South African Companies Select EasyAsk
Published: 28 February 2008
South African Companies have selected Progress EasyAsk software for operational business intelligence to enhance their business users' ability to quickly and easily access critical business data.

Progress Software Corporation a global supplier of application infrastructure software used to develop, deploy, integrate and manage business applications, recently announced that four South African companies – Nedbank, Europ Assistance, Matrix Vehicle Tracking and Integrated Healthcare Distribution – selected Progress EasyAsk software for operational business intelligence to enhance their business users' ability to quickly and easily access critical business data that can help them in their day-to-day decision-making.

EasyAsk for operational BI is the industry's first data retrieval solution designed for use by all business users, and not just power users and analysts. The EasyAsk software allows business users to ask questions in natural language; the software will immediately generate a report in response to the questions. Moreover, EasyAsk will expose additional BI assets or information that may be relevant.

"We needed a data query tool that could create reusable criteria and deliver results faster than our current system could provide," said Derick Oliver, Data Warehouse Delivery Manager, Nedbank. "We chose EasyAsk for Operational BI because of its ease-of-use and proven track record of successfully delivering information in a timely manner. Rather than requesting information from our IT department and waiting upwards of a month for the information, EasyAsk delivers accurate information within a day, without IT involvement. Better yet, reports created today can be used month after month, saving huge amounts of time and energy."