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Databeacon Launches .NET-powered Mid-market Reporting and Analysis Products
New products offer report viewers that ensure 100
percent adoption of self-serve explorable reports, strong support for Windows
desktops, and a no-touch deployment environment
OTTAWA, ON -- October 14, 2004 -- Databeacon Inc. today announced the
availability of the Databeacon Smart Client family of products: Databeacon Smart
Client Professional, Databeacon Smart Client Standard, and entry-level
Databeacon Analyst. Leveraging Microsoft’s .NET Framework, Databeacon Smart
Client Professional and Smart Client Standard offer multiple report viewers to
ensure 100 percent adoption of self-serve explorable reports, unparalleled
support for Windows desktop tools, and no-touch deployment.
Databeacon’s new Smart Client family of products adds to its existing Open
Client family of products and extends the company’s expertise to the rapidly
growing opportunity for no-touch deployment software in the enterprise. All
Databeacon Web Reporting and Data Analysis software supports multiple server
platforms.
"We're most proud of our new explorable report viewer, called Databeacon
Player," said Databeacon’s CEO Andy Coutts. "Leveraging Microsoft .NET,
Databeacon Player offers a reporting and analysis interface that millions of
multimedia player users are instantly familiar with. It's a breakthrough in
giving absolutely anyone the ability to get insight out of their data."
Databeacon Smart Client Professional and Smart Client Standard use
Databeacon’s Client OLAP Reporting Environment (CORE) to combine the best of
rich-client and thin-client systems. Combined with the .NET Framework,
Databeacon’s CORE technology vastly improves Web-based reporting and analysis
experiences, while eliminating server loads and providing automatic end-user
software upgrades. The new Databeacon Smart Client product family offers speedy
deployment, compatibility with existing Microsoft .NET infrastructure, and a
familiar interface design to increase user adoption rates.
The Databeacon Smart Client product family includes:
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Databeacon Analyst: a US$395 entry-level product for a power analyst/report
designer. Databeacon Analyst gives an individual the ability to design and use
self-serve explorable reports on their PC from .txt (flat file) data, and
share static versions of those via email. All explorable reports created with
Databeacon Analyst are compatible with and can be used by enterprise upgrade
products: Databeacon Smart Client Standard and Databeacon Smart Client
Professional.
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Databeacon Smart Client Standard: starting at US$4,495 for a five named
user license, includes the ability to deploy “instant-on” Web reporting and
data analysis from a Microsoft, Linux or Unix Web server* to any PC with the
.NET framework installed. Included are three viewers designed to ensure 100%
adoption: Databeacon Web Reporter for casual use information consumers,
Databeacon Player for more frequent data explorers, and Databeacon Insight for
power analysts and report designers. *Linux and Unix server support available
in December, 2004.
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Databeacon Smart Client Professional: starting at US$5,895 for a five named
user license, includes all the features of Databeacon Smart Client Standard
along with an Application Program Interface (API) that provides a scripting
language for creating custom data profiles. It also enables custom portal
development and tight integration with existing system interfaces.
About Databeacon Inc.
Founded in 1995, Databeacon Inc. is the developer of Databeacon, the Web
Reporting and Data Analysis software. For more information, visit http://www.databeacon.com./
