With the release of SQL Server 2005 and even more so with the release of SQL Server 2008, Microsoft has delivered OLAP and relational repositories in a single unified solution. Now both OLAP and OLTP is delivered on the same server, through the same API and managed using one set of tools. This is in contrast to other relational database vendors and their respective OLAP servers who have primarily converged their front-end tools while leaving the back-ends unchanged and dis-integrated.
SQL Server’s integrated components include SQL Server Integration Services for ETL, SQL Server Reporting Services for transactional reporting, SQL Server Analysis Services as their OLAP server, and native integration with Excel and SharePoint.
Written from the ground-up in .Net 3.5 (C#), CALUMO 11 is a further extension of this unified platform approach. For example, CALUMO does not create another repository for data, or another modeling engine for business rules and calculations. So, for planning, budgeting and forecasting applications (or any data collection activity) CALUMO input forms provide bottom-up and top-down write back directly into SQL Server and Analysis Services. For dashboards, reporting and analysis, if you already have Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services cubes, simply install CALUMO and you immediately have access to this data in a way that is so simple and convenient, it will forever change the way you think about business intelligence and effective collaboration.
For our customers, CALUMO is sublimely integrated with the way they work, whether through email, spreadsheets, the internet, a SharePoint portal and even PowerPoint.
“The front-end is intuitive and flexible in that we have a range of options for delivery to the wide range of users in our user community. For example, we can use a web portal, standard web for more advanced users, Excel for standard users and power users, deliver PDF’s or hard coded Excel reports. It is so open and flexible as to our options on both the data we choose to analyze, administration or the user experience.”
Alister Cairns, University of New South Wales
About CALUMO 11
CALUMO 11 — Performance Management (CALUMO) is a unified performance management application built on the Microsoft Business Intelligence Platform.
CALUMO provides all facets of performance management including Business Intelligence; metrics and KPI dashboards; reporting and analysis; planning, budgeting, forecasting and modeling; management reporting, operational reporting and financial consolidations.
CALUMO provides exceptional value with a low entry cost and fast, initial implementations. CALUMO then scales to support enterprise-class performance management
About CALUMO
The CALUMO Group (www.calumo.com) is a leading provider of Performance Management solutions for enterprise-wide reporting planning and Business Intelligence. Since 1998 the group has successfully delivered solutions to a wide range of enterprises from SME’s to some of the largest listed companies and government organisations. These solutions provide quantifiable and valuable business insight, offering a single platform from which to integrate Corporate, Financial and Operational performance and objectives.
The Group is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner in Business intelligence (achieving full competency in both Platform and Performance Management Specialisations), Data Management Solutions and ISV/Software Solutions.