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On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 1:31 PM, JTP PR <[email protected]> wrote: > > Business intelligence (BI) firm Yellowfin has launched a new version > of its flagship Yellowfin product with enhanced capability for cloud > deployments. > > Whilst Yellowfin, with it 100% browser based interface, has always > been able to be deployed via the cloud, Yellowfin 4.1 offers enhanced > scalability with improved clustering administration allowing for far > larger and complex deployments. For example by using Amazon's Elastic > Compute Cloud web service as the backbone. > > Glen rabie, CEO of Yellowfin says “Popular applications for cloud > deployment include software-as-a-service applications such as CRM, > expense management, human resources, and Web analytics. But now we’re > seeing a sudden burst of activity around business intelligence. This > makes sense, since BI software shares characteristics with the > aforementioned apps that make it right for cloud computing.” > > "Cloud deployments address the problem of long and complex > deployments. With Yellowfin’s browser based graphical configuration > environment we are able to host the entire solution in the cloud. So > other than making a connection to the company's business systems, > there is very little burden on the IT staff or their budget," Rabie > says. > > The benefits of deploying Yellowfin in the cloud have been proven by > Base2, who use Yellowfin to track real time performance metrics for > field management services. "In the past you had to buy and manage > physical servers to deploy Yellowfin, but now you can have Yellowfin > running within 15 minutes," said Arthur Marinis of Base2 a Yellowfin > partner. > Apart from faster time-to-value, Maris noted that the on-demand model > allows Base2’s customers to scale capacity on the fly, and reduce IT > infrastructure costs. > > Ron Dovich, a Yellowfin partner based in Austin Texas noted that “We > choose to run Yellowfin inside of Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud > platform because our client does not own any hardware or have any in- > house expertise for building out and managing the required > infrastructure.” > > Yellowfin has no plans to offer a SAAS BI application directly to end > users. “What we offer is the capability for our partners and OEM > partners to develop their own products and services in the cloud using > Yellowfin,” says Rabie. The value in Yellowfin is that clients and > partners have the flexibility to choose either cloud or traditional in > house deployments. "While some BI vendors only work in the cloud, we > believe it is important for our customers that we support the two," he > said. > > About Yellowfin > > www.yellowfinbi.com > > Yellowfin is passionate about making Business Intelligence easy. > Recently recognised among 25 rising companies that CIO’s must know > about, Yellowfin is a leading JAVA web-based BI solution can be easily > integrated into any third-party application or delivered as a stand- > alone enterprise platform. Yellowfin is an innovative and flexible > solution for reporting and analytics, providing a full range of data > access, presentation and information delivery capabilities. > > > > -- Viktor Klang Java Specialist Scala Loudmouth Lift Committer --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
