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Business Intelligence and Enterprise Performance Management: Trends for Midsize Companies

Overview Hyperion's 2007 survey (2007 Business Finance Hyperion Mid-Enterprise Survey) of requirements for Business Intelligence (BI) and Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) solutions revealed the differences in requirements, evaluation criteria, and purchase influencers between midsize companies and large enterprises. With a heavy reliance on spreadsheets to support EPM processes, top investment areas for midsize companies include budgeting and planning as well as management reporting solutions. Executive influence plays a significant role in selecting software, and ease-of-use and pricing are key evaluation criteria.

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Publisher	Oracle	File Format	PDF
Date Published	July 2008
Format	White Papers
Topics	Business Intelligence - Data Warehousing

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