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WellStar Health System Selects Kronos
CHELMSFORD, Mass. (December 15, 2009) – WellStar Health System has selected an integrated suite of workforce management solutions from Kronos® Incorporated to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity. The solution will be used to effectively manage more than 11,000 employees across WellStar Health System’s five hospitals in northwest Georgia.
News Facts
* Previously, WellStar used a variety of labor-intensive products and processes for employee scheduling, time and attendance data collection, budgeting, and other decision support functions.
* WellStar’s management team realized the potential for incremental cost savings with an integrated and fully automated solution with applications to support all of its workforce management business processes.
* WellStar selected Kronos employee scheduling, labor analytics, and absence management applications, along with biometric data collection devices. As the Kronos solution operates in real time, WellStar managers will always be working with the most current, high-quality information.
* Anticipated benefits include standardized employee scheduling across all hospitals; better management reporting for more effective decision making; ability to track labor laws and regulations more consistently; and improved overall workforce productivity.
Supporting Quotes
* David Anderson, executive vice president, human resources/OL/COO, WellStar Health System
“Several of our executive team members had experienced the first-hand benefits of Kronos working at other healthcare systems. This made our selection process much easier. We see tremendous cost savings and productivity improvement opportunities with the Kronos workforce management solution.”
* Brian Graves, global practice leader of healthcare, Kronos
“Healthcare organizations are increasingly supplementing time and attendance systems by adding strategic workforce management applications to maximize the benefits of an integrated and automated system. We are very pleased with the fast adoption of our solution by WellStar because of the support of the executive team. We are confident that both management and employees will benefit from our solution.”
Supporting Resources
* About WellStar Health System – The vision of WellStar Health System is to deliver world-class healthcare through its hospitals, physicians, and services. WellStar Health System includes Cobb, Douglas, Kennestone, Paulding and Windy Hill hospitals; WellStar Physicians Group; Urgent Care Centers; Health Place; Homecare; Hospice; Atherton Place; Paulding Nursing Center; and the WellStar Foundation. For more information, call 770-956-STAR or visit www.wellstar.org.
Source: Kronos
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Kronos ranked in six of the most influential “Top 10” categories in the annual Software LeaderBoard compiled and published by Retail Info Systems News (RIS News)
CHELMSFORD, Mass., (December 14, 2009) –
Kronos ranked in six of the most influential “Top 10” categories in the annual Software LeaderBoard compiled and published by Retail Info Systems News (RIS News). The LeaderBoard, a list of the top software companies serving retailers, recognized Kronos for strengths in the areas of ROI, innovation, product reliability, and quality of service. Five out of six of these rankings are solely based on customer satisfaction.
News Facts
* The rankings, published in the December 2009 issue of RIS News, are based on survey responses of retail executives who rated 99 software vendors. Kronos ranked in the following “Top 10” categories:
o Leaders in Product Reliability by Tier One Retailers
o Leaders in Installation/Integration by Tier One Retailers
o Leaders in Quality of Service by Tier One Retailers
o Leaders in ROI by Mid-Size Retailers
o Leaders in Technology Innovation by Mid-Size Retailers
o Leaders in Grocery
* Kronos offers the most widely adopted and deployed end-to-end workforce management solution in retail with more than three million retail employees using Kronos across 80,000 stores globally.
* Kronos is the only vendor in the market to offer integrated hiring, forecasting and scheduling, time and attendance, HR and payroll, absence management, workforce analytics, and operations planning solutions.
Supporting Quotes
* Kevin Campbell, AVP store operations, Bob’s Stores
“When looking for a workforce management vendor, we needed a technology partner that could offer an end-to-end solution and lower the total cost of software ownership. Kronos was the clear vendor of choice. We are pleased that the organization is getting such recognition.”
* Charlie DeWitt, vice president of vertical marketing, Kronos
“Our fundamental belief is that workforce management doesn’t have to be so hard and we are committed to delivering on this promise. This RIS Software LeaderBoard recognition is gratifying, as it acknowledges what we strive to offer to retailers: workforce management solutions that are easy to use and help achieve fast payback.”
