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January 5, 2010

Getting out the Crystal Ball - Interesting Predictions for 2010

Filed under: SaaS BI, business intelligence, cloud BI — Tags: , — BarbaraL @ 2:09 pm

At this time of year, one of my favorite things to do is see what predictions people have for 2010.  Here are some interesting ones that I’ve collected so far:
The JD Edwards Advisor blog - mostly focused on JD Edwards/Oracle predictions, but does have one of my favorite predictions:

“Cloud computing hype will rise, but adoption [...]

December 23, 2009

Some holiday cheer - Birst named a Finalist for Red Herring Global 100

Pass the eggnog!  Birst not only won the Red Herring North America 100 in 2009, but we have also been named a Finalist for the Red Herring Global 100, a competition to win the title of one of the Top 100 Tech Startups in the World.
We are looking forward to presenting Birst’s case - this [...]

November 20, 2009

Things to catch at Dreamforce ‘09 before you go

Filed under: SaaS BI, business intelligence, cloud BI, sales analytics — Tags: — BarbaraL @ 10:25 am

The Birst Team has been having a blast showing off Birst 4 and Birst for Salesforce at Dreamforce ‘09.  Thanks to all of the folks who have stopped by our booth, #1210.  We’ve been having some great conversations and signing up lots of free trials!
If you come by this morning, you can meet David Taber, [...]

November 17, 2009

Birst at Dreamforce - come by for a demo and free gift!

Filed under: SaaS BI, business intelligence, cloud BI, sales analytics — Tags: — BarbaraL @ 3:39 pm

Dreamforce is finally upon us!  We are looking forward to showing off how easy it is to get started doing the sales reporting that you need in Birst.  And we’re looking forward to meeting you and giving you one of the fun, free gifts we have available.  We have heard that registrations are now at [...]

November 3, 2009

Announcing Birst 4: The first and only Comprehensive Cloud BI Suite

Birst is pleased to announce Birst 4, The Comprehensive Cloud BI Suite. Birst 4 is the first and only full-featured, fully integrated business intelligence solution, including advanced ETL services, data warehouses created on the fly, and integrated reporting services, such as Smart Dashboards, pixel perfect reporting, and alerts.   Birst 4 is the only cloud BI [...]

November 2, 2009

Where to find Birst at TDWI Orlando

TDWI Orlando is already upon us!  I hope that everyone is enjoying the warm Florida weather.
Here’s where you can find Birst at TDWI Orlando this year.
Find Birst on the Exhibit Floor in Booth #207.  Catch a demo and a flying gift!

Find out how Birst enables Pervasive BI at your organization with fast, easy, affordable, and [...]

October 16, 2009

Where to find Birst - TDWI Orlando, Dreamforce and more

The Birst Team is having a busy Q4.  A crack team of ours just got back from rave reviews at the Cloudforce Toronto event, where we showed off our ability to create Salesforce CRM pipeline reporting dashboards in just a few minutes.
Here’s where you can find us next:

RightNow Summit Americas, October 26 -28, 2009

Come find [...]

September 18, 2009

The anxiety of the times: startups and the question of survivability

Having experienced the unbelievable turmoil in the markets in the past 12-18 months, there’s no surprise that people are questioning the viability not only of major companies, but of younger, less established ones, too.
Birst was founded in 2004.  If you had asked us then if there would ever be a time that Birst would be [...]

September 16, 2009

Another myth falls by the wayside- IT execs *do* like SaaS

Filed under: SaaS BI, business intelligence — Tags: , , — BarbaraL @ 1:49 pm

The Birst Team recently returned from the Midsize Enterprise Summit in LA, which focuses on IT managers and decision-makers for midmarket companies.  We expected to hear many tales of woe - midsize organizations are often large enough to have decently sized IT teams and a deep understanding of technological complexity and capability, but really not [...]

August 7, 2009

Birst is back from TDWI - big fancy plaques and a story of sabotage (?!)

Filed under: SaaS BI, business intelligence, sales analytics — Tags: , — BarbaraL @ 2:53 pm

Thanks to everyone who stopped by the Birst booth at TDWI.  The Birst team had a blast meeting so many people excited about the possibilities of BI and enjoyed all of the demos that we gave.
Big thanks to Shawn Spott, the RBC Wealth Management winner of the Best Practices 2009 Award for Dashboards and Scorecards.  [...]

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