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Business Objects to Acquire ALG Software

September 13, 2006 5:45 AM
From Blog: Craig Schiff

I just read this announcement and the first thought that comes to mind is: why? ALG is known for planning applications built around activity-based costing (ABC) methodologies. More recently vendors of this type of application have marketed it as 'profit optimization' or 'profitability management'. The reason is that ABC has gone in and out of favor, mainly because it requires the collection of detailed costing data that many companies find difficult to accomplish, although once you make the effort there is significant payback. ALG is a niche player in the business performance management (BPM)market dominated by the likes of Hyperion and Cognos. Business Objects entered this market with the acquisition of SRC Software last year. Combining SRCs performance applications with its own BI tools Business Objects had the opportunity to join the top ranks of BPM vendors. However, that hasn't quite happened.

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