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Information Builders Delivers Support for IBM zIIP Chip
Enables Customers to Optimize Mainframe Environments
NEW YORK, NY (August 25, 2009) –
Information Builders, an independent leader in business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced support for IBM System z/OS computer Integrated Information Processor (zIIP) in FOCUS 7.6.10 and WebFOCUS 7.7. Information Builder’s zIIP chip support represents the first and only BI platform optimized for the popular mainframe environment.
The zIIP chip was designed to handle BI workloads and other data intensive applications. Specialized mainframe processors like the zIIP allow users to offload work that might otherwise run on the mainframe’s general purpose chips.
“By extending support for the IBM zIIP, Information Builders is providing mainframe users a dramatic performance and cost advantage to expand their operations in the zIIP mainframe environment,” said Robert Hoey, general manager, Major Markets, Systems and Technology Group, IBM. “It represents the latest of many levels of support and interoperability Information Builders offers to IBM customers.”
For mainframe operations that need to drive greater value and performance, Information Builders has optimized FOCUS and WebFOCUS for the zIIP environment. The new versions perform the same mission-critical tasks, while maximizing processing power and reducing execution and response times, as well as delivering consistent application performance and solid customer service. By enabling efficient BI operations on the mainframe, Information Builders gives customers real-time, dynamic reporting with enough processing power to deliver large customer-facing applications, without incurring extra costs for setting up infrastructure or buying new machines or databases.
Leveraging the zIIP, Information Builders helps enhance mainframe operations of FOCUS and WebFOCUS by improving resource optimization to reduce latent workload demand, which the central processor can now absorb, and by stimulating visible performance improvement.
About 80 percent of the new FOCUS and WebFOCUS processing is zIIP-enabled, including computations, report formatting, aggregation, screening criteria, styling, and transaction processing. Information Builders’ new BI applications divert as much processing as possible to the zIIP, while monitoring and adjusting to optimize zIIP utilization. zIIP is accessible to mainframe FOCUS as of release 7.6 and WebFOCUS 7.7, available in the third and fourth quarters of 2009, respectively.
“Information Builders is dedicated to helping customers enhance value and optimize their BI deployments,” said Information Builders founder and CEO Gerald Cohen. “By extending FOCUS and Web FOCUS to support the zIIP chip, we have dramatically recalculated the economics of mainframe business intelligence. Finally, business intelligence applications can leverage the genius of the zIIP environment without compromising accessibility or performance.”
About Information Builders
Information Builders’ award-winning combination of business intelligence and enterprise integration software has been providing innovative solutions to more than 12,000 customers for the past 30 years. WebFOCUS is one of the world’s most widely utilized business intelligence platform. It provides the security, scalability and flexibility needed at every level of global extended enterprises. Its simplicity helps create executive, analytical, and operational applications that reach dozens to millions of users. Information Builders’ iWay Software suite provides state of the art, multi-purpose, pre-built integration components that address all SOA, application, data and information management requirements. Its integration adapters have been adopted by the leading software platform providers. Information Builders also offers solutions in the performance management, business activity monitoring, and enterprise search markets. The company’s comprehensive enterprise product offerings give Information Builders’ customers the ability to grow and innovate according to their needs.
Information Builders’ customers include most of the Fortune 100 and U.S. federal government agencies. Headquartered in New York City with 90 offices worldwide, the company employs 1,450 people and has more than 350 business partners. More information is available at http://www.informationbuilders.com.
Source: Information Builders
iDashboards Secures U.S. Federal Government Approval GSA Schedule 70
iDashboards Secures U.S. Federal Government Approval GSA Schedule 70 iDashboards reaffirms commitment to the federal market
Troy, MI (August 24, 2009) –
iDashboards, the leader in Business Intelligence (BI) dashboard software, today announced that it has been awarded a Schedule 70 contract by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). The GSA Schedule is the preferred method of purchasing within government agencies, and the contract award reaffirms iDashboards’ commitment to helping government agencies gain greater insight into their data. As a result, federal government agencies will have easier access to iDashboards BI dashboard software.
iDashboards’ enterprise dashboard application enables government customers to easily identify trends at a glance and drill down into data sets to view more detailed information, promoting transparency and accountability within federal agencies. iDashboards’ technology has the ability to draw information from all standard databases and Excel spreadsheets, providing the government with a cost effective alternative to complex, end-to-end BI suites.
