Spreadsheet Evaluation
This evaluation discusses criteria to consider when evaluating BI suites Office add-ins and export capabilities.

The BI Market
Business intelligence and the sub markets defined. Lists vendor products per sub market, serving as a necessary guide for comparing like-for-like products and seeing the breadth of individual vendor offerings.

Blank BIScorecard^®
This spreadsheet provides a detailed list of 100+ criteria to consider when selecting or standardizing on a BI product. As a complementary download, product scores are blank. Subscribers can access the completed scores under Subscriber Content.

Enterprise Business Intelligence:
Strategies and Technologies for Deploying BI on an Enterprise Scale

Here's the Deal:
Negotiating BI contracts

Methodology for Selecting and Evaluating BI Tools

BIScorecard® Strategic and Product Summary Report
The BIScorecard® Strategic and Product Summary highlights strategic criteria to consider when evaluating vendors and major product modules. Scores and analysis are provided for eight leading vendors.
Updated	Criteria	Pages	TOC	Price	Purchase
7/29/2008	15	23		$895
Latest Quarterly Update			4		(Only available with yearly subscription)

BIScorecard^® Detail (Only available with yearly subscription)
A detailed list of 100+ criteria to consider when selecting or standardizing on a BI product. Capabilities are scored green/yellow/red so you can easily see comparative strengths and weaknesses. Use the scorecard in conjunction with the textual explanations to ensure you understand the criteria and vendor capabilities.

Criteria
In order to evaluate BI products, companies need to understand the benefits that the features intend to provide. Why should you care if a product has "banded reports" or "multi-pass SQL?" The following documents explain the meaning and importance of the criteria in the scorecards.

	Title	Criteria	Pages	TOC	Price	Purchase
	Search & BI		9		$95
	Query	26	12		$95
	Reporting	27	9		$95
	Information Delivery
	Spreadsheet	19	8		$95
	OLAP Evaluation Criteria		12		$195
	Administration	13	6		$95
	Architecture
	Suite Integration	6	11		$195

Vendors and Products
Vendors fulfill the above criteria in different ways. Each of the following evaluations explains how the vendor delivers (or fails to deliver) a particular benefit, corresponding to the scores in the BIScorecard^® spreadsheet. In addition to a detailed review per functional area, the vendor overview analysis provides a summary of the vendor's strengths and challenges in the marketplace, a summary scorecard, and BI Best Fit.

	Title		Pages	TOC	Price	Purchase
	SAP Business Objects
		SAP BusinessObjects XI 3.1 Overview	7		$295
		Business Objects' Dashboards	6		$495
		Crystal Reports 2008	14		$195
		XI Release 2 Query, Reporting, Analysis	20		$795
		XI Release 1 Detailed	44		$795
	Cognos
		Cognos 8.3 Overview	5		$295
		Query, Reporting, Analysis	20		$795
		Cognos 8 Dashboards	14		$495
	Hyperion
		System 9 Overview	5		$295
		System 9 Interactive Reporting	16		$795
		SmartView Office Add-In	3		$195
		Performance Suite 8.3	20		$795
	Information Builders
		Information Builders Overview	5		$295
		WebFOCUS InfoAssist	9		$495
		WebFOCUS Query & Reporting	21		$895
	Microsoft
		Microsoft BI & PerformancePoint Overview	8		$295
		Microsoft Reporting Services Report Builder	7		$495
	MicroStrategy
		MicroStrategy 8.1 Overview	6		$295
		MicroStrategy 8.0 Detailed	20		$895
		First Look-Dynamic Enterprise Dashboards	2		Only available with yearly subscription
	Oracle
		Oracle BI Enterprise Edition Overview	6		$295
	QlikTech
		QlikView Overview	8		$295
	SAP
		SAP NetWeaver BI Overview	5		$295
	SAS
		SAS BI Overview	5		$295
		SAS BI Dashboard	7		$495
		SAS BI Detailed	19		$895