Who needs RSinteract?

“If you’re using or thinking of using Reporting Services in SQL Server 2000 / 2005, RSinteract is a ‘must have’ product”

Any organisation that has SQL Server 2000 or 2005 has a ready-made Business Intelligence solution that competes with the main self-contained BI vendors (Business Objects, Cognos, Hyperion(Oracle) etc.). However, many organisations view SQL Server purely as a transactional database platform. Using SQL Server and RSinteract organisations can get away from some of the problems faced with the big BI vendors. These include:

• Poor or non-existent direct access to information by business people.
• Poor or zero interactivity with data by business users for day-to-day decision support.
• Bottlenecks in IS and IT departments with requests for new reports and information.
• Lack of self-service capability meaning information provided to the business is often incorrect or out of date due to ever-changing business requirements.
• Exponential cost increases as more business users are added to the system.
• Restriction of information and decision support facilities to employees, business partners and customers because of deployment and cost issues.
• Huge infrastructure setup time and costs as all-encompassing data “universes” must be created for a BI solution to begin to deliver any business benefit.

Microsoft SQL Server is now the platform for BI, positioned by Gartner in the BI magic quadrant as the prime challenger to long established players such as Business Objects and Cognos. RSinteract is a “no-brainer” for anyone using or thinking of using Reporting Services within SQL Server. It allows for the rapid building, editing and interaction with Reporting Services reports by business users as well as IS professionals.