The Business Intelligence/Performance
Management AXIS,
Q1 2009

Aberdeen Group classifies “performance management software” as a product segment that exists within the overall Business Intelligence (BI) software market. Performance Management (PM) capabilities are comprised of a mix of practices, processes, disciplines and technologies that, when combined, provide a company with greater visibility into performance drivers and the ability to better manage decisions and actions that affect company performance.

Businesses thrive or fail based on their ability to identify, define, track and act upon Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that provide a visual representation of how the company is performing. Executives and line of business management are increasingly feeling the pressure to establish the right KPIs across financial, operational, process and organizational areas of the business. Companies that have addressed performance management have enabled timelier and more accurate decisions and forecasts and ultimately have improved performance and the ability to meet corporate goals. The faster and more accurately that performance metrics can be analyzed, and acted upon, the better the chance an organization has for success. Based on Aberdeen’s research, Dundas, Microsoft, Oracle, and QlikTech are the top performing performance management software solution providers when it comes to the value they have delivered to customers and the Market Readiness of the vendors themselves. This report is intended to help facilitate an understanding and selection of performance management solutions for end-user organizations.