6. A recent white paper titled “Business Intelligence and Enterprise Performance Management: Trends for Midsize Companies” by Oracle (see oracle.com/appserver/business-

intelligence/hyperion-financial-performancemanagement/

docs/bi-epm-trends-for-emerging-businesses.

pdf) compares the BI and performance management practices of middle-sized and large-sized companies. First, in the survey, what is a middle-sized company? Second, what sorts of practices are they surveying? Based on the survey results, what are some of the similarities and differences between the practices of the two types of companies? What conclusions and advice do they give to vendors?