ASYST International, premier Crystal Enterprise partner in SA, today announced Crystal Enterprise 9 has been released. Enterprise 9 is a new and enhanced version of its proven reporting, analysis and information delivery platform.
This new release includes a broad range of ad hoc reporting and sophisticated analytic functionality, and when combined with the extensive reporting functionality of Crystal Reports 9, provides customers with more reporting power and end-user flexibility than ever before. The outcome is unparalleled productivity and high efficiency in report creation for IT, and significant advances in end-user interactivity and analysis.
"Crystal Decisions has again advanced its business intelligence solution by blending its leading enterprise reporting tools with more sophisticated analytic functionality, including flexible ad hoc reporting," commented Dan Vesset, Analytics and Data Warehousing analyst at IDC. "The result is a solid platform and a robust toolset that should help customers expand existing deployments and service more users with Crystal Enterprise."
Crystal Enterprise 9 significantly advances Crystal Decisions` leadership in the rapidly evolving market for enterprise business intelligence solutions. New and enhanced features include:
. Significant advances in report design that speed up the development and maintenance processes by enabling sharing and re-use of common report components.
. Sophisticated zero-client ad hoc reporting and analysis to enable deep exploration of report data and Web-based report creation and modification.
. Enhanced data-driven alerting technology that automatically notifies users via e-mail if certain conditions are triggered when a report is run (eg inventory levels dropping below thresholds)
. Tighter web application integration capabilities, including new functionality for embedding business-driven report content into Java, .Net and COM applications.
For more detail, visit the "What`s New" section of the Crystal Enterprise Web site: www.crystaldecisions.com/products/crystalenterprise/whatsnew.asp
"Crystal Enterprise 9 provides one of the industry`s most scalable and reliable enterprise reporting platforms, and is specifically designed to help companies realise greater productivity and serve a broader range of business needs," added Paul Marketos, MD of ASYST International SA. "With this new version of this business intelligence solution, Crystal Decisions has significantly advanced its core strength in enterprise reporting and added a broader range of end-user interactivity and analysis capabilities. Crystal Enterprise 9 delivers the predictability, flexibility and sophisticated analytic functionality that customers demand from a mission-critical information infrastructure."
Today, more than 20 000 customers use Crystal Enterprise worldwide. Version 9 was released to a select group of customers in December 2002, under Crystal Decisions` Managed Distribution Program. Early adopter customer sites include: Aon Corporation, Carter and Burgess and Mindshare Inc.
Crystal Decisions helps reduce total cost of ownership by enabling organisations to consolidate their business intelligence investments and leverage a single standards-based solution. Versions of Crystal Enterprise are available for reliable cross platform support for both Unix (Sun Solaris and IBM AIX) and Windows 2000/NT platforms. Crystal Enterprise 9 is currently available on the Windows 2000/NT platform.
Pricing and availability
The product has a flexible pricing and licensing alternatives including named user, concurrent user and processor-based options. New packaged offerings are also available to meet the specific reporting, analysis and information delivery requirements of small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs)
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Crystal Decisions, a privately held company, is one of the world`s leading information management software companies with more than 12 million licences shipped. Since 1984, Crystal Decisions has powered winning organizations with one of the fastest ways for employees, partners and customers to access the information they need to make the best decisions and ultimately, reduce costs and increase productivity. The Crystal brand is among the most trusted names in enterprise reporting and more than 300 independent software vendors (ISVs) have standardised on Crystal Decision`s solutions. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Crystal Decisions has more than 20 offices worldwide and can be found on the Internet at www.crystaldecisions.com.
ASYST International SA is a subsidiary of UK-based ASYST International, providing experienced Consultancy, specialising in the provision and improvement of business information systems. ASYST International is an established expert in financial, business intelligence customised software systems, providing solutions to improve business efficiency, reduce operating costs and increase profits. Asyst believes in a hands-on approach, from a tailored proposal, through to the best software design and systems configuration, to providing on-going training and support. It is also the sole distributor of Access Accounts in southern Africa and a premier Crystal Enterprise partner in SA.
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