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June 23, 2004

BI And Performance Management Complement Each Other — But Serve Different Purposes

by Keith Gile, Laurie M. Orlov

with Colin Teubner


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The differences between business intelligence (BI) and performance management are less than subtle: Performance management is an analytical application, geared toward monitoring business operations, while BI is the over-arching strategic set of tools and techniques to make information actionable. Unfortunately, performance management is being juggled about by the vendors and research communities, as if the acronym were more important than the process. Enterprise performance management (EPM), corporate performance management (CPM), business performance management (BPM), and plain old performance management (PM) are all predicated on one thing: measuring performance.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemConfusion Reigns Supreme

itemYou Have Questions — BI Gives Answers

itemxPM — The Analytic App Within The BI Arsenal

itemxPM Applications Have Rigorous Dependencies

itemIf You Seek Software To Manage Performance ...

recommendationS

itemReaders (And Buyers) Beware

What It Means

itemxPM Risks The Fate Of The Apps That Came Before

Companies interviewed include, among others, Applix, ALG Software, Business Objects, Cognos, Concord Communications, GEAC, Hyperion Solutions, Information Builders, Longview Solutions, Microsoft, Oracle, Prodacapo, SAP, and SAS Institute.

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