* Brian Kilcourse, managing partner, Retail Systems Research (RSR)
“Retail winners seek to provide differentiating levels of service to consumers while at the same time holding the line or even reducing their labor spend as a percent of revenue. These companies know that this is accomplished by optimizing the non-selling functions within their stores so that they can redirect a greater percentage of their labor on services. RSR’s research shows that workforce management solutions are an essential technology enabler to achieving this objective.”
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 of Kronos Incorporated or a related company. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
Source: Kronos
iWay Software Extends Data Profiling Capabilities With iWay Data Profiler
New Offering Works With iWay Software’s Data Quality Center to Enhance and Streamline Data Profiling, Without Additional Client Software, Plug-Ins, or Report Viewers
NEW YORK (December 09, 2009) –
iWay Software, an Information Builders company and an innovator of enterprise integration solutions, today announced the release of iWay Data Profiler, a product that enables users to query, report, analyze, deliver, and display electronic profiling data in any way they choose. Backed by mature tools for data quality monitoring, reporting, and analytics, iWay Data Profiler integrates output from iWay Software’s Data Quality Center (DQC) with business intelligence (BI), enabling administrators to view, monitor, compare, and report on the quality and other key indicators of the mission-critical data of their organization.
iWay DQC generates advanced data profiling information, allowing users to define custom business rules and determine basic data statistics, uniqueness, frequency, and masks. iWay Data Profiler takes the information provided by iWay DQC one step further, enabling information archiving for on-demand reporting, as well as additional graphical and intuitive analysis of the variance in data profiles over different time periods. Additionally, with the new product, drill-down data can be collected in a database so the exact records that fall into one of the profiled categories can be displayed.
“In an increasingly competitive market, our customers need solutions that work together to streamline business operations and provide real-time data management. iWay Data Profiler does just that by allowing users to harness information assets provided by their existing iWay Software solutions in new and unique ways,” said Gerald Cohen, president and CEO of Information Builders. “The new iWay Data Profiler was specifically designed to enhance an organization’s integration and data profiling capabilities. Not only is this new offering the perfect complement to iWay DQC, but it also eliminates the need for organizations to purchase expensive bolt-on software and plug-ins, meaning our customers save big on costs.”
With the release of iWay Data Profiler, organizations now have the ability to extend powerful data profiling capabilities to anyone who needs them. In addition, iWay Data Profiler administrators can now:
* Collect profiling data from iWay DQC
* Tag and archive profiling data input as a set into an associated RDBMS for easy retrieval
* View the data profiling set using advanced data manipulation and graphics
* Compare multiple archived data profiling sets to view the variance in profiling data
* Print/export any of these views in industry-standard formats like HTML, PDF, and Excel
* Share data with other users across the intranet/Internet
Sabre Airline Solutions uses iWay Data Quality Center to ensure the quality and integrity of origin and destination (O&D) information, which it collects from nearly every airline worldwide. “We collect millions of rows of passenger information from the airlines every month,” said Jeff Pelletier, director of product management and delivery, Airport Data Intelligence, Sabre Airline Solutions. “We are using iWay Data Quality Center to detect errors and anomalies as the data is loaded, so our clients know the data is accurate.”
iWay Data Profiler is available immediately. For more information, please visit: iwaysoftware.com/products/dataprofiler.html
About iWay Software
iWay Software’s integration methodology is simple: it uses a single, integrated set of graphical design tools to assemble powerful pre-built components for enterprise-class business-to-business (B2B) integration, business process automation (BPA), or enterprise information management (EIM) integration scenarios – without the use of custom code. Integration configurations can be deployed in a stand-alone manner to any environment supporting a JVM – or to Web application servers from any vendor. iWay delivers the fastest, most cost-effective, and simplest way to integrate and streamline critical business processes. iWay Software’s vendor-, platform-, and protocol-neutral solutions achieve the promise of SOA: true reusability.
