Spira Data and Sirrus Solutions to Deliver Stratus Business Intelligence
(CALGARY, AB—September 18, 2007)— Spira Data Corp., a leading innovator and provider of electronic field data acquisition software solutions, today announced it has partnered with Sirrus Solutions, a professional services provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, to offer companies a new one-stop shop electronic field ticketing BI solution called Stratus Business Intelligence.
Stratus Business Intelligence is built on Spira’s trademarked field ticketing platform. It is designed to capture field data and facilitate in-depth analysis of company operations through reports, dashboards and powerful analytical data cubes.
“We are excited to partner with Sirrus Solutions to offer businesses a first-of-its-kind electronic field ticketing BI solution. For businesses that already deploy Spira Wireless Field Ticketing (WFT), they will have the option and opportunity to take Spira WFT to the next level with Stratus Business Intelligence by adding operational analysis to their field data processing automation,” said Jon Watts, President of Spira Data Corp. “And for businesses looking to automate their manual field data capture, they will now have access to a fully integrated electronic field ticketing acquisition tool with advanced BI capabilities.”
According to Dan Ellis, President of Sirrus Solutions, “Companies are better able to make wise decisions based on the availability and accuracy of its data. We chose to partner with Spira Data because their field ticketing model is a standardized platform uniquely designed for electronic data acquisition and is highly configurable, which enables our engineers to design an integrated BI solution that captures data and reformats it for operational analysis. The end product is Stratus Business Intelligence.”
Key features of Stratus Business Intelligence include:
– Powerful integration with Microsoft Excel®.
– Report viewer provides a high quality, interactive view of Microsoft SQL Server™ Reporting Services reports, allowing exports to various third-party formats.
– Analyzer viewer provides an intuitive channel for impromptu analysis of business performance data using Microsoft SQL Server™ Analysis Services.
– Drill through, search and sharing features as well as integrated user/data source administration capabilities.
– Stratus Connector for Spira provides a complete data warehouse solution for Spira users, including a standard reports package and analysis database for instant access to operational insight tools.
“We take great pride in knowing the tools and methods our customers need to better assist them in running their business,” said Watts. “This partnership with Sirrus Solutions provides businesses the opportunity to take advantage of the underlying principles of obtaining faster, accurate data while accessing real-time operational information to help them make wise decisions. Spira is setting the standard in intelligent field ticketing technology as is evident with our increasing partner ecosystem.”
Stratus Business Intelligence will be generally available to businesses with the launch of Spira 4.8 in 2007. For more information about Stratus Business Intelligence, please visit: www.sirrussolutions.com/PDF/Stratus_Business_Intelligence.pdf
About Spira Data Corp.
Spira Data Corp. is a leading innovator and provider of electronic data management software solutions. Founded in 2005, Spira powers companies of all sizes to automate and streamline business processes and data from the field to the office with their flagship software solution, Spira Wireless Field Ticketing. This innovative solution facilitates a myriad of operational and financial oil field data capture, including expenses, equipment, materials, and billing. Spira Data Corp. is based in Calgary, Alberta. For more information, visit www.spiradata.com.
About Sirrus Solutions
Sirrus Solutions is a boutique provider of Business Intelligence applications and custom designed systems. Their primary focus is empowering users with powerful and flexible solutions for information access. Sirrus Solutions’ Business Intelligence systems provide operational insight for companies of all sizes. Sirrus Solutions is based in Calgary, Alberta. For more information, please visit www.sirrussolutions.com.
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