Today's organizations require a best-of-breed performance management platform. Information Builders' Performance Management Framework is a powerful, comprehensive solution that facilitates the effective, efficient management of both financial and operational performance across an entire enterprise. This paper will discuss:

• Why it is critical to implement an independent performance management layer in your technology environment
• Investigate the specific drawbacks of both a multivendor and mega vendor approach to performance management
• Analyze a key issue with some of today's most popular performance management systems – an inability to effectively address the different needs of varied audiences within a company