Interactive data visualization and search augments Cognos BI for faster and better business analysis, reporting and decision-making
Orlando, FL (PRWEB) May 13, 2009 -- Visual i/o (www.visual-io.com) today announced and unveiled the newest generation of its enterprise software for interactive visual analysis and business intelligence at the IBM Cognos Forum (http://www.cognos.com/cognosforum/), taking place in Orlando, FL---May 12-15, 2009.
Through its new product, Visual i/o also introduces an industry-first "Visual Search" capability delivering unprecedented integration of business intelligence with data search functionalities. The new software will be demonstrated for the first time in public during Cognos Forum at Booth 32 on the expo floor.
Visual i/o's new software adds unprecedented capabilities and powerful functionality for business intelligence and performance management professionals using Cognos products. Visual i/o meets strong Cognos customer demand for high-performance visualization for both structured database data and unstructured Web content.
"As a presentation layer technology, Visual i/o's products and components reside on top of multiple data sources and the Cognos architecture to provide intuitive and highly interactive user interfaces," said Angela Shen-Hsieh, founder of Visual i/o.
"Many of our customers use Cognos products. Users in life sciences, pharmaceuticals, financial services, and government sectors can leverage and extend the robust capabilities of their Cognos products with powerful and insightful data visualizations offered by Visual i/o. Our proven technology solutions and consulting services enable Cognos enterprise customers to present complex data in digestible, usable formats for executives, management, business end users and consumers."
Visual i/o + Cognos Helps Business Better See and Understand Data:
Visual i/o business analysis components are optimized to run with IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence. Its visualizations are presented within the Cognos Connection Portal to provide a security model and single application server for Web-based users. The Cognos-Visual i/o combination lets users draw on data across all enterprise sources to create their own views of trusted performance information and explore it when and how it suits them best.
The visualizations request data through Cognos reports - both automatic/scheduled and on-demand ad hoc reporting. The XML output is then formatted into user-friendly views.
Visual i/o provides executives and managers with an interactive visual analysis tool to view data across multiple dimensions, decision points and milestones per project with drill-down capabilities to provide a deeper understanding of the underlying data. Users now have greater flexibility to generate data visualizations (e.g. Gantt charts) by various parameters, on an ad hoc basis, depending on changing needs, without having to put in a request to an in-house IT/ technical team to update the reports.
Visual i/o delivers essential software functionalities for management productivity (integrating Business Intelligence, Analytics, Budgeting and Planning, Dashboarding, and more):
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The combination of Visual i/o with Cognos 8 V.4 delivers a powerful solution for the integration of dynamic Data Visualization, Business Intelligence (BI) Enterprise Search and Retrieval (ESR) --- to go beyond stand-alone offerings from other vendors including TIBCO Spotfire, Information Builders, Jaspersoft, SAS, Oracle and QlikView.
As its name suggests, Visual i/o is a venture-backed data visualization software company enabling business users and consumers to easily and interactively access, interpret and learn from information they work with everyday. Visual i/o's focus is on "the last 18 inches"--getting data from the computer screen into the human mind--bridging the divide between raw data and actionable meaning through an entirely new graphical way to navigate and interpret data.
About Visual i/o
Visual i/o develops interactive visual analysis solutions that provide comprehensive views into the state of business operations to maximize organizational decision-making. Leading pharmaceutical, software and financial services companies use Visual i/o to interact dynamically and visually with their data for revealing business insights. The company's proven data visualization software solutions and consulting services enable organizations to present complex data in digestible, meaningful formats for executives, management and end users, while driving faster decisions and analysis Visit www.visual-io.com or call (617) 623-5400.
Press Contact: Patrick Rafter for Visual i/o, 617-901-2697
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