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 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.
Source: Information Builders
City of Fernandina Beach to Save $200,000 Annually with Kronos
The City of Fernandina Beach in Florida recently went live on time and attendance and human resources applications from Kronos® Incorporated
CHELMSFORD, Mass. (December 08, 2009) –
The City of Fernandina Beach in Florida recently went live on time and attendance and human resources applications from Kronos® Incorporated. The city also recently selected, and is now in the process of implementing, the Kronos payroll application for a fully integrated suite of workforce management applications leading to a six-figure savings each year.
News Facts
* The city recognized that by automating its HR functions with one system to handle the entire life cycle of an employee, huge gains in efficiencies would be realized, and the city would be positioned to do more with less.
* The selection team chose the Kronos suite because of its ability to completely automate workforce management business processes to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity.
* The city expects a 100-percent return on investment within one year and $200,000 in savings every year thereafter. Savings will be achieved with:
o High-quality information provided on a timely basis requiring minimal manual intervention.
o Reduced payroll inflation and better oversight with the Kronos biometric solution.
o Automated accruals and time-off requests to accurately track leave liability.
o Benefits linked together in one automated system to handle complex payroll deductions.
o Better tracking of overtime through automatically applied pay rules.
* When selecting a workforce management solution, the City of Fernandina Beach was able to choose Kronos from a pre-negotiated, government-supported GSA schedule, and this simplified its procurement process significantly.
* The city has budgeted to implement Kronos performance management and applicant tracking functions for additional time savings by reducing redundant entry of employee information.
* The Kronos solution will be used by all City of Fernandina employees across departments such as police, fire, marina, golf course, airport, parks and recreation, utilities, and City Hall.
* Kronos is used by nearly 40 city and county governments in Florida, as well as several school districts and universities throughout the state.
Supporting Quotes
* Robin Marley, human resources director, City of Fernandina Beach
“Implementing Kronos amidst tough macro economic conditions made complete business sense to us. With rapid ROI and year-after-year cost savings, Kronos will provide long-term, consistent benefits, and enable us to make smarter use of our resources.”
* Christine Carmichael, director of public sector marketing, Kronos
“At Kronos, we have transformed knowledge of hundreds of implementations within government organizations into solutions that are cost effective to implement, improve accuracy of processes, and are easy to own and maintain. Our goal is to enable government entities to reign in budgeted dollars with quality information, reduced payroll errors, and increased efficiency.”
Supporting Resources
* About City of Fernandina Beach
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 of Kronos Incorporated or a related company. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
Source: Kronos
PRISM Group Soars With Information Builders’ WebFOCUS Business Intelligence Technology
Leading Airlines and Global Corporations Use Embedded BI Solution to Manage Travel Programs
NEW YORK (December 08, 2009) –
Leading Airlines and Global Corporations Use Embedded BI Solution to Manage Travel Programs
Information Builders, an independent leader in business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced that PRISM Group, Inc. has standardized on the WebFOCUS BI platform for reporting, analysis, and information delivery for 7,800 clients in 161 countries. PRISM Group develops travel information systems for some of the world’s largest airlines and corporations.
PRISM Group has integrated more than 300 WebFOCUS reports into its sales server and Avion travel management systems to help airlines negotiate profitable contracts and to help corporations analyze travel expenditures. For example, airlines use the reporting system to track the effectiveness of incentives and to ensure that customers are fulfilling the terms of their contracts. Corporate travel managers use the reporting system to negotiate better deals with airlines. Some clients run hundreds of WebFOCUS reports each month to monitor the performance of their contracts, optimize profitability, and keep an eye on travel costs.
“WebFOCUS easily integrates with our existing information systems, allowing our customers to consolidate data, manage contracts, and perform a variety of decision support functions in a secure global environment,” said Laurie Stutzman, manager of the decision support team at PRISM Group. “Authorized users can run reports on demand or receive reports by e-mail. WebFOCUS gives them advanced reporting tools to graph results, drill down into details, and analyze data within their protected domains.”