“On the heels of the government’s recent decision to implement a Federal IT Dashboard aimed at tracking all federal technology spending, iDashboards has seen an increase in its federal customers’ need for BI driven dashboard tools,” said Shadan Malik, CEO, iDashboards. “iDashboards’ facilitates quick, easy and well-informed decision-making, and we are thrilled that our federal clients will now have easier access to our solutions.”
Federal agencies interested in information about iDashboards’ services can visit http://www.idashboards.com or access the GSA Schedules e-Library http://www.gsaelibrary.gsa.gov/ and search by the contract number GS-35F-0610V.
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About iDashboards
Through its award-winning engineering and patented software, iDashboards helps companies leverage information assets through visually rich, real-time and personalized business intelligence dashboards to analyze, track, and drill-down through a wealth of information. iDashboards’ global customer base consists of organizations ranging from large, fortune 500 companies to small and medium-sized businesses, all of which are making quicker, well-informed business decisions with the help of iDashboards. The company is privately held and headquartered in Troy, Michigan. To find out more about iDashboards’ solutions, please call (248) 952-0840 or visit www.idashboards.com.
About GSA
GSA is the premier federal acquisition and procurement force offering equipment, supplies, telecommunications, and integrated information technology solutions to customer agencies. Acting as a catalyst for nearly $66 billion in federal spending, it accounts for more than one-fourth of the government’s total procurement dollars. Approximately 12,000 GSA employees provide valuable support to other federal agencies and the general public.
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Stonebridge Companies Leverages Kronos
Stonebridge Companies, a leader in hospitality management and a long-standing Kronos® Incorporated customer, has upgraded to version 6.1 of the Kronos Workforce Central® suite.
CHELMSFORD, Mass., (August 19, 2009) –
Stonebridge Companies, a leader in hospitality management and a long-standing Kronos® Incorporated customer, has upgraded to version 6.1 of the Kronos Workforce Central® suite.
News Facts
* Stonebridge upgraded to the latest version because of the following enhancements:
o Improved ERP integration capabilities to help combat time and attendance tracking deficiencies of its ERP system.
o New integration and device management tools that eliminate the need for dedicated servers to lower the total cost of ownership.
o Complete automation, which minimizes the time managers spend interacting with the software.
* Stonebridge uses SAP’s human resources and payroll applications, which are tightly integrated through a certified interface to the Kronos time and attendance application. Stonebridge chose the Kronos time and attendance application — as opposed to using a similar module offered by SAP — because it recognized that Kronos could handle its complex pay rules without the need for costly customization.
* Founded in 1991, Stonebridge Companies operates nearly 40 hotels comprising approximately 6,000 guest rooms in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, Virginia, and Washington. The organization is using Kronos to manage 1,600 employees across 38 locations.
Supporting Quotes
* Nasim Mansurov, vice president, IT, Stonebridge Companies
“Kronos is the only vendor that can handle the complex pay rules of our diverse and highly dispersed hourly workforce. Kronos has an aptitude for developing feature-rich products that are easy to use, and is skilled at simplifying highly complex workforce management issues.”
* Charlie DeWitt, vice president of vertical marketing, Kronos
“Stonebridge sets an example for other organizations to follow. Stonebridge fully embraces how workforce management solutions can help control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity.”
Supporting Resources
* About Stonebridge Companies
About Kronos Incorporated
Kronos is the global leader in workforce management solutions that enable organizations to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity. Tens of thousands of organizations in 60 countries — including more than half of the Fortune 1000® — use Kronos time and attendance, scheduling, absence management, HR and payroll, hiring, and labor analytics applications. To learn how Kronos uniquely delivers complete automation and high-quality information in an easy-to-use solution, visit www.kronos.com.
