<p>Although a major analyst firm has yet to introduce a reality television-style survival component involving vendor executives, there are winners and losers in every vendor evaluation. This year's Gartner ECM Magic Quadrant is no different seeing some players rise, some fall, while all fight to survive.</p><p>As we reported earlier, Gartner evaluated 23 vendors in the most recent version of their annual Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Content Management. Comparing this year's report with last year's version, a few things stand out.Oracle Slips</p><p>Apparently the odds were not in Oracle's favor this year, as they were the only vendor to fall out of the leader's quadrant in the evaluation. A quick scan through the archives reveals that no other vendor has been similarly banished from the ECM leader's quadrant, at least not in written or verbal memory. While we're not certain about the reason for this change, it may be that Oracle declined to take an active role in the report.</p><p>In Forrester's recently-published ECM Wave, which includes many of the same vendors, Forrester acknowledged that Oracle chose not to participate in their evaluation. Whatever the reason for the decline, it's also clear that Gartner has reservations about Oracle's long-term commitment to this market.</p><p><a href="http://www.cmswire.com/cms/information-management/the-gartner-2013-ecm-magic-quadrant-winners-and-losers-022849.php">Keep reading...</a></p>