Synergy Computing, in conjunction with Cognos SA, has launched Visualizer, the fastest selling business intelligence tool launched so far by Cognos in the US, and will be hosting breakfast seminars in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town to illustrate the product's capabilities.
Visualizer, the newest addition to Cognos' business intelligence (BI) solution stable, brings the power of visualisation to the business user's desktop, giving managers and other decision-makers the ability to explore high-impact, multi-metric visual presentations of their corporate data in a format that can be easily understood.
"Through the use of visuals such as maps and 3D charts, the mind's ability to quickly track trends and anomalies is enhanced," says Peter Gerson, country manager at Cognos locally. "Recognising this, Visualizer allows users to animate their charts and maps, drill down to more detail within the chart itself, or drill through to other reports to get the level of information they require."
In addition, Visualiser fully supports transaction and OLAP reporting and analysis by offering drill-through to Cognos' Impromptu and Powerplay products, both on the client and web versions. Another feature enjoyed by Visualizer is its ability to plot multiple performance measures in one chart, which makes for easy scorecarding.
Rob Engels, chairman of Synergy Computing and former senior vice-president of Cognos, says the introduction of Visualizer presents an exciting opportunity for users to gain simultaneous views of key performance measures in order to accelerate their understanding of complex data.
"We hope that by attending our upcoming breakfast seminar delegates will see enough of Visualizer's capabilities to warrant further investigation and discussion," said Engels, who will address delegates at the seminar. Gerson, another speaker at the event, will look at the latest international trends in business intelligence, with specific reference to e-business.
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Synergy Computing
Founded in 1978, Synergy Computing, is well established as an end-to-end business intelligence solutions provider. The company was recently in the news when senior staff, together with a consortium of investors, bought all the shares in Synergy from Integrated Technology Holdings.
Cognos
Cognos is the world's largest and most successful vendor of enterprise business intelligence solutions that leverage Internet technology to make information easily accessible to everyone in your enterprise. Founded in 1969, Cognos does business in more than 120 countries and employs some 2,600 people worldwide. With more than 2 million BI licenses in over 16,000 organisations worldwide, Cognos solutions are licensed for use by a wide range of customers, including Global 3000 corporations.
Our business intelligence solutions and services are sold directly and are also available from more than 3,000 worldwide partners and resellers and supported by an experienced field force of more than 1,400 customer-facing personnel. For more information visit: http://www.cognos.com
Seminars
To give you insight into the difference Visualizer can make to your data management, Synergy Computing is hosting breakfast seminars, starting at 08:00, Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town. Details are as follows:
Johannesburg Tuesday, 24 April The Inanda Club
Durban Wednesday, 25 April Durban Country Club
Cape Town Thursday, 26 April Kelvin Grove Club
Anyone interested in attending can reserve a place by phoning Coral Thorpe on (021) 685-7809 or e-mail her at coral@synergy.co.za before 18 April. Please note that pre-registration is compulsory.