Intelligent Insight on PerformancePoint : SaaS

Intelligent Insight on PerformancePoint : SaaShttp://blogs.msdn.com/btamblyn/archive/tags/SaaS/default.aspxTags: SaaSen-GBCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)Vendor consolidation continues: Cognos acquires Celequesthttp://blogs.msdn.com/btamblyn/archive/2007/01/17/vendor-consolidation-continues-cognos-acquires-celequest.aspxWed, 17 Jan 2007 20:52:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1484361btamblyn1http://blogs.msdn.com/btamblyn/comments/1484361.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/btamblyn/commentrss.aspx?PostID=1484361<P><IMG style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" height=83 src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/btamblyn/WindowsLiveWriter/VendorconsolidationcontinuesCognosacquir_8AB9/image%7B0%7D.png" width=240 border=0 mce_src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/btamblyn/WindowsLiveWriter/VendorconsolidationcontinuesCognosacquir_8AB9/image%7B0%7D.png"> </P> <P>An interesting <A href="http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2007/0117.html" mce_href="http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2007/0117.html">acquisition</A> and evidence again of the vendor convergence going on. I've been watching <A href="http://www.celequest.com/" mce_href="http://www.celequest.com/">Celequest</A> for a while primarily because they've got a really interesting <A href="http://www.b-eye-network.com/blogs/rogers/archives/2006/10/software_as_a_s_1.php" mce_href="http://www.b-eye-network.com/blogs/rogers/archives/2006/10/software_as_a_s_1.php">SaaS offering</A> which it seems maybe one of the key drivers around this acquisition for <A href="http://www.cognos.com/" mce_href="http://www.cognos.com/">Cognos</A>.  </P> <P mce_keep="true"> </P> <DIV class=wlWriterSmartContent id=0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:0d98cb7b-6e3c-4432-a92c-3fddddc3894e contentEditable=false style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Technorati tags: <A href="http://technorati.com/tags/Business%20Intelligence" rel=tag mce_href="http://technorati.com/tags/Business%20Intelligence">Business Intelligence</A>, <A href="http://technorati.com/tags/Performance%20Management" rel=tag mce_href="http://technorati.com/tags/Performance%20Management">Performance Management</A>, <A href="http://technorati.com/tags/Cognos" rel=tag mce_href="http://technorati.com/tags/Cognos">Cognos</A>, <A href="http://technorati.com/tags/Celequest" rel=tag mce_href="http://technorati.com/tags/Celequest">Celequest</A>, <A href="http://technorati.com/tags/SaaS" rel=tag mce_href="http://technorati.com/tags/SaaS">SaaS</A>, <A href="http://technorati.com/tags/BPM" rel=tag mce_href="http://technorati.com/tags/BPM">BPM</A>, <A href="http://technorati.com/tags/Competitors" rel=tag mce_href="http://technorati.com/tags/Competitors">Competitors</A></DIV><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1484361" width="1" height="1">CelequestPerformance ManagementBPMCompetitorsCognosSaaS