Hugh McKellar List Quotations

The 100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management list is our annual opportunity to recognize the companies we believe best exemplify the ideals of true knowledge management - the ones whose products and services continue to fundamentally transform the way organizations operate. These companies meet the needs of our readership in solving critical business problems, and they are united by one quality: they listen to their customers. Long gone are the days of developing elegant software in a vacuum and expecting the world to beat a path to your door. Decision makers and users grow more savvy each year, and these companies realize that the key to adding value is staying close to their customers.

Criteria for inclusion differ, of course, as do the technologies recognized, but all companies share the following: Each has helped to create a market, redefine one or enhance one, and all of them demonstrate the capacity for customer-driven agile innovation. Compilation of the list is a year-long, collaborative but informal process with vendors, analysts and colleagues.

The list is conceived as a way to recognize organizations that have significant impact on the knowledge management space. We selected X1 because it is quickly building a list of prominent customers and technology partnerships to offer a very effective enterprise desktop search platform.

The list is conceived as a way to recognize some of the organizations leading the way in the knowledge economy. It's designed to encourage a broader discussion of knowledge management. Criteria for inclusion differ, of course, as do the technologies recognized, but all companies share the following: Each has helped to create a market, redefine one or enhance one, and all of them demonstrate the capacity for customer-driven agile innovation.

The list was conceived as a way to recognize some of the organizations leading the way in the knowledge economy. Sane Solutions continues to redefine and enhance the Web analytics market with their dedication to innovation in knowledge management. Its inclusion in this list for a second year in a row is well deserved.