Lyzasoft Named "Cool Vendor" by Leading Analyst Firm
Vendors selected for the "Cool Vendor" report are innovative, impactful and intriguing
Denver, CO. - March 19, 2009 - Lyzasoft, Inc., a leading provider of desktop data analysis solutions, today announced it has been included in the list of "Cool Vendors" in the "Cool Vendors in BI and Performance Management, 2009" report by Gartner, Inc.1
The Gartner "Cool Vendor" report for business intelligence and performance management for 2009 listed five vendors and covers a broad territory, including operational BI, combining structured with semistructured data, remote hardware monitoring, desktop BI, and a recommendation engine. According to the Gartner report, "There is increasing demand from business analysts for self service options to access, manipulate, synthesize, visualize, and communicate data." The complete report is available to Gartner clients at www.Gartner.com.
"We at Lyzasoft are proud to be named a Gartner 'Cool BI Vendor'", said Scott Davis, CEO. "We believe Gartner's support suggests we're on the right path to replacing spreadmarts by giving analytical workgroups a tool that fits the way they work and think, while also providing transparency and manageability of enterprise information flow."
About Lyza
Lyza enables analysts to synthesize, explore and visualize data, then to publish compelling reports - all without the reliance on lengthy IT development cycles. With a visual drag-and-drop interface, spreadsheet-like formulas, interactive charting and statistics -- Lyza keeps you in touch with the data as you observe relationships, refine your assumptions, and solve problems iteratively. The software has been architected to take advantage of the available parallelism within multi-core desktop computers, and Our step-by-step analytic approach lends itself to a multi-threaded execution strategy. Lyza runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux, and is available for a free 30-day download or purchase at lyzasoft.com.
About Gartner's Cool Vendors Selection Process
Gartner's listing does not constitute an exhaustive list of vendors in any given technology area, but rather is designed to highlight interesting, new and innovative vendors, products and services. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness of a particular purpose.
Gartner defines a cool vendor as a company that offers technologies or solutions that are: Innovative, enable users to do things they couldn't do before; Impactful, have, or will have, business impact (not just technology for the sake of technology); Intriguing, have caught Gartner's interest or curiosity in approximately the past six months.
About Lyzasoft, Inc.
Founded in 2008, Lyzasoft, Inc. is a spin-off of a successful business intelligence consulting practice. For more information, please call 303.825.1040 or visit lyzasoft.com.
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1"Cool Vendors in BI and Performance Management, 2009", Gartner, Inc., Bill Gassman, et al, March 13, 2009
For Lyzasoft, Inc.:
Scott R. Humphrey
Humphrey Strategic Communications
(503) 644-9709
humphrey@strategic-pr.com