The following is what the company says about competition.
"The market for our products is intensely competitive, subject to rapid
change and significantly affected by new product introductions and other market
activities of industry participants. E.piphany's integrated software solution
competes against providers of decision support and data warehousing software,
enterprise application software, and campaign management software. Our
competitors include companies that sell:
- decision support and data warehousing software such as Brio Technology,
Business Objects, Cognos, Informatica and Sagent Technology
- enterprise application software such as i2 Technologies and Siebel
Systems, and
- campaign management software such as Exchange Applications and Prime
Response.
In addition, enterprise application software vendors such as Oracle,
PeopleSoft and SAP are beginning to offer decision support and analytic modules,
although they typically tend to support only the analysis of data from their own
operational systems. We may also face competition from vendors of collaborative
filtering solutions, such as Net Perceptions and Rightpoint Software, Inc.
Many of our competitors have longer operating histories, significantly
greater financial, technical, marketing, or other resources, or greater name
recognition than we do. Our competitors may be able to respond more quickly to
new or emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements. Competition
could seriously harm our ability to sell additional software, maintenance and
support renewals, and services on terms favorable to us. Competitive pressures
could reduce our market share or require us to reduce the price of products and
services, any of which could materially and adversely affect our business,
financial condition and operating results.
We compete on the basis of certain factors, including:
- product performance
- product features
- user scalability
- open architecture
- ease of use
- product reliability
- analytic capabilities
- time to market
- customer support, and
- product pricing.
We believe that we presently compete favorably with respect to each of
these factors. However, the market for our products is still rapidly evolving,
and we may not be able to compete successfully against current and potential
competitors."-Source:Ostman |
