EXASOL accelerates BOARD relational analytics

EXASOL AG, developer of the world’s fastest Loading...in-memory analytic database, today announced that it has entered into a technology partnership agreement with Switzerland-based company BOARD International.

BOARD International is the leading global provider of software for unified Business Intelligence, Analytics and Performance Management for planning, reporting and forecasting. BOARD is completely programming-free and has been successfully implemented by companies of any size and industry.

Alongside the company’s own multi-dimensional database for planning and reporting, BOARD’s dual engine puts great emphasis on offering fast relational access to data so users can run reports on large data volumes as quickly and as efficiently as possible. Now, with an interface to EXASOL, the combination of BOARD’s toolset and EXASOL’s fast analytic database is an ideal solution for customers who are faced with growing data volumes and who need to meet the ever-increasing demand from their users for self-service BI; moreover, the BOARD interface also supports write-back to EXASOL database. Using the new interface, users can integrate EXASOL into BOARD’s platform with just a few clicks. As a result, analyses that are undertaken in a BOARD environment now run considerably faster than before. To complement the new technology partnership, both companies will also undertake joint sales activities.

About BOARD International

BOARD International has enabled more than 3,000 companies worldwide to rapidly deploy BI, CPM and Analytics applications on a single integrated and programming-free platform, in a fraction of the time or cost required by traditional BI or CPM solutions. The BOARD platform provides a single, accurate and complete view of an organization’s information, fully integrated with enterprise processes, while uniquely planning and monitoring performance from strategic down to operational detail.

About EXASOL

EXASOL is passionate about helping companies to run their businesses smarter and drive profit by analyzing data and information at unprecedented speeds. The company develops the world’s fastest database for analytics and data warehousing and offers first-class know-how and expertise in data insight and analytics. The in-memory analytic database is the first database to combine in-memory, columnar compression and massively parallel processing, and is proven to be the world’s FASTEST, topping the list in the Loading...TPC-H Benchmark tests for performance. Companies that depend on EXASOL to analyze their data in real-time include Adidas Group, GfK, IMS Health, King, Olympus, MyThings, Sony Music and Xing. Follow EXASOL on Twitter at @EXASOLAG.