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November 19, 2009 from Forrester – “Three of the largest technology vendors play prominently in this market – IBM, Oracle and SAP. These vendors have entered largely through acquisitions (i.e., Cognos, Hyperion, and BusinessObjects, respectively), but continue to evolve their offerings. Other large vendors in the market include SAS Institute, known primarily for its business analytics technology, and Infor, a large enterprise resource planning (ERP) software player. More specialized players in this Forrester Wave evaluation include vendors that focus on BPS exclusively – Clarity, Host Analytics, Longview Solutions (a subsidiary of Exact Software), and Tagetik. Board International focuses on both BI and BPS with its rapid development toolkit approach. There are also many other vendor playing in BPS space (not included in the Forrester Wave based on inclusion requirements) that offer specific components. These include planning and budgeting solutions (e.g., Adaptive Planning, Centage, Lawson Software, and PROPHIX Software…”

180 View – Forrester calls it Business Performance Solutions while most organizations call it Corporate Performance Management. In either case, it includes strategy management, budgeting and forecasting, financial reporting, consolidation and business intelligence. The article explains CPM and scores the vendors based on surveys, product demos and customer reference surveys. The article is a summary report but it is a good place to start in understanding CPM and some of the vendors.