© 2009 Kronos Incorporated. Kronos and Workforce Central are registered trademarks of Kronos Incorporated or a related company. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
Source: Kronos
MicroStrategy Augments OEM Program with New Product Capabilities for SaaS Companies
MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that it has enhanced its OEM program with new product capabilities for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) companies.
McLean, Va., (August 18, 2009) –
MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that it has enhanced its OEM program with new product capabilities for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) companies.
MicroStrategy’s business intelligence platform provides integrated reporting and analytics, allowing software companies and technology providers to easily add reporting, dashboarding, analytical, and alerting applications to their existing product offerings with minimal development costs and resources. SaaS companies often select MicroStrategy for its scalability, open platform for customizability, and security capabilities.
MicroStrategy’s latest release, MicroStrategy 9, offers new capabilities specifically for SaaS companies. These new capabilities include enhanced end user design features, in-memory BI enabling higher data scalability to support larger multi-tenant systems, improved security integration with third-party tools, a plug-in architecture for simpler customization, and the ability for different companies to use their own reporting terminology, even across multiple languages within the same multi-tenant application.
The MicroStrategy BI platform is well-suited to meet the demands of SaaS BI deployments:
* Scalability and high performance for expanding multi-tenant environments
* Unified metadata to minimize development and maintenance efforts
* Centralized administration to reduce support costs and effort
* Comprehensive security model to distribute and protect sensitive data
* User scalability to thousands of users
* Ease of use for a diverse user community
* Open platform to accommodate customization, user personalization, and rebranding
* Development capabilities to support internationalization and dialects
MicroStrategy’s portfolio of OEM Partners has continued to expand, and companies choosing MicroStrategy for SaaS BI deployments have represented the largest area of growth within the OEM program. Some of the SaaS companies that recently joined MicroStrategy’s OEM program include Autologue (US),Claritum (UK), FreeWheel Media (US), GAPbuster (Australia), TradeBeam (US), and Xtiva (US).
“MicroStrategy’s BI platform contains the security, customization, and end user self-service Web capabilities required to offer a single hardware, software, and application solution, while still meeting customer-specific requirements,” said Daniel Schmidt, CIO of Constellation Software. “MicroStrategy’s ability to do this, while at the same time being able to scale to large numbers of users and large amounts of data, makes the MicroStrategy BI platform well-suited for multi-tenant SaaS deployments.”
“SaaS BI solutions are an increasingly appealing alternative for organizations that need to share essential business intelligence data across the organization, but lack sufficient resources to implement and maintain these technologies in-house,” said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy COO. “Companies that offer a SaaS model will find that MicroStrategy enables them to build a flexible and scalable, multi-tenant BI architecture in a highly cost-effective manner.”
For more information on MicroStrategy’s OEM Partner program, visit http://www.microstrategy.com/Partners/OEM
About MicroStrategy
MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform, MicroStrategy 9 are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
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MicroStrategy, Incorporated
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Source: MicroStrategy
The High Companies Uses Kronos
The High® companies are using workforce management solutions from Kronos® Incorporated to standardize processes across multiple operating businesses to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity.
CHELMSFORD, Mass. (August 13, 2009) –
The High® companies are using workforce management solutions from Kronos® Incorporated to standardize processes across multiple operating businesses to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity.
News Facts
* The High companies are using time and attendance, employee scheduling, absence management, labor activities, and biometric data collection solutions from Kronos.
* The High companies selected Kronos for its proven ability to fully automate workforce management business processes and deliver products that are easy to use, rich in functionality, and highly configurable.
* Prior to using Kronos, the High companies used a legacy workforce management system that did not fully automate processes and required significant middleware configuration to work across all units.
