Izenda has published the release candidate version 6.6.
Some of the great new features include:
- EAV Support
- Izenda Forms
- Html Printing
- CSS In PDFs
- Data Source Categories
- Column Groups
- Auto Drill Down
- Expressions
- VG Hierarchy
- Field Value
- Equals Autocomplete
- Equals Checkboxes
- Equals Calendar
- Cancel Preview Right To Left Language Support
- Animated Gauges
- jQuery Date Calendar
- Dashboard Filters
This video highlights some of the new features:
The latest version of Izenda can be downloaded here.
Latest release notes can always be found on the Izenda wiki.
Out of 20,000+ ISV’s in the ecosystem, Microsoft has selected Izenda as one of the High Potential ISV’s. Izenda’s software revolutionizes the relationship between the user and IT professional by shifting the reporting function to the user community, while letting IT focus on more strategic priorities. After being recognized as one of the ‘2012 Hottest Georgia Companies for technology, this is another sign that Izenda is being noticed. Izenda announced Ad Hoc Reporting for Windows 8, which will enable a level of integration that organizations and users need by integrating reports into Windows search, thereby giving them single-click access to their report library. This will save costs and create additional competitive advantages for customers accessing real-time data. A recent Microsoft case study revealed that Izenda’s software saves organizations $250,000 in support and development costs.
Denver, CO – June 12, 2012 – Open Scan® Technologies, Inc. announced today their partnership with Izenda, a leader in business intelligence. Open Scan’s Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable Process Management solution users will benefit from greater insights into their financial supply chain data.
“It’s wonderful seeing HTML 5 technologies used in the financial sector to deliver embedded business intelligence,” said Izenda CEO & Chief Architect, Sanjay Bhatia. “Giving users access to real time data can create significant operational efficiencies that give organizations an edge.”
Izenda is a true ad hoc reporting solution that allows users to create reports on the fly without the need for IT or an understanding of underlying database architecture.
“We are excited to partner with Izenda to deliver world class reporting and dashboard capabilities,” said Open Scan® CEO Nadine Lange. “This will provide our clients insight into their financial data.”
About Izenda
Izenda is the market leader in Embedded Business Intelligence for business applications built on the Microsoft platform. The privately held Atlanta-based software company has delivered ad-hoc reporting, real-time dashboards and data visualizations to over one million users by embedding into over one thousand applications. Founded in 2002, the company applies agile software principles and HTML5 technology to give organizations better insight into their data. www.izenda.com.
About Open Scan
For more than a decade, Open Scan® Technologies Inc. has revolutionized enterprise financial workflows with industry-defining product innovations in payment capture, remittance processing, cash application, payables, and deduction management. Corporations, financial institutions, and government agencies realize unrivaled performance and efficiency as well as measurable savings and increased accuracy of data. www.openscan.com
Contact Information Open Scan Technologies, Inc. Ryan Stoops Marketing Manager 303.867.7410 rstoops@openscan.com
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SQL Server 12 is out – how do you like the new features?
Most of Izenda’s customers use our ad hoc reporting platform to connect to a Microsoft SQL Server database. So, we are thrilled about some of the new capabilities available in SQL Server 12. Here are seven features we are super excited about:
1. Columnstore indexes
You may have heard about columnar databases such as vertical that run some queries 100x faster. These new indexes bring this feature to SQL Server. For a query like this, the database can process much more data because it does not have to read the the entire table to do the calculation. It optimizes on the specific column. This makes multi-terabyte database perform a lot faster when only certain columns are used for reporting on specific columns. A query like this could run orders of magnitude faster.
SELECT SUM(Freight) FROM Orders
2. SQL Azure Enhancements
You can now make individual databases on Azure up to 150GB. Additionally you can do an azure sync to an on-premise database at this scale. This accelerates cloud adoption to larger organizations who need more sophisticated reporting capabilities.
3. Hadoop Support
That’s right. The popular open source big data storage engine now integrates with SQL Server. Having Hadoop integrated into a SQL server deployment will greatly reduce support and maintenance costs and, of course, brings Hadoop into Microsoft shops. We are excited about this feature because Izenda Reports now has the ability to report on a variety of data sources through an integrated experience using Izenda Fusion.
4. AlwaysOn
You can now create multiple fail over mirrors with a lot less effort. As an added benefit, the fail over servers can be used in read-only mode for reporting.
5. Windows Server Core Support
For virtualization fans that want minimal overhead, you can now run SQL Server without the windows GUI and administer remotely. It has a lower footprint so queries should run faster, especially in a virtualized environment.
