Siemens IT Solutions & Services, Inc. Positioned in Leaders Quadrant for Desktop and Help Desk Outsourcing Services

NORWALK, Conn. (Map) - NORWALK, Conn., March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens IT Solutions and Services, Inc., a leading provider of IT consulting and outsourcing services, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the leaders quadrant in the "Magic Quadrant for Desk Top Outsourcing Services, North America, 2008" and the "Magic Quadrant for Help Desk Outsourcing Services, North America, 2008."

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"This reaffirms our continued focus on our goal to become an indispensable business partner to our clients," said John McKenna, President and CEO of Siemens IT Solutions & Services, Inc. "A world class service desk integrated with desktop support, engineered to deliver end-to-end incident management, is the cornerstone to providing outstanding end user support services. This is recognition of the diligence and expertise that our employees exhibit on a daily basis as they strive to deliver outstanding customer service." McKenna says, "Our innovative approach and commitment to ITIL service management set our offerings apart in this market."

In these market leading reports, Gartner analysts evaluated technology providers in two primary focus areas. Completeness of Vision is evaluated and technology providers are rated on their product strategy, business model and market understanding. Also, the reports evaluate technology providers on their Ability to Execute, including quality and efficiency of processes and systems and ultimately, technology providers are judged on product/service, overall viability and sales execution.

Siemens IT Solutions & Services provides innovative products and outstanding client service to clients throughout the IT industry. Global reach, quality personnel, and continual innovation help clients realize business value. Siemens IT Solutions & Services provides a depth of business experience and expertise and a much deeper process focus than is usual in the service marketplace. For more information, please visit: www.usa.siemens.com/it-solutions.

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About the Magic Quadrant

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2008 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.

About Siemens IT Solutions & Services

Siemens IT Solutions and Services, Inc. is one of Siemens operating companies in the United States. Siemens IT Solutions and Services is an internationally leading provider of IT solutions and services. With its comprehensive know-how and specific sector knowledge, this division of Siemens offers solutions and services from a single source -- from consulting to systems integration to software development and management of IT infrastructures. Siemens IT Solutions and Services has 43,000 employees and posts annual worldwide sales of more than $7 billion USD. For more information, please visit www.usa.siemens.com/it-solutions .

About Siemens AG

Siemens AG (NYSE: SI) is one of the largest global electronics and engineering companies with reported worldwide sales of $107.4 billion in fiscal 2006. Founded 160 years ago, the company is a leader in the areas of Medical, Power, Automation and Control, Transportation, Information and Communications, Lighting, Building Technologies, Water Technologies and Services and Home Appliances. With its U.S. corporate headquarters in New York City, Siemens in the USA has sales of $21.4 billion and employs approximately 70,000 people throughout all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Eleven of Siemens' worldwide businesses are based in the United States. With its global headquarters in Munich, Siemens AG and its subsidiaries employ 480,000 people in 190 countries. For more information on Siemens in the United States: www.usa.siemens.com.

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