Information Builders’ Professional Services helped PRISM Group develop and deploy the new reporting system. “We couldn’t have been happier with the support we received from Information Builders,” added Stutzman. “They were extremely attentive and responded quickly to our questions. They were sincerely committed to our success.”
After evaluating several leading BI tools, PRISM Group purchased WebFOCUS because of its thin-client architecture, strong Web services capabilities, and flexible tools for analyzing, displaying, and distributing information. Now PRISM Group maintains a single WebFOCUS reporting server for all customer reporting activities, significantly reducing software licensing and IT infrastructure costs.
“PRISM Group leads the travel industry in providing current, actionable information to its customers,” said Gerald Cohen, president and CEO of Information Builders. “At a time when many companies are scrutinizing travel expenses and negotiating better purchasing contracts, PRISM Group’s travel management programs have proven to be a valuable asset.”
About PRISM Group, Inc.
PRISM Group, Inc., headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, specializes in the development of travel information systems for airlines and global corporations. PRISM was founded in 1987 and was the first consulting firm to specialize in travel distribution, that is, how travel is sold and distributed. As one of the first consulting firms in travel, PRISM provided services to all parties in the distribution channel: travel agencies, companies, and suppliers.
PRISM SalesServer technology drives airline corporate contracting systems, such as those at AirFrance/KLM, American, Continental, Delta, KLM, Lufthansa, Northwest, and United Airlines. The company integrates this same technology into Avion, used by leading companies for the management of their global travel management programs. PRISM works with 5454 companies in 125 countries.
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 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.
Source: Information Builders
Kronos Retail Labor Index(TM) Shows Retail Hiring at Highest Level in 2009
Kronos® Incorporated today announced the December release of the Kronos Retail Labor Index�, a family of metrics and indices that analyze the relationship between the demand and supply sides of the labor market within the U.S. retail sector, and provide a distinct and early indicator of the overa
CHELMSFORD, Mass., (December 07, 2009) –
Kronos® Incorporated today announced the December release of the Kronos Retail Labor Index(TM), a family of metrics and indices that analyze the relationship between the demand and supply sides of the labor market within the U.S. retail sector, and provide a distinct and early indicator of the overall state of the economy. The December release includes data for November 2009. The report is available on the Kronos Retail Labor Index website.
News Facts
* The Kronos Retail Labor Index: (This metric is defined as the percentage of job applications that result in a hiring, normalized within a scale of 0 to 100. A level of 3.00 percent means that for every 100 applications received, three hirings occurred). The Kronos Retail Labor Index increased to 3.87 percent this month, its highest level in 2009.
* Retail Hiring Level: The 68 retailers representing 27,034 distributed locations across the U.S. that make up the Kronos data sample recorded 49,412 hirings in November 2009; an 8.49 percent increase over October. This followed a 13.31 percent increase from September to October. November’s seasonally adjusted figure represents the highest level of hiring so far in 2009.
* Retail Applications Level: The supply of applications decreased in November for the first time in 2009 to a seasonally adjusted level of 1,266,902 down from 1,583,990 in October.
* Retail Employee Retention Rate: Continuing the trend of increased employee retention, the 60-day retention rate for November 2009 was 3.87 percent higher than it was in November 2008.
* Holiday Hiring: While the level of applications received by retailers in November has increased each year since 2006, the cumulative number of hirings made in each of those years has decreased and is currently at its lowest point since 2006, indicating that retailers are expecting a slow holiday sales season.
Supporting Quotes
* Dr. Robert Yerex, Ph.D., chief economist, Kronos
“The Kronos Retail Labor Index reached its highest level for the year this month, a positive sign for retailers and for those seeking retail employment. While the short-term news is good, the longer- term view is more troubling. Since 2006, the level of applications received by retailers from September through November each year has increased, but the cumulative number of hirings made over the same period has decreased. This indicates that retailers are expecting the 2009 winter holiday retail season to be weaker than each of the previous three years, and in response, delayed their surge in holiday season hiring by two weeks as compared with previous years.”