* By centralizing the management of its workforce processes with Kronos, the High companies are now minimizing payroll processing delays; reducing inefficient practices such as under- and over-staffing; and controlling overtime by better monitoring and reducing the number of indirect hours related to activities.
* By using the Kronos time and attendance solution to complement its Ultipro human resources and payroll applications and its SAP ERP system, the High companies have avoided costly customization and gained access to quality information in real time.
* The High companies have minimized compliance risk by using Kronos to centrally manage the consistent implementation of pay policies and accommodate a wide range of complex labor laws.
* Using the Kronos 4500(TM) Touch ID biometric terminal in its hotel business units, the High companies have eliminated buddy punching (the costly act of employees punching in for one another).
* The High companies operate across multiple industries in manufacturing, construction, and operations — including steel fabrication and erection, metal processing and distribution, precast/prestressed concrete building systems, air quality and safety solutions, real estate, architecture, and construction.
Supporting Quotes
* Frank Schutte, Manager, SAP Group Core Competency Center / Applications Group, High companies
“In contrast to other products that require costly customization and only provide after-the-fact reporting capabilities, Kronos delivers real-time, high-quality information about our workforce so we can make better decisions in each business unit as well as from a corporate perspective.”
* Gregg Gordon, senior director of manufacturing industry marketing, Kronos
“Not detecting critical, labor-related issues in real time can leak thousands or even millions of dollars each year. By automating and standardizing key workforce business processes, the High companies are effectively controlling labor costs. Also, by adding strategic workforce management solutions integrated with the core time and attendance system, the High companies are poised to achieve not just fast payback, but longer-term cost control and productivity improvement benefits.”
Supporting Resources
* Learn more about the High companies at www.high.net.
About Kronos Incorporated
Kronos is the global leader in workforce management solutions that enable organizations to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity. Tens of thousands of organizations in 60 countries — including more than half of the Fortune 1000® — use Kronos time and attendance, scheduling, absence management, HR and payroll, hiring, and labor analytics applications. To learn how Kronos uniquely delivers complete automation and high-quality information in an easy-to-use solution, visit www.kronos.com.
© 2009 Kronos Incorporated. Kronos is a registered trademark and Kronos 4500 is a trademark of Kronos Incorporated or a related company. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
Source: Kronos
MicroStrategy 9 Certified on VMware Virtualization Platform
BI Available for Private Cloud Configurations, and Achieves Greater Efficiency and Lower Total Cost of Ownership
McLean, Va., (August 13, 2009) –
MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that its latest release, MicroStrategy 9(TM), runs on the VMware virtualization platform. VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) is a global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop through the datacenter and to the cloud.
MicroStrategy customers can now deploy MicroStrategy 9 BI applications on VMware-based virtual machines. This will enable applications to achieve the hardware efficiencies, streamlined operations, and low cost of operation available through virtualization. Virtual machine technology allows companies to increase processing capacity from their servers by pooling that capacity across multiple applications and operating systems. Large BI applications that have varying usage throughout the day will benefit from a virtual environment where processing power can be fully utilized during peak times and directed to other applications when BI demand is low.
With VMware-based virtualization solutions, MicroStrategy customers can operate their BI environment in an internal cloud or private cloud configuration, providing a wide range of processing flexibility. By running MicroStrategy in a virtual environment, companies will be able to use less server hardware and require fewer IT personnel to manage and maintain their BI systems, leading to overall lower capital costs and reduced operating expenses. MicroStrategy’s BI software is designed to minimize the number of IT personnel needed, and virtualization further extends that strength.
“VMware’s virtualization technologies help our customers increase their efficiencies, gain greater control over their IT environments, and have greater choice in how they manage their IT systems,” said Parag Patel, vice president of alliances for VMware. “Business intelligence applications are critical to our customers and represent a sophisticated, demanding application. Our joint efforts with MicroStrategy will empower our customers to leverage the benefits of the VMware virtualization platform with this critical function.”
