PRONTO Software has integrat ed IBM’s latest business intelli gence (BI) suite, Cognos 10, into the upcoming release of its flagship ERP system, Pronto-Xi, to enable quicker, smarter decision-making for mid- market customers.
The seamless integration of Cognos 10 is said to provide enhanced reporting capabilities and instant business insight, thereby empowering users to access meaningful data anytime, anywhere.
The full release will be launched in March 2011, while a beta version is available now.
According to Pronto Software’s managing director, David Jackman, the partnership with IBM is a step in the company’s vision to increase the functional ity and breadth of its product portfolio, delivering a next gen eration ERP system that includes an BI out of the box.
“Over the past five years, we have had a heavy development focus on simplifying IT for our customers. This is becoming increasingly important from a business analysis and reporting perspective as volumes of data increase, making fast and effective business decisions all the more challenging,” said Jackman.
“We’ve done all the integra tion work so that IBM Cognos 10 is tightly embedded into Pronto- Xi and our customers can start reaping the benefits immediate ly. They will be able to create ad hoc reports, slice and dice the data, and create dashboards in a new intuitive interface.”
He explained one of the biggest obstacles to gaining insight from data is demystifying the complexities in the underly ing database. “IBM Cognos 10 offers a simple mechanism for providing at-a-glance insight into key business drivers in an easy to understand way.”