers Records, the New
York Observer, Forbes, Disney, Intel, Harvard University, and Amnesty
International. A huge community has grown up around Drupal, with thousands of
active contributors to the open source technology. For more information, visit
http://drupal.org.

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