Panorama Business Intelligence

The recent Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2011, held in Los Angeles last week, was a huge event for us here at Panorama Software. In addition to celebrating and reaffirming our continued partnership with Microsoft, we hosted a session of our own and had the honor of presenting at two others (click here to view the presentation archive).

The conference gave us another chance to demonstrate the cutting edge of business intelligence technology – Panorama Necto – in the Microsoft Expo Hall Theater. The solution was front and center during our discussion session, where we outlined the benefits of social business intelligence and how it will factor into the future of making better decisions.

As guest speakers, we presented at two other sessions focused on how business intelligence can help small- and medium-sized businesses grow and the importance of a strong SQL Server offering for cloud-based business. At these events Panorama did what it does best – promote the benefits of business intelligence.

Discussions at the sessions ranged from how SMBs can leverage their business data to what’s in store next for Microsoft’s SQL Server and how it will affect the future of the cloud.

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After years of minor, incremental advances in how we perceive and use BI, we are now witnessing a resurgence in the way we utilize BI in organizations. This is often dubbed “BI 3.0″ – the new generation of BI solutions.

Initially, BI – or, more accurately, BI 1.0 – was about how to present data. As users, we were mainly focused on how to best store our ever-escalating amounts of data, and how to enable know-how specialists (aka BI analysts) to sift through it so they can provide management with valuable information for decision-making..

Utilization of computer tools for business users and managers alike proliferated in the years since. Managers were not content with receiving information weeks after the fact and wanted to know what happens in real time. For this reason, BI 2.0 was introduced. It brought us new tools such as Dashboards, KPIs and Scorecards, and moved us slightly away from looking at the actual data. It allowed us to give users just the information that is interesting to them, but only if it is predefined (aka hardcoded).

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Speaking with a multitude of esteemed colleagues at the recent Smart CIO 2011 conference, it quickly became clear that going social is the best way to create even smarter businesses during these uncertain economic times.

That was the focus of a discussion I had with fellow experts, among them Yechiel Gafner, the chief information officer of Clalit, the leading healthcare provider in Israel, and Shlomo Shamay, the CIO of top insurance provider the Phoenix, during the gathering. As we at Panorama Software firmly believe, social business intelligence is the best means of gathering insights from within an organization and making decisions based off various ideas.

Given our recent release of one of the most innovative social BI solutions on the market, Panorama Necto, it was easy to speak from experience on the benefits of opening an analytics platform to a wider range of employees. The system is unlike any other currently on the market. Building off three key principles – social, self-service and relevancy – Panorama Necto delivers an all-new experience for business intelligence users.

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The High Tech Industry Association, an influential Israeli organization, recently invited top technology executives from across the world to participate in its HTIA 2011 Annual Conference in Jerusalem. I was grateful to be invited to share the stage among other top leaders and discuss Panorama’s approach to the future of the business intelligence field.

At the event, we were also treated to speeches and discussions with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, other government ministry heads and Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, as well as many other technology leaders. When given my own opportunity to speak to those gathered, I focused on Panorama Software’s innovative new offering, Panorama Necto.

Panorama Necto is a revolutionary application that we believe will take social business software to the next level. Our new solution goes above and beyond the capabilities of anything that is currently on the market.
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Toronto, ON (May 11, 2011)- Panorama Software, a leading innovator in Business Intelligence, presents its newest product – Panorama Necto, the industry’s first socially-enabled BI solution. Necto connects users with data and insights in ways never before seen in an enterprise environment. It reflects the consumer world of Web 2.0 communications that is highly social, relevant, self-service, user-centirc, and able to flexibly evolve to meet demands.

Panorama is the first company to take the consumer model of social media to an enterprise, providing a new way to accomplish business tasks that embraces the broader social networking phenomenon. Necto combines the power of social networking with relevant results. It tracks the interests of individual users, and suggests other users who are looking for similar data insights.

“Necto truly is the next leap forward in enterprise BI, which harnesses the power of collective intelligence to accomplish business goals,” said Eynav Azarya, CEO of Panorama Software. “The solution utilizes the very best social networking components of consumer-facing Web 2.0 sites. Through Necto, individuals and teams can now tackle business issues proactively, as it presents only the most relevant insights.”

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Plenty of innovations have been introduced to the business intelligence market in recent years, but none, perhaps, have had an impact as great as social business intelligence. Playing off the benefits of collaboration, social BI adds value to reporting on company information by pooling thoughts and ideas from across an organization.

Traditionally, business intelligence has been a complex technology, and only a select few employees within a company possessed the necessary knowledge to use a platform. However, the introduction of social business intelligence has changed all that.

Though even now, social BI has been taken to another level with the introduction of Panorama Necto from BI solutions provider Panorama Software. The new solution takes the social aspect of collaborative analytics farther than any other product on the market.

Panorama Necto goes above and beyond anything else available in the market today by offering greater relevancy in BI reporting.

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Toronto, ON (April 12, 2011) – Panorama Software, a global leader in proactive Business Intelligence (BI) solutions, introduces the concept of true relevancy of data and insights through its innovative patent-pending Necto™ BI solution. A revolutionary new way to connect data, analytic insights, and individuals across a company, Panorama Necto is the world’s first socially-enabled BI platform that provides individually tailored relevant results for every user.

Panorama Necto enables relevancy in BI by using powerful algorithms that identify noteworthy data points specific to individual user tastes. In the analytics environment, this relevancy generation is automated, providing significant efficiency gains for users who do not have the time or expertise to manually perform deep data analytics.

Greater relevancy promotes a better understanding of business goals and improved collaboration between peer groups. A company’s collection of corporate intelligence can grow exponentially with Necto as workers embrace a socially driven way of managing relevant data.
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Company Leads the BI Industry Innovation and First-to-Market Integration with Microsoft’s Office/SharePoint 2010 and Parallel Data Warehouse

TORONTO, ON (February 1, 2011) — Panorama Software, a global leader in proactive Business Intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced highlights and results from the company’s successful year in 2010.

For 2010, the company recorded an 80 percent year-over-year growth in software sales, attributable in part to its tightened strategic partnership with Microsoft. Panorama Software added dozens of new enterprise customers in 2010, representing an additional increase in its penetration to the enterprise segment. The company also established 40 new strategic partnerships, further cementing its status as a preferred business intelligence solutions partner worldwide.
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We are very proud to share that Panorama NovaView was recognized by SQL Server Magazine with a Silver “2010 Editors’ Best Award” in the Best BI and Reporting product category.

“SQL Server Magazine’s annual Editors’ Best and Community Choice award programs offer a unique way to recognize the hottest products among the past year’s offerings,” – remarked Jason Bovberg, senior editor atPenton Media, publisher of SQL Server Magazine. “Choosing favorites from such a competitive field can be a challenge, especially in the midst of a financially unstable market, but this year’s winners show an uncommon breadth of functionality and originality.”

Given the dramatic consolidations and competitive landscape in the BI industry, we are thrilled to receive recognition from the premier magazine for Microsoft developers and BI professionals. At Panorama, we are dedicated to staying at the forefront of innovations, enhancing our NovaView BI suite to meet the constantly evolving market demands and to always deliver real value to our customers.

Join us for a live event at Microsoft Headquarters in Moscow where we will be demonstrating how you can leverage your existing investments in the Microsoft BI stack and extend it with a BI solution from Panorama NovaView to make faster and better decisions and streamline your operations.

We will be featuring a real story of how Baltika Breweries, Russia’s leading beer producer with revenues of more than 2 billion Euros and exports to 60 countries worldwide, is using BI for operations management and to expand its market presence.

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