SAN MATEO, Calif—(BusinessWire)—October 2, 2007—Ventana Research today announced the finalists of the Ventana Research 2007 Performance Management Leadership Awards. The awards recognize organizations that have demonstrated leadership in orchestrating people, process, information and technology – the cornerstones of Performance Management – for optimal business impact.
Award finalists were chosen by an expert research team of Ventana Research, by scoring the submissions based on overall best practices plus alignment of people, process, information and technology and business impact. Winners will be announced at Connections 2007, the BI Conference for Operational and Customer Performance Management, to be held in San Francisco on October 22, 2007. View the full agenda and register for the conference.
The Leadership Awards for overall Performance Management and 10 categories span from BI to contact center performance management. The categories, finalists and software suppliers are:
Overall Performance Management Leadership Award
- FAA, using Actuate
- Miami-Dade County, Florida, using ActiveStrategy
- Seagate Technology, using Softscape
Finance Performance Leadership Award
- Best Buy, using Cognos
- Radiology Imaging Associates, using Datawatch
- RBC Financial Group, using Teradata
Operational Performance Leadership Award
- Deutsche Bank
- Kaiser Permanente, using ActiveStrategy
- NCR Corporation, using Teradata
Operational Performance Leadership Award – Contact Center
- Conseco, using Verint
- International Cruise & Excursions, Inc. (ICE) using Aspect Software
- JP Morgan Chase, using Enkata
Operational Performance Leadership Award – Customer
- eCourier, using SeeWhy
- ENECO Energie, using Cognos
Operational Performance Leadership Award – Sales
- Innovex Quintiles, using ForceLogix
- IronPort Systems, using Xactly Corporation
- WageWorks, using Xactly Corporation
Operational Performance Leadership Award – Supply Chain
- arvato services, using Cognos
- Esselte Corporation, using Datawatch
- Linksys, using Symphony Metreo
IT Performance Leadership Award
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, using Netuitive
- JP Morgan Chase, using HyPerformix
- SHOP.COM, using ProactiveNet
Technology Leadership Award – Business Intelligence
- Compassion International, using Cognos
- RLPTechnologies, using Jaspersoft
- University of Utah Healthcare, using FAST
Technology Leadership Award – Information Management
- Defense Acquisition University, using Informatica
- Frontier Airlines, using Greenplum
- Nationwide Insurance, using Kalido
Technology Leadership Award –Operational Intelligence
- Berner Foods, using CDC Software
- Tnuva, using Verix
“The Performance Management Leadership Awards highlight companies that exemplify leadership and show the value of successfully adopting best practices to improve performance.” said Mark Smith, CEO and EVP Research, Ventana Research. “The nominations this year were phenomenal. These organizations in particular are to be congratulated for aligning business and IT to accelerate growth and improve their competitiveness.”
To learn more about these Performance Management leaders, please contact connections@ventanaresearch.com.
For a media pass to the conference, please contact Sandra@ventanaresearch.com.
About Ventana Research
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