Find out how EasyAsk® for Operational Business Intelligence (BI) makes business intelligence as easy as Web search by viewing this two-minute overview of the highlights of this exciting software that is helping leading companies make BI truly pervasive.

Dr. Larry Harris, Vice President and General Manager, EasyAsk, recently participated in an exclusive interview with Ron Powell and the Business Intelligence Network. In this interview, Dr. Harris shares how Progress EasyAsk software makes business intelligence as easy as Web search. He explains how users can rely on a familiar search box  to enter ad hoc queries in natural language and receive immediate answers in addition to links to other existing relevant reports. Listen to this podcast now.

Wayne Eckerson, Director of TDWI, and Dr. Larry Harris, Vice President and General Manager of Progress EasyAsk will co-present to explore what happens when search and business intelligence collide. Enterprise search tools now index more than Web pages and text and image files; they can index any data volume, including structured databases, metadata, and transaction feeds. Given the pervasiveness of enterprise search and its ease-of-use, many wonder if search offers a revolutionary new approach to end-user data access. Some believe that search, with its familiar and simple keyword interface, is the next generation ad hoc query tool. Others see a role for search in helping guide users to relevant information within reports and data repositories and integrating diverse data sets on the fly without need for traditional data integration. This Webinar will examine the core technologies at play and show how search will become an integral component of a BI stack. Register now for this free Webinar.

Investments in business intelligence and other information management solutions can add tremendous value to an organization, but only if people use such systems to improve decision-making. Many estimates place the penetration of BI technology at 20 percent or less throughout most organizations. For BI to become pervasive, companies must take steps to ensure that operational employees enjoy the same access to insights and reports as do analysts and senior executives. In this Espresso Shot Web Seminar 24 June at 12 pm ET, we'll explore some of the ways that companies can deliver valuable insights to operational employees, and thus make BI more pervasive. Register now!

Cardif Pinnacle, a specialist underwriter of protected repayment insurance, motor shortfall, and other unique payment protector insurance products, has replaced a nine-year-old business intelligence (BI) system with Progress Software’s EasyAsk for Operational BI. Within a week, the company was drawing information through EasyAsk. In the past Cardif Pinnacle relied on programmers at its UK headquarters to create and manage its reporting environment that contained two disparate systems: operating and accounting. With EasyAsk’s ability to interpret natural language questions into ad hoc queries, reports and alerts, Cardif’s business users are now able to self-serve their frequent BI report requests. Read the case study.

With most companies reporting less than 20% penetration of business intelligence, we have a long way to go to deliver BI to the masses. View this eBook on Operational BI to learn how today’s leading companies are making BI truly pervasive. Download this ebook.

Read this case study from Enterprise Search Center that reviews the many benefits a major New England hospital received from implementing EasyAsk for Operational BI throughout it’s organization. It discusses how Hartford Hospital uses EasyAsk to deliver BI to its administration and clinical staff via 18 applications that allow over 20 departments to easily access information that improves healthcare and business operations. The article also explains why EasyAsk is the “go to application for business questions” by users in diverse departments throughout the hospital, and it provides examples of how the hospital uses EasyAsk to generate automated alerts flagging the presence of infectious diseases within the hospital. Download this Enterprise Search Center article.

Progress EasyAsk is offering free downloads of this analysis by Tom Rhinelander, analyst at New Rowley Group, which explores the needs for current information throughout the enterprise to make informed decisions. It reviews the alternatives that allow employees to access BI information and explains why IT cannot serve as a gatekeeper for access to BI data. The report explains how EasyAsk simplifies BI for the masses and highlights the benefits of EasyAsk to end users, IT, and the enterprise. Download this free whitepaper.