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Enterprise migration path for department BI apps

By: Kathleen Lau On: 05 Mar 2009 For: ComputerWorld Canada Creator

Business intelligence vendor MicroStrategy Inc. recently released Version 9 of its BI tool with capabilities to easily deploy departmental BI initiatives, and a migration path to consolidate those into an enterprise whole. One analyst says the company is filling a void in the market. WITH VIDEO

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TORONTO – McLean, Va.-based MicroStrategy Inc. released the newest version of its business intelligence tool with capabilities to more easily deploy departmental BI applications, and then consolidate them into an enterprise whole.

“We’ve made the modeling and architecture piece very easy for smaller environments – departmental groups – to be able to roll out business intelligence projects and applications very quickly,” explained Jim Broadley, Canadian country manager for MicroStrategy, during the Toronto stop of the company’s roadshow.

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Kathleen Lau is a senior writer with ITWorldCanada.com and ComputerWorld Canada since December 2006.In her role as senior writer, she covers broadly technology news and issues relevant to the Canadian en... more

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