“MicroStrategy customers have some of the largest and most sophisticated business intelligence applications in the world,” said MicroStrategy COO, Sanju Bansal. “We are delighted to provide our customers with the ability to achieve the high availability and low total cost of ownership that takes place in a virtual environment.”
To try MicroStrategy 9 Evaluation software on VMware, visit http://www.microstrategy.com/freeevalcd.asp.
About VMware
VMware (NYSE: VMW) is the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop to the datacenter–bringing cloud computing to businesses of all sizes. Customers rely on VMware to reduce capital and operating expenses, ensure business continuity, strengthen security and go green. With 2008 revenues of $1.9 billion, more than 130,000 customers and more than 24,000 partners, VMware is one of the fastest growing public software companies. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, VMware is majority-owned by EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC). For more information, visit www.vmware.com.
About MicroStrategy
Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a global leader in business intelligence (BI) technology. MicroStrategy provides integrated reporting, analysis, and monitoring software that helps leading organizations worldwide make better business decisions every day. Companies choose MicroStrategy for its advanced technical capabilities, sophisticated analytics, and superior data and user scalability. More information about MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) is available at www.microstrategy.com.
MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform, MicroStrategy 9 are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
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MicroStrategy, Incorporated
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wcover@microstrategy.com
Source: MicroStrategy
Kronos
Kronos® Incorporated today announced financial results, company advancements, and customer successes for the third quarter of Fiscal 2009
CHELMSFORD, Mass. (August 12, 2009) –
Kronos® Incorporated today announced financial results, company advancements, and customer successes for the third quarter of Fiscal 2009. Kronos revenue for the quarter was $164.6 million. Earnings before interest, tax, and amortization (EBITA) were $37.7 million.1
“In the midst of a difficult environment, we are pleased to report that our third-quarter results were in line with our expectations,” said Aron Ain, Kronos chief executive officer. “We are encouraged to continue seeing organizations explore workforce management solutions as a way to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity. Considering the health of our pipeline and the investments that we’re making in product innovation and global expansion, we believe we are uniquely positioned for success as the economy recovers.”
News Facts
* More than 600 organizations have already purchased the latest version of the Kronos Workforce Central® suite. Released just five months ago, Workforce Central 6.1 is in high demand for its ease-of-use enhancements and deep functionality. Major advancements include enhanced ERP integration; lower total cost of ownership; complete automation of various workforce management business processes; and additional global capabilities.
* Demand for high-quality information and complete automation of workforce management processes is driving interest in Kronos time and attendance, scheduling, absence management, HR and payroll, hiring, and labor analytics applications. Some of the organizations who purchased Kronos this quarter include:
o Atlas Roofing Corporation, a leading global manufacturer of residential and commercial building materials, replaced its previous system with time and attendance from Kronos, which will be managed and hosted by Kronos.
o Banner Health, one of the nation’s largest non-profit healthcare systems, selected labor analytics and absence management to complement its existing time and attendance and scheduling solution from Kronos for its 35,000 employees.
o BevMo, the leading alcoholic beverage lifestyle superstore in the western U.S., purchased selection and hiring software to complement its Kronos time and attendance solution in an effort to hire the best people and maximize their performance.
o Capella Healthcare Inc., operator of 13 hospitals throughout the U.S., invested in time and attendance solutions for its 6,500 employees. Hospitals in the Capella network will replace disparate time and attendance solutions with Kronos to reduce costs and streamline workforce management processes.
o Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation, a K-12 school district in southern Indiana, selected Kronos to automate time and attendance and absence management for its 3,000 employees.
o Hampton City School District purchased time and attendance and absence management to manage its 5,500 employees in 37 schools. Kronos was selected because of its ability to eliminate error-prone manual processes and minimize compliance risk. Kronos replaces the school district’s previous time and attendance system from an ERP vendor.
o Hope Community Resources, Alaska’s largest provider of services to individuals who experience a disability, purchased time and attendance, absence management, labor analytics, and human resources solutions for its 850 employees.
o St. John’s County Sheriff’s Office purchased time and attendance, absence management, and analytics to better manage its 800 employees and eliminate unnecessary overtime costs.
o A leading office furniture manufacturer purchased 4,500 employee licenses of time and attendance and absence management. The solution replaces another vendor’s time and attendance solution which failed to provide the manufacturer with visibility into workforce trends.
