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Value Added Resellers Can Offer BI Analytics Seamlessly Integrated into Dynamics CRM
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Strategy Companion Corporation today announced that c360 Solutions is offering BI Analytics for Dynamics CRMâ„¢ to its network of over 800 authorized partners. c360 Solutions (www.c360.com) is a leading provider of add-on products, industry solutions, and development tools for the Microsoft Dynamicsâ„¢ CRM platform. The BI Analytics solution is available for Dynamics CRM 3.0 and 4.0.
c360 is using Strategy Companion Corporation's BI Analytics to provide Business Intelligence (BI) analytics to its sales partners, who in turn enable their clients to easily track and manage business performance using dashboards and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
"With many of our sales partners' customers using spreadsheets and other less than satisfactory alternatives to analyze and visualize data, we wanted to provide them with the best BI solution, one they could lay directly on top of Dynamics CRM," affirms Arvind Raman, c360 Solutions Director of Product Management. "BI Analytics makes our customers’ users more self-sufficient in creating detailed reports, analyzing data, and acting on new customer insights."
According to Raman, "Since it sits on top of Microsoft Dynamics CRM, our BI Analytics looks and feels like it is part of Dynamics CRM. Customers don’t feel like they are launching an entirely new tool. It is very easy to use because it is so intuitive."
Integrated seamlessly into Microsoft Dynamics CRM for convenience and easy access, BI Analytics is part of the same CRM window and launched with one button located in the CRM navigation bar. To obtain and view the right information at the right time, each CRM user can have up to ten BI reports open and running at the same time.
"We at Strategy Companion are delighted to work with the team at c360. Providing our industry-leading analytics for Dynamics CRM partners and customers brings together two great strengths: c360's well-established and successful partner channel and Strategy Companion's much-needed, business-oriented Business Intelligence solution," says Robert Sterling, VP of Partner Alliances for Strategy Companion. "Both teams believe there will be many more very successful deployments of this solution in the marketplace."
BI Analytics features advanced analytics and extensive visualization capabilities, which include interactive Pivot Tables, Pie Charts, Column Charts, Bar Charts, and many more. It includes 25 pre-built, ready-to-go BI Analytics reports for Microsoft Dynamics CRM and an automatically-built OLAP cube containing the customer’s own CRM data. This results in immediate, easy-to-understand corporate performance reports. These reports are easily modified and can also include a company’s custom entities and attributes. New reports can also be created. Managers and employees can easily see and understand their own performance metrics, enabling them to take action quickly and make better decisions. Sales, marketing, and service employees can identify and act on new opportunities to grow revenue and improve business efficiency.
"We offer 25 different add-on products for Microsoft Dynamics CRM, so many resellers view c360 as a one-stop shop and the leading provider of add-on products, industry solutions and development tools for the Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform," Raman adds. "BI Analytics adds to our outstanding reputation."
About c360 Solutions
c360 products (www.c360.com) are sold exclusively through a network of over 800 authorized partners that have delivered c360 solutions to more than 2,200 customers worldwide. c360 products have been widely adopted by customers in the High-Tech, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Distribution, Professional Services and Retail industries, among others. c360's intense focus on customer satisfaction earned a 97% satisfaction rating in an independent survey. Based on nominations and support from the Microsoft partner community, c360 was recognized as Microsoft's 2005 "Partner Choice ISV (Independent Software Vendor)."
About Strategy Companion
Strategy Companion Corporation (www.strategycompanion.com) is a leading provider of intuitive Business Intelligence solutions with products focused on the Microsoft SQL Server platform. Founded in 2001, it is headquartered in El Segundo, California with regional offices in Atlanta, Georgia; London, England; India, China, and Taiwan. Strategy Companion Corporation products, which include Analyzerâ„¢ and BI Analytics for Dynamics CRMâ„¢, are sold worldwide.
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