SAN MATEO, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—January 16, 2007—Ventana Research, the leading research and advisory services firm, announces the release of the 2007 Ventana Research Scorecard 2007 - Performance Management Vendor and Product Scorecard, an assessment of technology capabilities to enable Performance Management. The scorecard is independent and objective research of vendors and their products based on factual analysis of 337 questions and 46 functional capabilities.
The scoring rated Overall compliance to Performance Management and as well as the categories of Align, Optimize and Understand. These three steps are the foundation of Ventana Research’s Performance Management methodology, PerformanceCycleTM. The top vendors were (in order):
- Overall: Infor, Cognos, Symphony-Metreo and Business Objects
- Align: Cognos, Infor, Softscape and Pilot Software and Symphony-Metreo
- Optimize: Infor, Symphony-Metreo and Business Objects
- Understand: Infor followed by a three-way tie between Actuate, Information Builders and Oracle
“The Ventana Research Scorecard is important because it helps organizations evaluate software capabilities against the most in-depth product requirements and capabilities for Performance Management across the enterprise,” said Mark Smith, CEO and EVP of Research at Ventana Research. “All the vendors that participated should be applauded for allowing these products to be evaluated in this rigorous method.”
All technology providers were invited to participate in the research though many chose not to participate and have their products analyzed, did not respond to the invitation or were not able to meet the rules and guidelines in the time allowed.
Get an executive summary of the research results and a list of 11 participating vendors at www.ventanaresearch.com/2007scorecard.
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