* Global demand remains strong despite the weak economy
o The UK had a very strong quarter with significant investments from The Co-operative Group, a UK grocery chain continuing its rollout of Kronos across more than 2,300 locations; and a new contract with Sports Direct, the UK’s leading sports retailer which purchased time and attendance for more than 400 stores across the UK and Europe.
o Customer wins in China included Volkswagen FAW Engine (Dalian) Co., which purchased time and attendance, absence management, and data collection terminals for 600 employees.
o Customer wins in Australia included Southern Cross Care (SA) Inc, providers of aged care accommodation, and Eastern Regional Libraries, provider of library resources and services to residents across three municipalities, both of which purchased Workforce Central upgrades.
o Customer wins in India included Eaton, a leading global diversified industrial manufacturer which purchased time and attendance and absence management; and Bombardier Transportation, a global leader in the rail sector with a presence in 60 countries which purchased workforce management solutions to automate time and attendance and shop floor labor processes.
About Kronos Incorporated
Kronos is the global leader in workforce management solutions that enable organizations to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity. Tens of thousands of organizations in 60 countries — including more than half of the Fortune 1000® — use Kronos time and attendance, scheduling, absence management, HR and payroll, hiring, and labor analytics applications. To learn how Kronos uniquely delivers complete automation and high-quality information in an easy-to-use solution, visit www.kronos.com.
© 2009 Kronos Incorporated. Kronos and Workforce Central are registered trademarks of Kronos Incorporated or a related company. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
Footnote 1: Revenue excludes purchase accounting adjustments related to the company going private in June 2007 and its acquisition of Unicru and Captor businesses in 2006 and 2007. EBITA excludes purchase accounting adjustments, FAS 123R charges, and non-recurring one-time charges.
Source: Kronos
Kronos
CHELMSFORD, Mass. (August 12, 2009) – Kronos® Incorporated today announced financial results, company advancements, and customer successes for the third quarter of Fiscal 2009. Kronos revenue for the quarter was $164.6 million. Earnings before interest, tax, and amortization (EBITA) were $37.7 million.1
“In the midst of a difficult environment, we are pleased to report that our third-quarter results were in line with our expectations,” said Aron Ain, Kronos chief executive officer. “We are encouraged to continue seeing organizations explore workforce management solutions as a way to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity. Considering the health of our pipeline and the investments that we’re making in product innovation and global expansion, we believe we are uniquely positioned for success as the economy recovers.”
News Facts
* More than 600 organizations have already purchased the latest version of the Kronos Workforce Central® suite. Released just five months ago, Workforce Central 6.1 is in high demand for its ease-of-use enhancements and deep functionality. Major advancements include enhanced ERP integration; lower total cost of ownership; complete automation of various workforce management business processes; and additional global capabilities.
* Demand for high-quality information and complete automation of workforce management processes is driving interest in Kronos time and attendance, scheduling, absence management, HR and payroll, hiring, and labor analytics applications. Some of the organizations who purchased Kronos this quarter include:
o Atlas Roofing Corporation, a leading global manufacturer of residential and commercial building materials, replaced its previous system with time and attendance from Kronos, which will be managed and hosted by Kronos.
o Banner Health, one of the nation’s largest non-profit healthcare systems, selected labor analytics and absence management to complement its existing time and attendance and scheduling solution from Kronos for its 35,000 employees.
o BevMo, the leading alcoholic beverage lifestyle superstore in the western U.S., purchased selection and hiring software to complement its Kronos time and attendance solution in an effort to hire the best people and maximize their performance.
