Infor unit recognized as leader, reliable, adaptable in business analytics study
VENTANA Research has named Infor Birst a leader in TCO/ROI, Reliability, and Adaptability in its 2018 Analytics and Business Intelligence Value Index.
The assessment was in accordance with the evaluation of the Birst Enterprise networked analytics and business intelligence (BI) platform (Birst Summer ’18 Release, which became generally available on July 28).
Published last December 17, the report said “the strength of Birst’s Enterprise product is its breadth.”
“The Birst Enterprise architecture supports cloud or on-premises deployments, and the data model is designed to access data from a variety of sources in a networked or virtualized approach,” it further stated.
“Its flexible deployment options and integration with business processes and applications allow organizations to incorporate analytics into varied line of business activities,” the report added.
According to the Index, “Birst Enterprise is designed to be easily integrated into the existing infrastructure, applications and processes.”
Birst SVP and GM Brad Peters believes their strong showing in the Ventana Research shows their platform’s “unique and proven ability to deliver value remarkably faster than traditional solutions and with the lowest total cost of ownership.”
“Our smart, patented automation technology and multi-tenant cloud architecture enable organizations to create, deploy and maintain missioncritical, enterprise-scale analytic solutions with fewer resources and in a fraction of the time it would take in any other product,” he said.
The study is based on a comprehensive analysis of 15 vendors’ products in seven evaluation categories. Five of these evaluate the products’ ability to support the breadth and depth of business needs around analytics (Usability, Manageability, Reliability, Capability and Adaptability).
Meanwhile, two of them address vendor validation and total cost of ownership/return on investment (Vendor Validation and Total Cost of Ownership and Return on Investment, TCO/ROI).
The 2018 Value Index for Analytics and Business Intelligence identifies the companies that deliver the highest value based on an overall weighted evaluation.
An Infor company, Birst is a cloud BI and analytics platform that helps organizations understand and maximize complex business processes in less time than traditional solutions.
Built with patented automation and machine learning technologies, its “networked BI” approach links teams and applications across the enterprise via a trusted network of analytics, delivering insights that help companies make smarter decisions by delivering a comprehensive view of their business.
This one-of-a-kind approach has helped leading global companies improve profitability, reduce costs, increase revenues, and transform the way they do business, often in 90 days or less.
A global leader in business cloud software for enterprise and small and medium business, Infor serves over 68,000 customers in more than 170 countries through its 17,000 employees worldwide.
In the Philippines the multinational has over 300 customers in various industries, such as food and beverage, fashion, logistics, and manufacturing and distribution, among others.
Ventana Research is a leading business technology research and advisory services firm.