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Solutions Will Combine Alinean IT Value Management
and Hyperion Business Performance Management Solutions
ORLANDO, Fla. (August 16, 2005)— Alinean,
Inc., the market-leading provider of IT benchmarking and ROI
measurement tools, today announced a partnership with Hyperion,
the global leader in Business Performance Management, to provide
solutions that will help CIOs make intelligent IT buying
decisions. Working with Hyperion, Alinean will help Global
2000 companies better leverage their IT investments to support
overall business performance by capturing the hard-dollar impact
of IT investments across the entire organization.
The new solutions will combine Alinean’s ground-breaking
Return on IT (ROIT™) research and ROI/TCO benchmarking
tools with Hyperion’s advanced analytics, quantifying the
business value of current and proposed technology solutions based
on the industry’s largest database of real-world metrics.
“Measuring business value beyond a simple ROI is a key
issue for CIOs,” said Bill Gaylord, vice president corporate
development for Hyperion. “This synergy gives decision-makers
deep analysis – including competitive comparison – for
IT investment measurement and post-implementation ROI calculation.”
Companies using Alinean’s IT Value Management software
achieve more than three times the return on IT investments than
competing companies receive, by maximizing, measuring and managing
the business impact of IT for all stakeholders. Hyperion’s
customer base of 10,000 organizations includes 91 of the Fortune
100, providing the industry’s most proven business intelligence
solutions integrated with ROIT data.
“Global 2000 companies can quickly determine which IT
investments are likely to best contribute to shareholder value
and business goals over time,” said Bill Johnston, Alinean’s
president and IT Value Management practice leader. “Hyperion’s
multidimensional analytics allow us to provide companies with
the deepest visibility into the performance of their IT initiatives.”
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About Alinean
Alinean develops software tools to prove and improve
the value of IT investments. The company’s founding team
pioneered the concept of interactive ROI and TCO software in
1994, developing award-winning solutions for leading IT vendors
and consultants. Its research methodologies and software tools
are used by analyst firms, vendors and enterprises, and have
helped justify billions of dollars in IT spending and derived
value. For more information, visit www.alinean.com or
call 407.382.0005.
For Media Inquiries:
Megan Boyaval
Corporate Ink
617.969.9192
mboyaval@corporateink.com
For Company Inquiries:
Jan Jahosky
Alinean
407.331.4699
jjahosky@alinean.com
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