View the new EasyAsk for Operational BI online Flash demo to see first-hand how business users can: easily query, analyze, and share information; quickly identify opportunities or understand problems by asking questions of your data in plain English; and leverage existing BI tools through a simplfied method to tap into your information assets.  Learn more in just a few minutes by viewing this multimedia demo.

EasyAsk customer Hartford Hospital has been selected as a finalist for Computerworld’s "Best Practices in Business Intelligence" award for its use of EasyAsk for Operational BI. The award falls in the category of “Expediting Information Delivery, Retrieval, Reporting, and Analysis”. This is well-deserved recognition for the 18 applications of EasyAsk that allow over 20 departments at Hartford Hospital to easily access information. Read the case study and the press release to learn more detail about how Hartford Hospital succeeded in delivering operational BI across the organization with EasyAsk

Progress EasyAsk will be exhibiting at the TDWI World Conference in New Orleans, LA November 2-7. Register now for the premier event in BI education and take advantage of renowned speakers, cutting-edge education, and an expansive exhibit hall—all in one fantastic location.

"The healthcare industry undergoes constant change and shifting influence, largely due to an increase in regulations," said Ian Bezuidenhout, Information Systems Operations Manager for IHD. "The people using EasyAsk have been excited to see the type of information they can quickly get from the system. They can ask the system how many days to stock expiry, for example. Before using EasyAsk, business users had to rely on developers to write a report, run it, and deliver the results to them. They could get standard reports that listed the stock expiry dates, but they would have to filter the reports. Now EasyAsk delivers the results that they're looking for immediately." Read the IT Web article for more information.

The Data Warehouse Institute produces a poster every year and distributes it to 100,000 IT professionals, and this year's poster was sponsored by Progress EasyAsk. TDWI's Master Data Management poster sorts out the complex layers of the MDM stack, illustrating how people, practices, and software automation are coordinated in a mature MDM implementation. Learn how this technology problem is solved through organizational structures that encourage collaboration. Whether you are just beginning a master data initiative or are in a mature MDM environment, this poster will help you master the complexities of MDM and on the back of the poster you can find out more about the role of EasyAsk. Order a printed version of the poster or download a PDF now.

Finding the discrete bits of information everyone needs to perform their job on a daily basis can be like looking for a needle in a haystack. That's where Enterprise Search can help, by letting information consumers use the familiar paradigm of search to find what they seek. But Enterprise Search is not exactly the same as traditional Web-based search and there are some very different approaches for dealing with structured and unstructured data. Tune into this episode of DM Radio to hear several industry experts explain the ins and outs of this relatively new arm of business intelligence. This free DM Radio podcast includes interviews with Forrester Analyst Leslie Owens; Thunderstone CEO John Turnbull; and Dr. Larry Harris, General Manager of Progress EasyAsk. Register now!