Market analysis of CPM aplications for SME

Business Intelligence is one of the fastest growing areas of computer science. Corporate Performance Management (CPM) is often referred as next-generation of Business Intelligence (BI). Recently leading vendors of BI and CPM software and applications were primarily engaged in creating products for large enterprises and corporations. However, now they have also started to aim at the segment of SMEs (small and medium enterprises). This thesis analyzes the CPM market in segment of small and medium enterprises. Introductory part deals with my own research. This research was conducted on a sample of firms from SME whose business activities are within the same industry. The research focuses on the expectations and demands from reporting tools and CPM applications. The second half of the chapter is evaluating the information obtained, which will serve in the next section. The second part introduces principles of corporate performance management (CPM), describing the basic functionality that CPM applications cover and showing which added value is offered to companies. Furthermore, this chapter focuses on market analysis and identification of the main vendors of CPM applications for small and medium-sized businesses. The final part of the chapter defines criteria for evaluating CPM tools for reporting. The final part of diploma thesis has a practical character. It describes installation and setting up BI/CPM suite of applications from two chosen vendors and shows possibilities in their tools for creating reports. Finally these reporting tools are compared by predefined criteria from the previous chapter.