-- Any Data Anywhere - Birst Live Access - Birst Unified Metadata Model - Birst Cloud Connectors -- Greater Control and Capability - Advanced ETL Services - Enhanced Administration and Catalog Management - Birst Reporting Services - Birst Alerts and Exception Reports - Birst Application Templates, including Birst for Salesforce.com -- Empowering the Business User - Smart Dashboards - Drag and Drop Pivot TablesThe key features from each of these areas are:
-- Birst Live Access The newest addition to Birst Data Services, Birst Live Access allows organizations to make direct use of pre-existing data warehouses, datamarts, or local databases, leveraging Birst's advanced analytical capabilities without having to upload data. Data stays securely behind the firewall, but can be analyzed "in the cloud" with Birst, as well as analyzed in combination with data from other uploaded sources, such as spreadsheets or uploaded databases. Birst Live Access allows sophisticated organizations to make the most of existing data resources without having to upload information to the cloud. -- Birst Advanced ETL Services Extending Birst's automated analytical data store functionality, Birst Advanced ETL Services allows organizations to create very sophisticated and layered data transformations that traditionally have required complex and expensive on-premise ETL tools. Fully integrated into Birst's Unified Metadata Model, complex transformations are far easier to create and faster to deploy, and it's far easier to ensure metadata consistency. -- Birst Reporting Services Birst provides a fully integrated reporting environment that includes pixel perfect reporting, operational reporting, banded reporting, alerts, and operational, real-time and exception reports. In traditional BI solutions, each of these elements is often provided separately and requires integration. Birst is the only SaaS vendor to provide fully functional report authoring and distribution services. -- Smart Dashboards The upgraded Flex dashboards now offer business users even greater capability to explore data trends and discover answers to critical business questions entirely on their own, without any reliance on IT or specialized business analysts. Advanced filtering, drill-down capability, and "drag and drop" controls put answers at business users' fingertips, without coding."Birst 4 is a major breakthrough for Birst and its customers," said Kevin Farrell, President of Fillmore Technologies, a Birst partner. "Just last year, Birst launched the first automated, integrated BI solution. Now, Birst revolutionizes BI yet again by providing a Comprehensive Cloud BI Suite at a price that is affordable across the business spectrum. The interest that we see in Birst has never been higher, and existing customers can't wait for the upgrade." Birst 4 will be available in mid-November. Existing Birst customers will be upgraded automatically. Interested companies can contact Birst for a free trial by contacting sales@birst.com. More information on Birst 4 can be found by going to www.birst.com/birst4. About Birst Birst™ is the leading provider of on-demand business intelligence solutions. Through its Comprehensive Cloud BI Suite, 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 the winner of the Red Herring 100 Award 2009, the TDWI Best Practices Award 2009, and the Web Award for Software Standard of Excellence. For more information, please visit www.birst.com.
Contact Information: For more information, contact: Kimberly Weber Atomic PR birst(at)atomicpr.com (415) 402-0230