Supporting Resources
* Organizations that use Kronos hiring solutions employ approximately 15 percent of the U.S. consumer retail labor market, providing Kronos with a unique set of data on employee job applications, hirings, and length of service.
* The Kronos Retail Labor Index is released on a monthly basis. Go to www.kronos.com/retail-labor-index to access: the full report; a schedule of upcoming Index release dates; the Index methodology; and downloadable graphics.
* Note to reporters: cite Index findings as “Kronos Retail Labor Index”.
About the Kronos Retail Labor Index
The Kronos Retail Labor Index is a family of metrics and indices that analyze the relationship between the demand and the supply sides of the labor market within the U.S. retail sector. It is derived from a single, unified data set, allowing for statistically appropriate comparisons and time series-based trending analysis. Firms that use Kronos hiring solutions employ approximately 15 percent of the U.S. consumer retail labor market, providing Kronos with a unique set of data on employee job applications, hirings, and length of service. The Kronos Retail Labor Index provides a distinct and early indicator of the health of the retail sector.
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 Retail Labor Index is a trademark of Kronos Incorporated or a related company. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
Source: Kronos
MicroStrategy Reseller Partners Offer Business Intelligence Applications for JD Edwards Customers
MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that several of its Value-Added Reseller (VAR) partners have developed pre-built business intelligence applications for the JD Edwards user community using the MicroStrat
McLean, Va (December 03, 2009) –
MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that several of its Value-Added Reseller (VAR) partners have developed pre-built business intelligence applications for the JD Edwards user community using the MicroStrategy BI platform. JD Edwards is a suite of enterprise resource planning software.
MicroStrategy’s platform provides companies with easy access to JD Edwards data for enhanced reporting and analytical capabilities. Numerous MicroStrategy VAR partners have developed packaged reporting and analysis applications for JD Edwards customers. These applications, which include pre-defined dashboards, reports, and key performance indicators, enable JD Edwards customers to seamlessly uncover, access, and analyze important business information.
The BI applications delivered through MicroStrategy’s VAR partners allow JD Edwards customers to extend the value of their JD Edwards investment. While JD Edwards is optimized for high-speed transaction processing, customers also may require a business view of their performance. Below are several MicroStrategy reseller partners offering reporting and BI applications for the JD Edwards World and EnterpriseOne user community:
Lancet Software provides business intelligence and reporting applications, including General Ledger, Sales Order Processing, Human Resources, Manufacturing, Purchasing, and Inventory. Lancet also provides reporting capabilities over Salesforce.com and specializes in working with healthcare, manufacturing, and several other vertical industries.
“Lancet has worked with numerous JD Edwards clients to develop high-value MicroStrategy dashboards,” said Tom Niccum, President and CEO at Lancet Software. “The dashboard capabilities within MicroStrategy 9 allow us to give managers and executives greater insight into their data in ways that can impact their business decisions.”
ManageForce has developed multiple BI applications for the JD Edwards market, exclusively using MicroStrategy’s business intelligence platform. The applications provide reporting and dashboard capabilities for many of JD Edwards most widely deployed modules.
“We have worked closely with MicroStrategy to develop business intelligence applications for our JD Edwards customer base,” said John Hughes, Managing Partner, ManageForce. “Serving JD Edwards customers for many years, we identified an opportunity to provide enhanced reporting and analytics using the MicroStrategy platform. MicroStrategy gives us one platform to solve the many reporting requirements we see in the JD Edwards installed base.”
RapidDecision has over 200 JD Edwards customers and 18 BI applications for the JD Edwards market. RapidDecision provides real-time reporting over JD Edwards and delivers fixed-fee implementations in five to ten days per application.
GSS Group delivers data integration capabilities to the JD Edwards market. The GSS Group product, VIGILANCE XpressTM, prepares data for reporting and analysis using a simple and intuitive user interface.
