Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute

Lugano-Switzerland, 27thJanuary 2010

BOARD International, the world leader in the Business Intelligence (BI) and Corporate Performance Management (CPM) toolkit space, announces that it has been positioned in the Gartner 2010 Magic Quadrant for Corporate Performance Management (CPM) Suites.

The research evaluates Corporate Performance Management vendors by their completeness of vision and ability to execute on that vision.

Criteria range from overall business viability, customer experience and operations capabilities to market understanding, product strategy and innovation. BOARD was one of 13 CPM Suites evaluated in the report worldwide.

"We are honoured to be positioned by Gartner in the Magic Quadrant for CPM" comments Giovanni Grossi, Chief Executive Officer of Board International,

"We believe our positioning in the Magic Quadrant reflects our capability to provide our customers with a single integrated platform for Business Intelligence and Performance Management and to build customized CPM solutions quickly and cost effectively."

"In 2009" adds Giovanni Grossi "we have further strengthened our offering, thanks to the release of BOARD 7.1. The new product version provides Self-Service Analysis and Reporting, Interactive Visualization, and Advanced Office Integration totally based on the latest .Net technology: a groundbreaking innovation in the BI and CPM space"

"BOARD continues to build momentum, with an above average growth in the CPM market." points out Andrea Alfieri, Head of Marketing of Board International "We see more and more interest in BOARD's ability to deliver user self-service analysis and reporting and to provide all-in-one BI and CPM. These capabilities remain a key and recognized differentiator for our offering."

About the Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2010 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

*Magic Quadrant for Corporate Performance Management [CPM] Suites,
Publication Date: 25 January 2010/ID Number: G00163218
Authors: Neil Chandler, Nigel Rayner, John E. Van Decker