DataPA unveils latest version of BI Tool at QAD Conference

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DataPA unveils latest version of Market Leading Business Intelligence Tool at QAD EMEA Conference.

DataPA is to offer delegates to the QAD Explore EMEA 2008 Conference an exclusive demo of the latest version of its market-leading business intelligence tool.

DataPA offers the first true next generation pervasive BI solution for the QAD environment. It builds on existing investment in the QAD platform by pushing BI out to all users at all levels in the organisation by providing the facility to access data in real-time and create valuable business reports on a self-service basis.

“Business Intelligence is evolving from traditional BI to pervasive BI, which empowers everyone in the organisation, at all levels, with information and analytics that improve their effectiveness,” said Gary Lamb, CEO, DataPA. “This represents a sea change in the BI marketplace which promises to increase sustainable competitive advantage by helping every employee make the right decisions at the right time in step with company and customer objectives and improve operational efficiency by uncovering new best practices and driving those practices from the bottom up as well as the top down.
DataPA is a leading promoter of this new approach in the QAD space, offering real-time, self-service business intelligence uniquely suited to the QAD architecture and driving ever more value from customers existing investment.”


Key benefits of the DataPA business intelligence solution include:

• Connects through the Progress application server to provide up to date, live data in a secure and efficient manner which is key to pervasive BI.
• Easy to install and configure – can take as little as hours (rather than days as is the case with competitive products). This makes it simple to roll out the BI solution to the entire user base with minimum burden on the IT department.
• Users are empowered to build their own reports using a powerful wizard tool which is easy to use and highly intuitive. In this way users can create reports, present and analyse data in exactly the way they want it. Minimal training is required to operate the software as is designed from the ground up to be used by non-technical personnel.
• Data is accessed and interrogated in real-time for greater accuracy and speed of results. This avoids the data issues commonly associated with batch runs and accessing a data warehouse. Multiple databases can be simultaneously accessed in real-time time regardless of locations and IT infrastructures.
• Results can be exported seamlessly in a wide variety of formats including Excel, Word, PDF, and HTML as well as DataPA’s customisable dashboard which users can use to present data in a interactive graphical format effectively offering them a personalised BI solution.
• Built on the robust Progress platform, DataPA makes it easy to reuse existing business logic reducing the cost of installation and maintenance. It also makes it easier to add in new areas of business as the need arises.
• DataPA’s sophisticated Complexity Management Engine takes care of the complex calculations and formulas behind the scenes to deliver answers to user queries quickly and accurately.
• Competitive cost per seat pricing means that return on investment is significantly greater than the industry average.
• A web-based version is available which means that secure access is available to other stakeholders such as customers and suppliers anywhere in the world. Maintenance, upgrades and security permissions can all be controlled centrally using this method again reducing the overhead on the IT department.
• A report scheduler is included which can automate the production and distribution of reports which are required on a routine basis.


Nick Finch, Chief Technology Officer at DataPA commented: “DataPA has tangible benefits at all levels in the organisation. The IT department is no longer swamped with queries from users looking for data. Senior management can make decisions quicker as they can instantly access live and relevant information. For example, we have a finance department user where it used to take up to eight days each month to prepare a financial report, now it is done within minutes at the push of a button. With the advent of pervasive BI from DataPA QAD users now have the power to gather valuable business information at their fingertips.”

The new version of DataPA includes a number of enhancements including the official release of a web-enabled front end, the ability to drill down across different reports and full support for Windows Vista. In addition, there have been improvements made in performance speed and in the range of data types which can be accommodated. Multi-lingual versions are available including English, French and Dutch.

Prices start at €225 for a single user licence and there is no minimum licence requirement. Bundled licence packages offer attractive discounts.


DataPA is used by customers world-wide in a number of sectors including food, manufacturing, retail, business services. It has also been adopted by number of value-added resellers to create industry-specific BI solutions. During 2009 the company will be actively seeking more VARs and ISVs through its channel partner programme and is keen to hear from partners who have a BI requirement.

For further information please visit www.datapa.com or call +44(0)1383 749 590.