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Progress Software Announces the Availability of Progress EasyAsk for Operational Business Intelligence 11.0

Published: July 14, 2008

EasyAsk for Operational BI 11.0 capabilities enable business intelligence to become more pervasive across and beyond the enterprise because business users can use the product with little or no learning curve.

Progress Software Corporation, a global supplier of application infrastructure software used to develop, deploy, integrate and manage business applications, recently announced the availability of Progress EasyAsk for operational business intelligence (BI) 11.0. With the EasyAsk for Operational BI 11.0 product, enhanced data analysis capabilities can be delivered from a single user interface that combines natural language ad hoc querying and analysis with the ability to search for existing reports by simply typing questions into a single search box, which immediately delivers results. These capabilities enable business intelligence to become more pervasive across and beyond the enterprise because business users can use the product with little or no learning curve – much like using a web search engine. This new EasyAsk release also offers customizable dashboards to enhance visualization.

Dan Vesset, program Vice President, Business Analytics research at IDC commented: "Achieving pervasive business intelligence requires several organizational, process, and technology capabilities. A key characteristic of the latter is easy access to information, contextual presentation of information through various interfaces, including dashboards and reports, and guided analytics. The latest EasyAsk release extends the product's capabilities from natural language query or ’search-like’ information access to guided and ad-hoc analytics, assisting end-users in collaborative data analysis and subsequent decision-making across any business function."