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Patrick Bensabat, CEO of Business & Decision, comments "Business Intelligence is our original area of expertise. We have been implementing BI solutions for more than 17 years and have seen it become an essential strategic component for clients. Our success is based upon the fact that BI has remained a discipline that requires specialists. The successful implementation of a BI or CPM (Corporate Performance Management) initiative requires the ability to manage a mix of complex technical and functional projects, often with an international dimension. We are very privileged to be among the thirteen consulting and systems integration companies that were evaluated in the report."

Business & Decision delivers specific expertise and innovative BI and EPM (Enterprise Performance Management) technologies to its customers. Moreover Business & Decision provides a global knowledge of processes and has the ability to link these to emerging technologies;

• Management processes (Finance, HR, purchasing, marketing, trade, processes that are specific to each activity area, etc.) with their respective business or regulatory issues.
• Operational or performance management processes.

BI and EPM projects delivered by Business & Decision provide companies with visibility via relevant key indicators, administrative productivity improvement, targeted reporting and scorecards and predictive analysis capabilities.

Business & Decision has also been covered in the Gartner BI, Performance Management and Information Management Services Vendor Guide for 2009**.

(*) Gartner, Inc. « The Magic Quadrant for Global Business Intelligence and Performance Management Service Providers, 2009 » by Alex Soejarto, Susanne Matson and Neil Chandler, 10th December 2009.

(**) Gartner, Inc. « The Gartner BI, PM and IM Services Vendor Guide » by Susanne Matson, Neil Chandler, Alex Soejarto and Twiggy Lo, 10th September 2009.

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About Business & Decision

Business & Decision is an international Consulting and Systems Integration (CSI) company. It is a leader in Business Intelligence (BI) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and a major player in e-Business, Enterprise Information Management (EIM), Enterprise Solutions as well as Management Consulting. Business & Decision contributes to the success of customer projects by driving maximum business performance. The company has a reputation for functional and technological expertise and has forged partnerships with all of the key technology vendors.

Located in 19 countries, Business & Decision currently employs more than 2700 people worldwide.

Additional information is available at www.businessdecision.com

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