6. Enhanced Auditing
For customers with compliance requirements, you can not do better tracking of what SQL Server is doing in a more granular way.
7. Linux Client Support
If you haven’t heard, Microsoft is now one of the top contributors to the Linux Kernel. You can now connect to SQL Server databases from Linux applications. As strange as this feels, it’s definitely a good thing.
ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE) Izenda, a market leader in ad hoc reporting, real-time dashboards and data virtualization for Microsoft applications, today announced it is readying a version of its flagship product, Izenda Reports, for Windows 8.
Izenda’s software revolutionizes the relationship between the user and IT professional by shifting the reporting function to the user community, while letting IT focus on more strategic priorities.
“We are excited about the unified platform that Microsoft has created,” said Sanjay Bhatia, founder and CEO of Izenda. “Our HTML5 application, which currently supports all mobile and desktop browsers, will leverage Microsoft’s new WinRT technology to deliver reports and dashboards to Windows 8 users.”
Windows 8 will enable a level of integration that organizations and users need by integrating reports into Windows search, thereby giving them single-click access to their report library. This will save costs and create additional competitive advantages for customers accessing real-time data. A recent Microsoft case study revealed that Izenda’s software saves organizations ~$250,000 in support and development costs.
“Making our software compatible with Windows 8 is important for our users – We’re thrilled that Microsoft is supporting HTML5 and JavaScript as a first-class option for developing Windows 8 applications,” said Bhatia. “Touch interfaces are huge for executives and taking our interactive dashboards mobile will allow for their organizations to have a competitive advantage, giving them real-time access to crucial data at board meetings and sales presentations.”
Bhatia will join an exclusive, invite-only Microsoft event tomorrow, where he will collaborate with Microsoft to get the product into the Windows app store so it can be added to new Windows 8 devices as they start to roll out later this year.
About Izenda
Izenda is a leading provider of self-service reporting, real-time dashboards and data virtualization applications that run on Microsoft’s platform. Its Izenda Reports platform is integrated into nearly 1,000 applications and saves a typical customer $250,000 in IT support and development costs. For more information, please visit www.izenda.com or call 1-888-IZENDA-1.
The Izenda platform can be deployed by integrating it directly into your application or on a separate standalone server. While the majority of integrations are directly embedded, it is worth considering the standalone option in case of rapid deployments or situations where each tenant has an independent server or web site.
Embedded Integration
Methodology
- Copy Starter Kit Into “Reporting” folder of application
- Use PostLogin() method to map user security
Advantages
- A single, seamless deployment process for all application functionality
- Better load balancing and performance across your entire infrastructure
- Redundancy from being on multiple servers
- Deep integration with multi-tenant, multi-role multi-user security models
- Simple XCOPY deployment
- Becomes a part of standard source control
- Easy coordination between developers
- Leverage existing security and compliance controls
- Seamless user experience when navigating between application pages and reports
- Supports easy publishing from dev, test or staging to production envionrments.
- High performance transitions between reporting and application content
Disadvantages
- Must be coordinated with the release cycle of other code
- May require recompiling or republishing web application
For more details, download our Integration Overview
Stand-Alone Integration
Methodology
- Install starter kit on independent server
- Send secure user identifier on query string for single sign on or setup secondary login page
- Look up user information from database inside PostLogin() method based on secure user identifer
Advantages
- Can be deployed independent of a release cycle
- Does not require recompiling or republishing base application
Disadvantages
- Requires more code to integrate user security
- May feel like a separate application to the user
- Requires independent load balancing and redundancy
- An additional web site and server to maintain
- Additional windows licensing and hardware costs
Izenda Reports 6.4 (6.4.4314.14409 to be exact) is now officially available for existing customers on their download page, and we have 11 great new and updated features for you:
1. Smart joining of data sources
Data sources in version 6.4 with complicated relationships can be selected with just several mouse clicks. Izenda Reports deduces the table joining relationships for the user. A new simplified data sources GUI allows selection with ease by graying out check boxes to prevent nonsensical joins.
Most transactional systems have some kind of status field which is crucial to business operations and must be analyzed in a real-time manner. Here are some examples of transactional systems:
- Sales Orders
- Work Orders
- Ticket Status
- Technical Stock Analysis
- Case Management
- Lead Management
Executives often need comparative, relative or time-series data analysis in order to improve operations. They need to be able to drill into these figures in order to test a hypothesis or hunch about where inefficiency may lie. In a sales scenario, you’d want to know a close ratio. In support, we’d like to know how many tickets are open. In marketing, we’d be curious about which lead sources are delivering the highest percentage of qualified prospects.