“Many of our long-time reseller partners have been serving the JD Edwards community for years and they understand the requirement to deliver BI capabilities against this pervasive platform,” said Sanju Bansal, COO at MicroStrategy. “We continue to work with our reseller partner network to develop integrated BI applications for JD Edwards as well as other enterprise systems.”
For more information on these JD Edwards solutions, please visit www.microstrategy.com/jdesolutions.
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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Central Maine Healthcare Live on Kronos
Kronos® Incorporated today announced that Central Maine Healthcare (CMH) is managing its more than 3,100 employees using Kronos time and attendance and HR and payroll applications
CHELMSFORD, Mass. (December 01, 2009) –
Kronos® Incorporated today announced that Central Maine Healthcare (CMH) is managing its more than 3,100 employees using Kronos time and attendance and HR and payroll applications. With labor amounting to more than 65 percent of its overall operating cost, CMH recognized a need to better measure and manage its labor costs and improve the productivity of all employees.
News Facts
* CMH chose Kronos to replace its McKesson Series HR and payroll solution because Kronos provided a fully integrated workforce management solution that was easy to use.
* Comprised of three hospitals and two long-term care facilities, CMH uses Kronos to centralize its workforce management processes and provide consistency across all locations.
* Before using the HR and payroll solution from Kronos, CMH’s HR department was spending excessive time completing manual paperwork. Now it is more efficient and has access to real-time information about the workforce at a moment’s notice.
* Kronos gives CMH managers access to information that enables them to make smart decisions to reduce premium and overtime pay while improving patient care and employee satisfaction.
Supporting Quotes
* Joyce McPhetres, vice president, human resources, Central Maine Healthcare
“Our implementation team from Kronos made all the difference. They looked not only at how the technology worked, but also at how our organization worked and how the technology could be implemented to work for us. They weren’t just an implementation team; they were true leaders in our organization.”
* Amy Brar, Senior director, HR/Payroll, Kronos
“For healthcare organizations, labor is their most valuable and expensive resource. Making sure employees are compensated correctly and on-time is a critical factor in attracting the best employees and keeping them happy. Providing employees with the technology they need to be more productive just makes smart business sense.”
Supporting Resources
* About Central Maine Healthcare – www.cmmf.org
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 of Kronos Incorporated or a related company. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
Source: Kronos
MicroStrategy Reporting Suite Provides Seamless BI Reporting for Microsoft Analysis Services
Free Reporting Software Package Helps Business Users Make Timely Decisions from Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services Data
McLean, Va., (November 24, 2009) –
MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that its free reporting software package, MicroStrategy Reporting Suite, provides a seamless interface to Microsoft® Analysis Services. Microsoft SQL Server® Analysis Services (SSAS) provides online analytical processing and data mining functionality for business intelligence applications.
MicroStrategy Reporting Suite is an easy-to-use reporting and analysis tool that allows business users to interface with SSAS data, enabling basic and advanced analysis, ad hoc reporting, and data visualization. MicroStrategy’s free reporting software package is well-suited for small to mid-sized businesses, as well as departments in any size organization that need an integrated, self-service BI solution for Microsoft SSAS.
“Our customers have benefited from the tight integration between MicroStrategy and Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services,” said Darren Edery, CEO, Adastra Canada. “We’re excited to see this capability included in the free MicroStrategy Reporting Suite, allowing companies to employ a best-in-class business user interface and an integrated platform for enhanced BI management against existing investments in Microsoft Analysis Services. Across every industry in which we operate, from financial services to retail to the public sector, we can see the value of this offering.”
MicroStrategy Reporting Suite provides Web-based reporting of Microsoft SSAS data for up to 100 users, at no charge. Free online training, free online support, and other free resources are available to help ensure rapid development and deployment. Business users can download the free software at http://www.microstrategy.com/freereportingsoftware/ssas and begin building their reporting applications, all in the same day.
