This year, buyers are grading corporate performance management (CPM) suites based on their ability to provide tight integration of key modules, robust enterprise reporting tools, strong planning functionality, dashboards, and compatibility with multiple technology platforms. Successful vendors will be those that satisfy the checklist and offer customers flexibility in licensing components of their suites. Well-integrated modules will drive down up-front integration and ongoing support cost but will also enable more sound decisions that are based on consistent data. Hyperion’s acquisition of Brio and Business Objects’ acquisition of Crystal Decisions equip both vendors with a broad functionality set but also present a product integration limitation.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2117655/how-companies-are-choosing-cpm-suites-in-2004.html