Businesses today have no shortage of data. Their challenge is gathering and analyzing that data in ways that can help the business gain insights into its performance in relation to its goals. Too often, an immense amount of data resides in dozens of applications and servers that compose back-end systems, with no way to extract it in a form that is useful.

To help you benefit from a clear view of your business, Skyline Technologies offers smart Business Intelligence services that promote intelligent performance.

Our services allow companies to integrate and package information in a data warehouse and then present it in a format that lets managers quickly see exactly how well the company is doing in relation to an array of indicators. Skyline’s business intelligence solutions consolidate and store data in a form that is optimized for reporting and viewing, rather than simply for rapid data entry.

Simultaneously, we work with the organization to determine the key performance indicators that are crucial to the company’s success. The data then can be displayed in the form of a “scorecard” that shows the planned performance vs. the trend in actual performance.

The information gathered by our business intelligence solutions also can be displayed in more detailed reports to help pinpoint opportunities or obstacles. These reports range from financial information to operational reporting, monitoring business activity and performance management throughout the organization.

This type of business intelligence solution makes possible real-time visibility into business trends, faster and better decision-making, and access to business information from disparate sources of data.

To apply business intelligence solutions to your company, Skyline first examines your business performance management goals, where your data resides, any current technology that can be leveraged for business intelligence purposes, and the particular challenges that these factors may present. Then we offer recommendations on the most cost-effective, forward-looking and valuable ways to build a customized business intelligence solution matched to your needs, including a data warehouse, scorecards and reporting.

In implementing the plan that we mutually develop, Skyline customizes any of a number of Microsoft-based solutions to integrate data gathering, monitoring, reporting, analysis and planning. These technologies may include such applications as:

• Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005
• Microsoft Scorecard Server 2005
• SQL Reporting Services
• SQL Analysis Services
• Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
• Microsoft Performance Point Server 2007