Business intelligence solution providers dominate this year's Dozen. While most of the industry battled through a persistently tough economy, BI was relatively hot. The reason: BI holds the promise of extracting value out of existing resources so that decision makers can bring greater efficiency and efficacy to their business. Integration software providers are also well represented; excellence in middleware for data, application, and business processes has become paramount.
The choices are always tough and always kick up strong debate. In the New Year, we look forward to hearing which IT solution providers you think should be on the list. We know the truth is out there.
1. Cognos Inc.
2. BEA Systems Inc.
3. Informatica Corp.
4. Business Objects
5. Hyperion Corp.
6. IBM Corp.
7. Microsoft Corp.
8. SAS
9. Information Builders Inc.
10. MicroStrategy Inc.
11. NCR's Teredata Division
12. SAP AG
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