{"id":34144,"date":"2019-01-15T11:49:25","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T03:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=34144"},"modified":"2019-01-15T11:49:27","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T03:49:27","slug":"ventana-research-names-infor-birst-a-tco-roi-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2019\/01\/15\/ventana-research-names-infor-birst-a-tco-roi-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Ventana Research names Infor Birst a TCO\/ROI Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infor.com\/\"><strong>Infor<\/strong><\/a><strong> announced that <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ventanaresearch.com\/\"><strong>Ventana Research<\/strong><\/a><strong>, a business technology research and advisory services firm, named Infor Birst a leader in TCO\/ROI, Reliability, and Adaptability in its 2018 Analytics and Business Intelligence Value Index. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ventana Research assessment of Infor was based on its evaluation of the\nBirst Enterprise networked analytics and business intelligence (BI) platform (Birst\nSummer \u201918 Release, which became generally available on July 28).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brad Peters, SVP and GM of Birst, an Infor company, said, \u201cWe believe our strong showing in the Ventana Research Value Index reflects the Birst platform\u2019s unique and proven ability to deliver value remarkably faster than traditional solutions and with the lowest total cost of ownership. Our smart, patented automation technology and multi-tenant cloud architecture enable organizations to create, deploy and maintain mission-critical, enterprise-scale analytic solutions with fewer resources and in a fraction of the time it would take in any other product.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Ventana Research Value Index report, \u201cThe strength of\nBirst\u2019s Enterprise product is its breadth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Birst Enterprise architecture supports cloud or on-premises\ndeployments, and the data model is designed to access data from a variety of\nsources in a networked or virtualized approach,\u201d the report stated. \u201cIts\nflexible deployment options and integration with business processes and\napplications allow organizations to incorporate analytics into varied line of\nbusiness activities.\u201d<br>\n<br>\nThe Ventana Value Index reported noted that, \u201cBirst Enterprise is designed to\nbe easily integrated into the existing infrastructure, applications and\nprocesses.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ventana Research Value Index for Analytics and Business Intelligence is\nbased on a comprehensive examination of 15 vendors\u2019 products in seven\nevaluation categories, five that evaluate the products\u2019 ability to support the\nbreadth and depth of business needs around analytics (Usability, Manageability,\nReliability, Capability and Adaptability) and two that address vendor\nvalidation and total cost of ownership\/return on investment (Vendor Validation\nand Total Cost of Ownership and Return on Investment, TCO\/ROI). The 2018 Value\nIndex for Analytics and Business Intelligence identifies the companies that\ndeliver the highest value based on an overall weighted evaluation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Birst is a cloud BI and analytics platform that helps organizations\nunderstand and optimize complex business processes in less time than\ntraditional solutions. Built with patented automation and machine learning\ntechnologies, Birst\u2019s \u201cnetworked BI\u201d approach connects teams and applications\nacross the enterprise via a trusted network of analytics, delivering insights\nthat help companies make smarter decisions by delivering a comprehensive view\nof their business. This unique approach has helped leading global companies\nimprove profitability, reduce costs, increase revenues, and transform the way\nthey do business, often in 90 days or less.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ventana Research assessment of Infor was based on its evaluation of the Birst Enterprise networked analytics and business intelligence (BI) platform (Birst Summer \u201918 Release, which became generally available on July 28).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":29170,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[368,1348,535],"class_list":["post-34144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-award","tag-infor","tag-software-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}