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BPM For The Masses

When microsoft throws a party, people tend to show up. but with the release of microsoft's new BPM tool, midsize companies have a long list of considerations to make, starting with cost and functionality

By Dave Lindorff | Updated on February 01, 2007

Microsoft, the company that managed to put its operating system into 95% of the computers on the planet, is now hoping to put its PerformancePoint Server application in every midsize business in the country. It has its work cut out for it.

First, business performance management (BPM) is a relatively new concept for the middle market–only 10% to 20% of middle market companies use the tool–so there will be the inevitable education process. Second, Microsoft is far from the only company to recognize the potential in midsize players. Business Objects is a regular in the middle market, but now even the likes of Hyperion and the ERP vendors are figuring out how to make their BPM/BI products work for midsize enterprises.

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