AST Enterprise Solutions Management (ESM), a business unit of the AST Group, has announced the release of Brio Software`s Brio Performance Suite 8, which is the first product to answer the market`s demand for a fully integrated business intelligence and enterprise reporting tool.
AST ESM, as sole distributor for Brio Software in southern Africa, is able to provide clients with the broadest toolset for the creation, management and distribution of enterprise information with Brio Performance Suite 8, through combining the knowledge discovery and interactivity of Brio`s business intelligence technologies with the authoring and publishing capabilities of Brio`s SQR reporting tools.
"Brio`s vision is to bring business intelligence to the masses, as the only business intelligence vendor with an enterprise reporting product, Brio is uniquely qualified to combine the best of both worlds and lead the convergence of these two technologies," explains Andrew Cook of AST ESM.
According to Gartner research, "enterprise business intelligence suites and robust reporting have remained distinct for years, yet have competed for many of the same clients. Now, at last, there are definite signs that the two will become one. Primary causes of this convergence include a desire for: a reduction in the complexity of systems; improved ease of use and integration for these overlapping technologies; and decreased costs of support, licence fees, maintenance and training."
"Brio has been widely recognised by industry analysts as a leader in the business intelligence market. With Brio Performance Suite 8, it has advanced the product`s intuitive interface while adding a powerful underlying enterprise-ready architecture to tie everything together," adds Cook. "The new offering is simple enough to be installed, implemented and maintained by a small department, but also has the high-performing infrastructure that will scale to the needs of an organisation of any size.
"Our clients are looking for analytic solutions that combine the problem solving capabilities of ad hoc query and analysis, enterprise reporting and metrics-based analysis," concludes Cook. "Giving knowledge workers more options for solving complex business issues with existing information assets, ultimately leads to business performance improvements."
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