MINNEAPOLIS, MN and SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - July 29, 2009) - eiVia, a Business
Intelligence company focusing on predictive analytics, and Birst, a leading
provider of on-demand solutions for business intelligence (BI) and
analytics, today announced they are partnering to deliver easy-to-use and
affordable predictive analytics, interactive modeling, and reporting. The
new, flexible solutions will increase the accuracy of client models and
forecasts to improve business planning and provide effective decision
support.
"In today's business climate, companies are making huge decisions that will
affect them for years to come. They're scrambling to understand where they
are now, and struggling to decide what to do next," said Richard Tanler,
CEO of eiVia. "Birst's analytics and reporting help answer key business
questions such as 'What happened?' and 'Why?,' while eiVia answers
questions like 'What will happen?,' 'What if?,' and 'What's best?' With
these combined, complementary technologies, companies can be confident that
they have the full range information and analysis they need to effectively
support decision-making."
eiVia's core technology, the Enterprise Spreadsheet, provides all the
benefits -- and more -- of the desktop spreadsheet, without its pitfalls.
Many companies still rely on the desktop spreadsheet as their primary BI
tool because it provides users with the capability to enter or change
information needed for analysis, interactively model different scenarios,
and share results with others. However, desktop spreadsheets lack security,
accuracy, consistency, and data transparency. eiVia's technology addresses
these issues with a browser accessible spreadsheet that provides secure
information sharing, supports user collaboration and data consolidation,
and maintains a complete audit trail. eiVia clients include industry
leaders such as Hormel.
eiVia will integrate its technology with Birst's easy-to-use, innovative
analysis and reporting solution. Birst delivers power combined with
simplicity by providing automated data processing and easily customized
dashboards, along with the analytical depth clients need to perform "slice
and dice" and trend analyses. Because the new, joint solutions will be
based on the on-demand technologies of both partners, users will not need
to purchase any hardware or build or maintain data warehouses. Clients can
be up and running quickly for a faster ROI, and can easily expand
deployments to meet changing business needs. These flexible solutions will
provide the ability to combine and leverage a wide variety of internal and
external data sources and will span virtually all types of businesses:
-- Marketing Analysis and Planning
-- Field Sales Forecasting
-- Demand Management
-- Human Resources Planning
-- Operational Planning
-- Financial Modeling
"It's not every day that technologies as well-matched as these are combined
to create a set of affordable, easy-to-use solutions," said Randi DiPrima,
Vice President of Global Partners, Birst. "And it's certainly not every day
that those solutions can truly change a company's future prospects for
success."
About eiVia
eiVia develops and markets Business Intelligence Analytic Applications
focused on delivering solutions to answer a business manager's most
difficult questions: "Why?" "What If?" and "What's Best?" Our analytic
solutions provide customers with Actionable Business Intelligence, the
applications that support day to day operational decisions. To learn more
about eiVia, please visit
www.eivia.com or email
info@eivia.com.
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.
Learn more at
www.Birst.com. Learn more about the Birst Partner Program at
www.birst.com/partners/index
Contact Information: For more information, contact:
Liz Haas
Atomic
birst(at)atomicpr.com
(415) 402-0230
Richard Tanler
eiVia
rtanler(at)eiVia.com
(952) 746-7822