o Capella Healthcare Inc., operator of 13 hospitals throughout the U.S., invested in time and attendance solutions for its 6,500 employees. Hospitals in the Capella network will replace disparate time and attendance solutions with Kronos to reduce costs and streamline workforce management processes.
o Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation, a K-12 school district in southern Indiana, selected Kronos to automate time and attendance and absence management for its 3,000 employees.
o Hampton City School District purchased time and attendance and absence management to manage its 5,500 employees in 37 schools. Kronos was selected because of its ability to eliminate error-prone manual processes and minimize compliance risk. Kronos replaces the school district’s previous time and attendance system from an ERP vendor.
o Hope Community Resources, Alaska’s largest provider of services to individuals who experience a disability, purchased time and attendance, absence management, labor analytics, and human resources solutions for its 850 employees.
o St. John’s County Sheriff’s Office purchased time and attendance, absence management, and analytics to better manage its 800 employees and eliminate unnecessary overtime costs.
o A leading office furniture manufacturer purchased 4,500 employee licenses of time and attendance and absence management. The solution replaces another vendor’s time and attendance solution which failed to provide the manufacturer with visibility into workforce trends.
* Global demand remains strong despite the weak economy
o The UK had a very strong quarter with significant investments from The Co-operative Group, a UK grocery chain continuing its rollout of Kronos across more than 2,300 locations; and a new contract with Sports Direct, the UK’s leading sports retailer which purchased time and attendance for more than 400 stores across the UK and Europe.
o Customer wins in China included Volkswagen FAW Engine (Dalian) Co., which purchased time and attendance, absence management, and data collection terminals for 600 employees.
o Customer wins in Australia included Southern Cross Care (SA) Inc, providers of aged care accommodation, and Eastern Regional Libraries, provider of library resources and services to residents across three municipalities, both of which purchased Workforce Central upgrades.
o Customer wins in India included Eaton, a leading global diversified industrial manufacturer which purchased time and attendance and absence management; and Bombardier Transportation, a global leader in the rail sector with a presence in 60 countries which purchased workforce management solutions to automate time and attendance and shop floor labor processes.
Source: Kronos
CadenceQuest Embeds MicroStrategy Technology into Customer Insight Solution for Retailers
MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that CadenceQuest, a leader in customer analytics, has embedded MicroStrategy technology into its Customer Insight retail platform for enhanced marketing analysis.
McLean, Va., (August 11, 2009) –
MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that CadenceQuest, a leader in customer analytics, has embedded MicroStrategy technology into its Customer Insight retail platform for enhanced marketing analysis.
CadenceQuest’s Customer Insight solution is a self-service analytical platform that is used to perform multi-faceted analyses on highly-targeted customer segments, providing in-depth customer behavior information to marketing and merchandising decision makers. MicroStrategy was selected as Customer Insight’s analytical engine because it enables retailers to quickly and accurately analyze vast amounts of transactional data to deliver meaningful information about customers. By using MicroStrategy to run basket- and transaction-level analyses, for example, retailers can readily define who their best customers are, what items within a category they purchase, and what affinity items customers purchase.
“MicroStrategy adds a powerful dimension for retailers that want a refined view of their customers,” said Bob Ghafouri, CEO of CadenceQuest. “With MicroStrategy, it’s faster and easier to develop a more targeted customer outreach strategy. Once you know who your customers are and how they behave, you can confidently send them the right offers and improve their in-store experience.”
“Retailers rely on MicroStrategy’s scalable and flexible platform to analyze transactional data and gain vital intelligence in areas such as customer loyalty, sales trends, inventory management, promotion analysis, and store operations,” said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy COO. “We are delighted to work with CadenceQuest and provide enhanced reporting, visualization, and analytics for their Customer Insight solution.”
About CadenceQuest
CadenceQuest is the leader in customer analytics, helping retailers utilize their data assets to get to the fundamentals of their business – knowing their customers and understanding what their customers want. Retailers can use this knowledge to improve the way they accommodate customer preferences – whether it is how they promote products, vary assortments or even place items their stores. By treating customers the way they want to be treated, retailers are able to retain and grow their best customers – and attract more just like them.
