Applied Business Intelligence

A Business Intelligence (BI) reporting system can help you uncover valuable business information that is often hidden away in your transaction systems, spreadsheets and other data sources. This data can be used to drive your profitability higher while also making your company more efficient.

Historically, BI has been too expensive for smaller and medium size companies to implement. The cost of business intelligence applications from vendors like Cognos and Business Objects have averaged in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

However, with the advent of Microsoft's SQL Server 2005/2008 and its business intelligence platform, BI has now become affordable for companies of all sizes.

What We Do

While Microsoft has made BI affordable for all businesses, it still requires expertise to implement successfully. Let us bring our 14 years of experience in building business intelligence and data warehousing solutions to meet your company's reporting needs.

We specialize in converting your existing business intelligence applications from Cognos into a complete, substantially less expensive and yet more powerful solution using the Microsoft Business Intelligence system.

For new implementations, our consulting staff will help you develop an affordable business intelligence reporting solution built on the latest technology using Microsoft SQL Server and Office 2007.

Our company can help you migrate your costly legacy BI applications from Cognos and Business Objects and deliver immediate value for less than what your company pays in maintenance fees in a single year.

BI Tips and Techniques

• The development of business intelligence and data warehousing applications should be viewed as an iterative process.
• Don't bite off more than you can chew. Start out small, deliver success and then add more functionality.
• The project should be designed to deliver useful information immediately rather than waiting 6 months or a year down the road.
• Small teams work best. Including one or more subject matter experts from the business is crucial to a successful project