Vancouver, BC - April 28, 2011 - Simba Technologies Inc., industry’s choice for standards-based relational and multi-dimensional data connectivity, announced today that it has launched an industry survey today to gather information about the use of Microsoft Excel in Business Intelligence (BI).
The web-based survey is open to anyone with an interest in Business Intelligence (BI) and Microsoft Excel. The survey takes less than 10 minutes to complete and is available at http://goo.gl/SiFj5. It will remain open through to May 18th, 2011. Aggregated survey results will be shared with participants, as well as be used as the foundation of a future industry report and white paper.
Microsoft Excel is the most-widely deployed and used tool in the BI arena. This survey is intended to provide deeper insight and understanding for which Excel is used in combination with other applications and as a stand-alone technology for delivering actionable information. The survey covers internal report generation, use of static reports, real-time analytics and casual data exploration.
Simba Technologies (http://www.simba.com) is the recognized world leader in standards-based data access products, solutions and services for both relational and multi-dimensional data sources. Simba provides data connectivity solutions to many of the world's leading companies on various platforms, including Windows, Mac, UNIX, Linux and many mobile device platforms. Simba's data connectivity products support multiple interfaces, including ODBC, JDBC, OLE DB, OLE DB for OLAP (ODBO), XML for Analysis (XMLA), ADO, ADO.NET, ADOMD and ADOMD.NET.
Simba's software is used worldwide. Its customers include leading independent software vendors and global enterprises like Microsoft®, Oracle®, Infor®, SAP® and Teradata®.
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