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	February 7, 2007 Business Performance Solutions: The Competition Heats Up by Paul D. Hamerman with Sharyn Leaver, J. Paul Kirby, Connie Moore, Elisse Gaynor	Average: 7  (4 ratings)

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Executive Summary

Adoption of applications for planning, measuring, and reporting business performance is growing rapidly as companies focus on aligning their growth and operating strategies with individual performance measures and compliance requirements. We project that the business performance solutions (BPS) market will grow by 11% through 2010, with faster growth in measurement tools. This applications market has recently been dominated by business intelligence (BI) vendors, while the major enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors have struggled to gain traction among their own core installed bases. The growth opportunity in this market is not only driven by metrics-based management requirements but also by the aging and fragmented state of existing applications, both packaged and homegrown. Recognizing an opportunity, Microsoft will enter this market in 2007, potentially disrupting the competitive dynamics and accelerating growth.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Business Performance Information Suffers From Fragmented Apps
• Today's Business Performance Solution Market: Acronym Soup
• The BPS Market Is Poised For Rapid Growth
• Software Vendors Beef Up BPS Product Suites

RECOMMENDATIONS

• Technology Solutions Depend On Processes And People

WHAT IT MEANS

• Packaged Business Performance Will Continue To Lag Custom approaches
• Supplemental Material
• Related Research Documents

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