For Business Process & Applications Professionals (Length: 17 pages)

June 13, 2005

The Forrester Wave™: Customer Data Integration, Q2 2005

Evaluation Of Top CDI Vendors Across 144 Criteria

by Erin Kinikin

with R "Ray" Wang, Elana Anderson, Jessica Harrington


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

A recent study of 960 global executives identified CRM and customer segmentation as two of the top five CEO tools to optimize business. However, lofty executive plans are often held captive to lowly customer data issues and time-consuming consolidation processes. Customer data integration (CDI) is a new category of software infrastructure that operationalizes the acquisition, distribution, and management of customer information. To assess the state of the CDI market and see how the vendors stack up, Forrester evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of top CDI vendors across 144 criteria. The result: an adolescent group of high-potential products with very different strengths. To pick the right product for the job, this report includes an interactive vendor comparison tool that provides detailed product evaluations and customizable rankings.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemCDI Needs A New Approach

itemThe Emergence Of Packaged CDI

itemCDI Evaluation Overview

itemEvaluation Criteria

itemEvaluation Methodology

itemEvaluated Vendors

itemStrong Performers But No Leaders In Emerging CDI Market

itemCDI Solutions Begin To Mature

itemNo Vendor Meets All Leadership Requirements

itemVendor Profiles

itemLeaders

itemStrong Performers

itemContenders

itemRisky Bets

itemRecommendations

itemSupplemental Material

Forrester conducted evaluations in February and March 2005 and interviewed 10 vendor and 18 user companies, including: leading companies in the high-tech, financial services, healthcare, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, and business services industries.

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Technology: Customer Relationship Management, Information & Knowledge Management, Integration Technologies, Marketing & Advertising, Marketing Automation, Packaged Applications
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America

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