- OutlookSoft
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OutlookSoft Corporation was a Stamford, Connecticut based software company with products for business performance management including planning, consolidation, forecasting, budgeting, dashboards, predictive analytics and reporting. Along with OutlookSoft, other vendors in the performance management space include SAS, Cognos and Business Objects.
In 2006, OutlookSoft was named in the top 25% in Deloitte's Technology Fast 500[1] and in the same year, was sued by competitor, Hyperion, over software patents, winning a dismissal in October 2006 as the jury found no patent infringement and subsequently ruled the patents ineligible for claim.[2] In June 2007, OutlookSoft was acquired by SAP AG as a part of SAP's strategy to challenge Oracle Corporation.[3] Although the purchase price was never disclosed, estimates placed it between $200 and $400 million.[4]
OutlookSoft's largest product was revamped as SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) after acquisition by SAP AG.
References
- ^ "OutlookSoft Named in the Top 25 Percent of Fastest Growing Companies in North America on Deloitte's 2006 Technology Fast 500". Business Wire. 2006-10-19. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-24272260_ITM. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
- ^ "OutlookSoft Victorious in Hyperion Case". CBR. 2006-09-21. http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=DDAD6926-6566-4B46-91A4-4A77258217FC. Retrieved 2008-05-03.[dead link]
- ^ "German business software maker SAP to buy OutlookSoft in latest shot at Oracle - International Herald Tribune". International Herald Tribune. 2007-05-08. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/08/business/NA-FIN-US-SAP-OutlookSoft.php. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
- ^ Soule, Alexander (2008-03-17). "Financial Mitosis". Fairfield County Business Journal. http://www.allbusiness.com/company-activities-management/company-structures-ownership/8956639-1.html. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
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