From Brisbane, Australia is ZAP

 

Zap Technology was founded in 1998 in Brisbane Australia and develops a Business Intelligence and Performance Management software offering. Zap have created a complete end to end BI Solution that which runs on the Microsoft platform.

 

It offers a packaged vertical solution for Microsoft Dynamics that allows the user to access analytics, dashboards, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs),and scorecards enabling the user to build reports without having to build cubes. The advantage of this is that everything is set up for the small or medium sized organisation. With a user-friendly BI web portal that assists in the control of the dashboards. This ensures that once a user is used to the centralised information portal everything is visible and measurable not just for that user but across the whole organisation. As the BI solution is packaged and based around the Microsoft Stack it is possible to make use of your existing investment in Microsoft technology.

 

The ability to work directly from Microsoft Dynamics products and use the datasource that the user is familiar with brings further benefits when building reports and analysis. This can then be achieved either by using a web interface or analysing your data in Excel using the full range of Excel functions including calculations, graphs, and pivot tables.

 

There is true relationship between the user and the data whilst using Zap and this is never more so that with the flexible business reporting functionality, whether the need for formal structured reporting or reporting on the fly the simple dashboard and web portal creates both in the same manner allowing for a standard format for regular business use.

 

For the more frequent user it is easy to become proficient in the Business Analytics which have been developed to be bolted on and not developed, this means that the need to have in-house skills is diminished and the Microsoft Dynamics platform you are using is capable of handling all the customisations made and transporting those fully into Zap without any loss of functionality.

 

As an end to end solution it delivers on the necessity to have a comprehensive packaged analytics so that a user can work with the dashboards and build reports from the first installation.

 

Who should use Zap?

 

The simplicity of this all in one solution is ideal for those users who have small or non-existent IT skills in-house. The rapid deployment enables a fast return on investment in the solution. The users who want to learn more about BI solutions and how to achieve a positive ROI with clear and concise reporting can use Zap without needing to experiment with SQL or OLAP.