SAN MATEO, Calif—(BusinessWire)—October 22, 2007—Ventana Research today announced the winners of the Ventana Research 2007 Performance Management Leadership Awards. The awards recognize organizations that have demonstrated leadership in orchestrating people, process, information and technology – the cornerstones of Performance Management – for optimal business impact. 

Award finalists were chosen by an expert research team of Ventana Research, by scoring the submissions based on overall best practices plus alignment of people, process, information and technology and business impact. The Leadership Awards for overall Performance Management and 10 categories span from BI to contact center performance management.   The categories, winners, finalists and software suppliers are:

Overall Performance Management Leadership Award
• Miami-Dade County, Florida, using ActiveStrategy (Winner)
• FAA, using Actuate
• Seagate Technology, using Softscape

Finance Performance Leadership Award
• RBC Financial Group, using Teradata (Winner)
• Best Buy, using Cognos
• Radiology Imaging Associates, using Datawatch

Operational Performance Leadership Award
• Kaiser Permanente, using ActiveStrategy (Winner)
• Deutsche Bank
• NCR Corporation, using Teradata

Operational Performance Leadership Award – Contact Center
• JP Morgan Chase, using Enkata (Winner)
• Conseco, using Verint
• International Cruise & Excursions, Inc. (ICE) using Aspect Software

Operational Performance Leadership Award – Customer
• ENECO Energie, using Cognos (Winner)
• eCourier, using SeeWhy

Operational Performance Leadership Award – Sales
• Innovex Quintiles, using ForceLogix (Winner)
• IronPort Systems, using Xactly Corporation
• WageWorks, using Xactly Corporation

Operational Performance Leadership Award – Supply Chain
• Linksys,Inc.,  using Symphony Metreo (Winner)
• aravato service, using Cognos
• Esselte Corporation, using Datawatch

IT Performance Leadership Award
• SHOP.COM, using ProactiveNet (Winner)
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, using Netuitive
• JP Morgan Chase, using HyPerformix

Technology Leadership Award – Business Intelligence
• RLPTechnologies, using Jaspersoft (Winner)
• Compassion International, using Cognos
• University of Utah Healthcare, using FAST

Technology Leadership Award – Information Management
• Nationwide Insurance, using Kalido (Winner)
• Defense Acquisition University, using Informatica
• Frontier Airlines, using Greenplum

Technology Leadership Award – Operational Intelligence
• Berner Foods, using CDC Software (Winner)
• Tnuva, using Verix

“The Performance Management Leadership Awards highlight companies that exemplify leadership and show the value of successfully adopting best practices to improve performance.” said Mark Smith, CEO and EVP Research, Ventana Research. “The nominations this year were phenomenal.  All the Leadership Award finalists are to be congratulated for aligning business and IT to accelerate growth and improve their competitiveness.” 

To learn more about these Performance Management leaders, please contact clientservices@ventanaresearch.com. 

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