Vendor Selection Criteria
We have selected three vendors to provide the information systems necessary for our propose initiative:
BEA Systems
IBM
Microsoft
The following criteria has been identified as critical to the vendor selection according to Forrestor:

The following table illustrates how BEA, IBM, and Microsoft each perform against the criteria identified above:

The following graph illustrates where BEA, IBM, and Microsoft fall based on the strength of their current offering as well as the strength of their strategy:
