Philosophy When it comes to metrics or reports there is a big difference between interesting and useful. Let Column Technologies help you draw that distinction. We strongly believe that successful business intelligence solutions need to be process-driven and role-based. That means that when we design a report, a dashboard, or an analysis view that it serves the needs of a distinct type of business user with specific responsibilities. And, it can be placed into context of a business process with clear objectives. Services Column Technologies provides a comprehensive catalog of business intelligence software, consulting, training, and managed services solutions for a variety of business needs. Examples from previous engagements include: Strategy consulting to drive executive consensus on which metrics matter Deploying open source business intelligence like Jaspersoft Business Intelligence Suite Deploying enterprise business intelligence platforms like SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Dashboard and management reporting design and deployment Parameterized, context driven, and embedded operational reporting applications Day-to-day administration and monitoring of business intelligence applications Contact us for more examples or to see if our experience matches your needs.

When trying to build consensus on which metrics matter most one of the biggest mistakes an organization can make is not distinguishing between interesting and useful. The other mistake is assuming that one report or one dashboard, no matter how complex, can meet the needs of all users. -Sam Friedman, Business Intelligence Practice Manager for Column Technologies

Solutions

Column Technologies helps customers to quickly and inexpensively deploy new business intelligence capabilities. Some of those include:

• Scorecards that enable executives to link strategic goals and day-to-day operational activities
• Dashboards that enable managers to interactively visualize multiple metrics on a single screen
• Self service or ad hoc reporting for non-technical users, lowering the skill level to author reports and reducing the need for expensive or backlogged report developers
• Automated report scheduling, email distribution and publishing
• Parameterized management reports that are reusable across multiple departments
• Embedded, context-driven, real-time reporting
• Single or multi-source data integration

Contact us for an explanation or a demonstration of any of these capabilities.

Partnerships and Software Solutions

Jaspersoft

Contact us to find out why Column Technologies is not only a Jaspersoft reseller and training partner but also a Jaspersoft customer. The Jaspersoft Business Intelligence Suite is an open source, business intelligence platform with both free and commercial editions. The suite provides a complete range of robust and scalable business intelligence capabilities including embedded reporting, ad hoc reporting, report automation, dashboards, OLAP and data integration.

SAP BusinessObjects and Crystal Reports

Column Technologies has over ten years of experience deploying reporting or business intelligence solutions with Crystal Reports, BusinessObjects Web Intelligence, Xcelsius or other SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise applications.

Column ITSM Intelligence

Column Technologies has a preconfigured business intelligence solution for the BMC Remedy ITSM applications. It includes dashboards, self service ad hoc reporting, embedded reporting, and report automation for scheduling and email distribution.

BMC Analytics and BMC Dashboards for BSM

Column Technologies has delivered over fifty deployments BMC Analytics or BMC Dashboards for BSM. Contact us to have one of our experienced consultants lead you through our Rapid Deployment program or guide you through training or customization best practices.

To learn how Column's business intelligence solutions and services can improve performance while reducing costs and risk, you can contact a Column office, have Column contact you, or chat with a Column representative.