About MicroStrategy
Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a global leader in business intelligence (BI) technology. MicroStrategy provides integrated reporting, analysis, and monitoring software that helps leading organizations worldwide make better business decisions every day. Companies choose MicroStrategy for its advanced technical capabilities, sophisticated analytics, and superior data and user scalability. More information about MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) is available at www.microstrategy.com.
MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
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MicroStrategy, Incorporated
1-703-770-1646
wcover@microstrategy.com
Source: MicroStrategy
Kronos
Kronos® Incorporated today announced an overwhelmingly enthusiastic response to version 6.1 of its Workforce Central® suite
CHELMSFORD, Mass. (August 10, 2009) –
Kronos® Incorporated today announced an overwhelmingly enthusiastic response to version 6.1 of its Workforce Central® suite. Released in February, Workforce Central 6.1 includes hundreds of features and ease-of-use enhancements that underscore Kronos’ commitment to deliver solutions that enable organizations to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity. More than 600 organizations have selected 6.1 and nearly 100 customers are already live on the new version.
News Facts
* Enhanced ERP Integration — Enhanced ERP integration is a key motivator for customers to upgrade. Many organizations are finding that the “free” time and labor solutions offered by their ERP vendors require complicated, time-consuming, and costly customization to meet even the most basic requirements.
* Low Total Cost of Ownership — Kronos invested heavily in 6.1 to expand the list of supported third-party tools, streamline ongoing maintenance, and significantly reduce the size of its application footprint. New integration and device management tools eliminate the need for dedicated servers and support for various system monitoring tools allows organizations to leverage their existing infrastructure and minimize support costs.
* Complete Automation — Workforce Central 6.1 enables organizations to completely automate their workforce management processes. Unique features that only Kronos offers provide organizations with real-time information to help them make better decisions. Examples include:
o Workforce Alerts(TM) which proactively minimize compliance risk and control overtime costs by identifying employees who are about to violate a work rule or accrue overtime and alerting a manager to the situation so they can rectify it.
o Workforce Worksheet(TM) which allow users to easily and securely bring Kronos and third-party data into the Microsoft Excel environment to format, summarize, chart, and analyze labor information.
* Global Ready –Workforce Central 6.1 strengthens Kronos global capabilities and delivers enhancements such as an expanded library of languages; support for a broad range of local government regulations and business practices; and a new multi-currency feature which allows organizations to manage currency at both a local and corporate level.
Supporting Quotes
* Mary Jane Febonio, manager of business systems, Gorton’s seafood company
“We are a long-time Kronos customer, having managed our time and labor with Kronos for more than 13 years. One of the key factors in deciding to upgrade to 6.1 is that it is easy to do. 6.1 will give us a more individualized look and feel and we are excited about the enhanced Business Intelligence (BI) reporting which will fit in nicely with our own BI strategy.”
* Peter Youngblood, vice president, finance and administration, Pellerin Minor Corporation
“Workforce Central 6.1 provides us with visibility into managing our labor in a way that out-of-the-box ERP solutions just can’t. Kronos extends the value of our ERP solution, enabling us to better manage labor to business volume and ultimately make better real-time decisions.”
* Marc Schneider, information technology manager, Cascade Healthcare Community
“With the upgrade to version 6.1, we reduced the number of servers needed to run Kronos from three to two. In doing this, we have saved significant time and money and increased the productivity of our employees.”
Supporting Resources
* For more information call (800) 225-1561 or visit www.kronos.com.
About Kronos Incorporated
Kronos is the global leader in workforce management solutions that enable organizations to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity. Tens of thousands of organizations in 60 countries — including more than half of the Fortune 1000® — use Kronos time and attendance, scheduling, absence management, HR and payroll, hiring, and labor analytics applications. To learn how Kronos uniquely delivers complete automation and high-quality information in an easy-to-use solution, visit www.kronos.com.
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