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Pronto claims world first with ERP system
Gordon Peters
Wednesday, 27 October 2010 22:01
Australian customers appear set to benefit from the world's first ERP solution embedded with IBM Cognos 10 - launched today at Information on Demand in Las Vegas - and delivered 'out of the box' by home-grown Australian developer, Pronto Software.
According to Chad Gates, head of R&D at Pronto, the integration of IBM Cognos 10 into PRONTO-Xi will 'empower Australian users to access intuitive data at their fingertips, and make smarter business decisions through enhanced reporting and instant business insight.'
Launching at the IBM Information On Demand 2010 Forum in Las Vegas, Gates said Pronto is the first ERP vendor worldwide to embed and optimise IBM Cognos 10 functionality into its software, 'delivering instant value to Pronto Software's 1,500 customers globally when they upgrade.'
And, Gates says the seamless integration of two industry-leading solutions, PRONTO-Xi's strong transactional ERP system and the powerful IBM Cognos 10, provides enhanced reporting capabilities and instant business insight, thereby empowering users to access meaningful data anytime, anywhere.
According to Pronto's managing director, David Jackman, the strategic partnership with IBM is a defining step in the company's vision to increase the functionality and breadth of Pronto's product portfolio and offer its customers a competitive advantage by delivering them the next generation ERP system that includes an intuitive BI capability out of the box.
'Over the past five years, Pronto Software has had a heavy development focus on simplifying IT for our customers. This is becoming increasingly important from a business analysis and reporting perspective as volumes of data increase, making fast and effective business decisions all the more challenging.
'We've done all the integration work so that IBM Cognos 10 is tightly embedded into PRONTO-Xi and our customers can start reaping the benefits immediately. They will be able to create ad hoc reports, slice and dice the data, and create dashboards in a new intuitive interface,' Jackman said.
According to Jackman, one of the biggest obstacles to gaining insight from data is 'demystifying the complexities in the underlying database,' and he added 'IBM Cognos 10 offers a simple mechanism for providing at-a-glance insight into key business drivers in an easy to understand way.'
'Up until now, the mid-market has been under-served as BI has been perceived by many of our clients as a little out of reach and the deployment for end users challenging. Through this innovative integration with IBM Cognos 10, we will be able to differentiate our solution in the mid-market and deliver out of the box BI to our customers worldwide in one hit,' Jackman added.
Mychelle Mollot, vice president worldwide marketing, business analytics at IBM said that Pronto had been a valuable member of the IBM Cognos 10 beta program and 'instrumental in validating the value and benefits Cognos 10 will bring to midsize companies.'
PRONTO-Xi's newest release will be launched in March 2011, and a beta version will be available for Pronto Software customers from next month.
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