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Birst Now Available on Salesforce.com's Force.com AppExchange
Next-Generation, On-Demand BI Solution Brings Fast, Flexible Insight to Salesforce Customers Interested in Solutions for Enterprise and Sales Analytics
| Source: Birst
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - June 16, 2009) - Birst, the leading provider of on-demand
business intelligence and analytics, today announced that its sales and
enterprise analytics solutions are now available on the Force.com
AppExchange.
In its recent software release, Birst made available Salesforce Connect, a
data connector that allows salesforce.com customers to easily analyze their
Salesforce CRM data, including custom objects, within Birst. Since the
solution also allows business users to analyze data from other systems,
such as marketing, finance, and operations, along with their Salesforce CRM
data, Birst provides a uniquely comprehensive view of a customer's
business. The Birst solution has been chosen by Salesforce CRM customers to
analyze and report on critical business information.
"We needed to go beyond traditional Salesforce CRM reporting," said Sean
Wedige, Vice President of Sales Technical Operations at Rackspace Hosting,
a leading provider of hosting services and a Birst customer. "Birst was the
only vendor that we believed could quickly get us a powerful business
intelligence solution that not only handles custom objects, but also
combines information from other systems. We looked at all of the
analytical offerings on AppExchange, and none met our cost and
time-to-market needs as well as Birst could."
"Birst's Salesforce Connect represents a breakthrough for salesforce.com
customers looking to go beyond the basic reporting available in their CRM
solution," said Brad Peters, CEO of Birst. "Not only can they get more
advanced and flexible CRM analysis and reporting, but they can fully
analyze their custom information and information from other systems. A
comprehensive view is finally available, so that managers can better
understand critical metrics, like leads to forecast to actual, or how the
pipeline is trending over time."
Salesforce Connect is available to all levels of Birst customers, including
users of the introductory free version, Birst Free. Birst also offers
rapid implementation services for custom deployments and has a network of
systems integrator partners to assist with implementations.
About Birst
Birst™ is the leading provider of on-demand business intelligence
solutions. Birst brings the benefits of fact-based decision-making to a
much broader audience by making it affordable, fast, and easy to use. Birst
is designed to support users of all sizes -- from individuals to groups and
entire companies, so that everyone can benefit from greater insight into
their business.
For more information, please visit www.birst.com/salesforce.