We have created this page to be a place to share InetSoft's position on important topics in the business intelligence space, to point to what other people are saying about InetSoft and to link up with other like-minded people and what they are saying.

We are sure you agree there's a tremendous amount of clutter in the BI space, dozens if not hundreds of companies offering solutions or services. Some of the more established players seek to put up barriers to democratization of information and the intelligence to be gained from it. In some cases they make their solutions so complex and expensive in order to perpetuate an aura of "to be good, it has to be expensive and complex."

Well, with our software solutions we aim to disprove that. You can find technology like ours, that any size company can afford, doesn't require specialized staff or consultants to deploy, and aims to empower the business end-user to the fullest while recognizing that software needs to be as easy to use as the spreadsheet and presentation software they are comfortable with.

One thing that is unique about our software and really proves our point about empowering end-users and making BI implementations more efficient for an organization is end-user defined data mashup. Read this new white paper on the topic for a clear explanation of what it is and why it is important to you. Some people will find it controversial, but we think it's time to challenge the status quo. Let us know what you think.

InetSoft staffers have gotten interviewed twice recently. Luke Liang, our CEO, talks to the Business Intelligence Network about why data mashup is not commonly found in BI tools. And Byron Igoe, product manager, talks to TDWI about what data mashup means to IT and business users.

TMCNet has written two good stories on customers of ours: Pentagon Technologies, how they're getting increased sales throughput thanks to our software, and Data Solutions Inc, how they've embedded our technology in their offering.

InetSoft Wins 2007 JDJ Awards - We consider it a very high compliment about how well we've designed our software that last fall Java developers picked us for the 8th time in the reporting category and for the first time in the business intelligence category (the first time we were nominated).

Jonathan Nicholas is a business consultant who, in his blog this July, illustrates a point about setting objectives and measuring them using dashboard software like ours.

The Case for Data Mashup - This is a white paper where we explain what is truly unique and revolutionary in BI tools, end-user defined data mashup, and why this democratization capability makes sense for business.

BI on BI - Our product manager, Byron Igoe, writes a blog on topics that are related to BI and in the very least thought provoking.

Is Data Warehousing Essential to Business Intelligence? - We agree with Colin White's point in his April article at the B-eye-Network. In fact, we've designed our software to work independent of a data warehouse by accessing any data sources directly.

The Future of BI - Just Say "No" to Big BI. We might antagonize those of you are using "big BI" solutions, but we agree with Tom Gonzalez who makes the case in this June article at Dashboard Insight that the BI behemoths have unnecessarily built and perpetuate a solution set that puts their business model first, not their customers.

One of the "trends", though, we'd argue with is the mobile analytics one. Outside of getting alerts to your mobile device, at first the idea of having your cherished dashboard with you wherever you go sounds smart, but think about how painful and limited the experience really would be. It's just about impossible to view useful info, let alone drill-down, on such a cramped screen, and using the navigation that mobile devices have to be limited to is awkward, to say the least. Do you really think that will change in the future when, by definition of their mobility, devices have to stay small?