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Seagate Software previews Web analysis reporting tool

By PR Connections
Johannesburg, 13 Feb 2001

Enterprise reporting and analysis vendor, Seagate Software, has unveiled its new analytic reporting tool, Crystal Analysis Professional.

While still in beta phase, Crystal Analysis Professional provides an organisation`s diverse users with a Web-based, interactive environment to exploit the functionality of multidimensional sources such as Hyperion Essbase, IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, SAP BW and analytical application servers such as Seagate Holos.

"Crystal Analysis Professional enables flexible reporting against OLAP data sources, including the easy creation of analytic reporting applications," says Inthiaz Cassimjee, country manager, Africa and Middle East at Seagate Software.

The next-generation zero-client technology, based on XML and DHTML, ensures the fast, cost-effective, and manageable deployment of highly interactive and easily navigable information to end-users.

"Crystal Analysis Pro is a feature-rich tool that gives users simple analytic reporting and intuitive data visualisation capabilities for critical decision support, all in a timely and accurate manner," he adds, saying that the application will assist users to quickly realise competitive advantage with better, faster decision-making.

Designed as a seamless content creation add-on to the Crystal Enterprise suite, Crystal Analysis Professional allows organisations to analytic reporting as part of a mission-critical infrastructure for enterprise reporting and information delivery.

"Combined with Crystal Enterprise, Crystal Analysis Pro offers companies a cost effective reporting and analysis infrastructure," Cassimjee concludes.

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Seagate Software, a subsidiary of Seagate Technology, Inc., develops integrated business intelligence applications, which include Seagate Analysis, Seagate Crystal Reports, Seagate Holos, and Seagate Info. Seagate Software can be found on the Web at http://www.seagatesoftwar.com.

Seagate Technology, Inc. is a leading provider of technology and products enabling people to store, access, and manage information. The Company is committed to providing best-in-class products to help people get information when, where and how they want it. Seagate is the world`s largest manufacturer of disc drives, magnetic discs and read-write heads, and an innovator in tape drives and software. Seagate can be found around the globe and at http://www.seagate.com.