Switchfast Blog: The Future of IT
MicroStrategy Offers Free Business Intelligence Software
Monday, October 19, 2009 by Michael Holley
As part of the web application revolution, a lot of companies
are offering fairly robust free versions of their products for
lighter users in hopes that the buzz it creates will attract
larger, paying enterprise customers. The good news for small
businesses is of course that we often get all the functionality we
need in the free version, and thus have access to some really
powerful tools at no cost.
One of those great tools is MicroStrategy's ReportingSuite.
Business intelligence reporting is all the rage right now since
everyone in the world is scrambling to find ways to make their
processes more efficient. The ironic downside, of course, is that
few can afford all of the consulting that is needed to really
streamline everything. With business intelligence software,
however, you can run reports yourself and either use in-house
resources to interpret and implement changes, or at the very least
pay for much less consulting time.
The free licensing option accommodates up to 100 users, which
should be more than enough for most small businesses. Also,
MicroStrategy offers free online support and training with the
software at all levels, which is really nice for the budget-minded
organizations that will be attracted to this software in the first
place.
Anyway, if you don't have a solution in place, it's definitely
worth checking out. You can learn more and download the software here.
Best,
Switchfast Technologies
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& Consulting
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