Panorama Business Intelligence

Market Snapshot Says Global BI Leader is Innovative, Helps Customers Maximize BI Investment

Panorama Software, a global leader in Proactive Business Intelligence solutions, today announced that the company has been favorably categorized in the recent Gartner Magic Quadrant as a compelling BI solution for customers who are looking for a front-end solution that runs on SAP NetWeaver, Microsoft SQL Server and Essbase.

“In a year of dramatic consolidations in the BI industry, we are pleased with the Gartner results,” said Oudi Antebi, VP Marketing and Strategy, Panorama Software. “Panorama shows impressive continued momentum, and will remain aggressive in touting our strengths to new markets and increasing innovation in support of a variety of platforms.”

Gartner cited Panorama strengths as including the company’s status as one of the few pure-play BI platform vendors with the ability to serve as a front-end for SAP NetWeaver BI without building an intermediate layer of metadata or moving data out of SAP. This allows customers relying heavily on NetWeaver to leverage 100% of their investment in the SAP platform. Gartner also cited Panorama’s unique ability to deliver a consistent front end that runs natively and simultaneously on both SAP NetWeaver BI and Microsoft Analysis Services and, eventually, Oracle Hyperion Essbase as “compelling,” according to analysts.

Panorama’s status as a nimble vendor capable of significant innovation was also listed as a company strength. An example of that innovation includes Panorama’s movement toward a Software as a Service (SaaS) offering which leverages the company’s expertise in MDX. The company also excels in meeting the needs of a variety of customers through its vertically specific applications covering the manufacturing, financial services, retail operations, media and healthcare industries.

Panorama bases its business strategy on fulfilling the needs of SAP and Microsoft customers who are looking for ways to leverage their investment and make BI work effectively for them. The company has answered this with solutions aimed at fulfilling that need, as opposed to competitors in the BI space whose solutions customers have found to be challenging and costly to deploy, citing difficulties with configurations, implementations and support.