Overview
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“Traditionally BI was just for senior executives and analysts, but many enterprises are extending their BI platform capabilities throughout the organisation to operational workers and managers.” Gartner Magic Quadrant Report, January 2006 RSinteract, from business data specialists ICS, builds on SQL Server 2000 and 2005 to deliver business intelligence across the whole enterprise – putting information in the hands of the user rather than confining it to business analysts and senior managers. Simple to install and learn it is flexible enough to deliver tangible results in weeks, without needing expensive per seat licences or costly BI skills. It maximises the return on existing investment in Microsoft technology and adds value at all levels of the organisation. SQL Server 2000 provides a full business intelligence platform, free of charge. SQL Server 2005 extends the BI suite even further to bring Microsoft into direct competition with the major BI vendors. Regardless of an organisation’s preferred database platform(s), SQL Server can now be used as a low cost alternative to the likes of Business Objects and Cognos, and with RSinteract, BI can be taken to the masses affordably and easily for the first time. RSinteract sits within the Reporting Services module of SQL Server, providing business users and Management Information professionals alike with the ability to build, edit and interact with Reporting Services reports on SQL Server and Oracle relational data and Analysis Services/ Unified Dimensional Model (UDM) cubes, without any specialist skills. Designed with all business users in mind, not just those with technical or data skills, RSinteract is an incredibly powerful product that can be used at all levels of an organisation for decision support and analysis. RSinteract is a major step towards the democratisation of information - deployed via a standard web browser, with no plug-ins or downloads, and simple low cost licensing options. |