“Leveraging existing investments and harvesting business insights from enterprise data via reporting and business intelligence is a top priority for business and IT,” said Mark Smith, CEO and EVP Research, Ventana Research. “MicroStrategy continues to help organizations maximize investments and provide robust reporting in a very cost effective and straightforward offering with MicroStrategy Reporting Suite on Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services.”
Some of the capabilities available from using MicroStrategy Reporting Suite with Microsoft SSAS include:
* Build reports and performance scorecards against SQL Server Analysis Services data
* Report, analyze, and monitor SSAS data via intuitive Web-based interface
* Visualize data using graphs and performance scorecards
* Create rankings and time-based comparisons
* Perform business calculations and build advanced analytics against SSAS data
* Schedule reports to run to a personalized history list
* Export to Microsoft Excel and PDF
“In our use of MicroStrategy software to analyze and report on data within Microsoft Analysis Services, we’re able to drive critical business performance improvements,” said Javier Aldrete, Director of Product Management, Zilliant. “As a free package with core components of the MicroStrategy 9 platform, MicroStrategy Reporting Suite presents the opportunity for organizations to provide business users with interactive reporting via an intuitive Web-based interface.”
“The integration of MicroStrategy Reporting Suite with Microsoft Analysis Services enables business users to leverage actionable information easily from Microsoft SQL Server relational and cube data sources,” said MicroStrategy COO Sanju Bansal. “MicroStrategy Reporting Suite extends Microsoft SSAS data analysis to all users, empowering them to readily discover trends and anomalies in convenient Web-based reports.”
To learn more about MicroStrategy Reporting Suite, visit http://www.microstrategy.com/freereportingsoftware.
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, MicroStrategy Reporting Suite 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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Churchill Downs Incorporated Chooses MicroStrategy for Reporting and Analysis for its Online Wagering System
MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that Churchill Downs Incorporated (â??CDIâ?) (Nasdaq: CHDN) has selected MicroStrategy 9 for reporting and analysis for its online wagering system.
McLean, Va., (November 18, 2009) –
MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that Churchill Downs Incorporated (“CDI”) (Nasdaq: CHDN) has selected MicroStrategy 9 for reporting and analysis for its online wagering system.
CDI’s technology division, TwinSpires.com, is using MicroStrategy 9 for in-depth analysis and reporting for its online pari-mutuel wagering system. MicroStrategy’s intuitive reports and robust analytical capabilities will help CDI’s personnel to uncover critical business insights that can be used for improving promotions and product offerings, and strengthening customer relationships.
“MicroStrategy’s easy-to-use reporting capabilities have already saved us countless hours of time on report creation,” said Carl Ackermann, Senior Director of CRM, Churchill Downs Incorporated. “After conducting an evaluation of numerous BI products, we chose MicroStrategy because of its ease of integration with our existing systems, completeness of the product suite, and commitment to our relationship.”
“We are delighted to welcome CDI as a new MicroStrategy customer,” said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy COO. “MicroStrategy’s powerful reporting platform is designed for business user productivity, with an intuitive, user-friendly Web interface that puts even more control in the hands of business people.”
About Churchill Downs Incorporated
Churchill Downs Incorporated (“CDI” or “Company”), headquartered in Louisville, Ky., owns and operates world-renowned horse racing venues throughout the United States. CDI’s four racetracks in Florida, Illinois, Kentucky and Louisiana host many of North America’s most prestigious races, including the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks, Arlington Million, Princess Rooney Handicap and Louisiana Derby. CDI’s racetracks have hosted seven Breeders’ Cup World Championships. CDI also owns off-track betting facilities and has interests in various advance-deposit wagering, television production, telecommunications and racing service companies including a 50-percent interest in the national cable and satellite network HorseRacing TV, that support the Company’s network of simulcasting and racing operations. CDI trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol CHDN and can be found on the Internet: www.churchilldownsincorporated.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.
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Wende Cover
MicroStrategy, Incorporated
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Source: MicroStrategy