Board Business Intelligence Review

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BOARD At A Glance

Good: Combines features of BI and corporate performance management in one platform, job-centric solutions available.
Bad: While BOARD does target small businesses, the software could be too robust for a very small business/team.
Bottom Line: BOARD combines the features of BI and corporate performance management (CPM) into an all-in-one, programming-free solution.

Product Overview

BOARD combines the features of BI and corporate performance management (CPM) into an all-in-one, programming-free solution. It provides a seamless solution for the support, control and management of core processes such as:

  • Reporting and analyses
  • Budgeting, planning and forecasting
  • Profitability modeling and optimization
  • Simulation and what-if analysis
  • Scorecarding
  • Financial consolidation
  • Statutory and financial reporting
  • Monitoring and auditing

Features

BOARD’s solution has many business intelligence and performance management features, including reporting and analysis, budgeting, planning, and forecasting, profitability modeling and optimization, simulation and what-if analysis, scorecarding and strategy management, and financial consolidation.

The newest version, BOARD 11, offers a redesigned engine and other performance enhancements. The new WAVE engine offers faster query and data flow speeds, robotic data model configuration, parallel processing and concurrent data loading. Additional BOARD 11 features include an intuitive HTML5 database and capsule designer, self-service report subscription, built-in Data Lineage and Impact analysis, an embedded XBRL reporting, and smart notes. In addition, BOARD has introduced text analytics functionality.

Target Market

With multiple locations worldwide, BOARD has served over 3,000 companies. Below is a partial customer list:

  • US Navy
  • Puma
  • Mitsubishi
  • DHL
  • NEC
  • Acer
  • Gigaset
  • Marketing General, Inc.
  • NIke
  • Endurance International Group

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Implementation/Integration

Implementation is completed within three to six weeks, and some return on investment is generally shown within one quarter.

Customer Service & Support

BOARD provides onsite training at its locations, scheduled three times monthly for a duration of two days per class. Such classes provide the fundamental knowledge to design databases, build interactive analytic applications, load source data, develop an understanding of capsules, screens & objects and more.

Customers can get support via BOARD’s website by accessing the knowledge base and submitting technical questions through the support center. Customers can find the latest software through the support center and are informed about the latest releases and developments through monthly educational webinars and dedicated client managers.

Pricing

BOARD doesn’t publicly release their pricing information. Contact the vendor directly for a price quote.

Shortcomings

While BOARD does target small businesses, the software could be too robust for a very small business/team.

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About

BOARD International is a global software vendor leading the way in Business Intelligence, Analytics and CPM unification. Founded in 1994, BOARD has enabled over 3,000 companies worldwide to improve the effectiveness of their management decision making processes, unifying BI, Business Analytics and CPM in a single integrated environment.

Thanks to its programming-free toolkit approach, global enterprises like Acer, DHL, Desigual, Mitsubishi, NEC, and Puma rapidly deployed BI and CPM applications in a fraction of the time and cost associated with traditional solutions.

Headquartered in Chiasso, Switzerland and Boston, MA, BOARD International has branches in Argentina, Australia, Benelux, Germany, France, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Singapore, Spain, UAE, UK, and a worldwide network of distributors and certified partners.

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