Ingres/Jaspersoft BI Appliance The Ingres BI Appliance incorporates the leading open source business intelligence system Jaspersoft. Experience with existing BI products has proven that they are: High Cost — Application driven purchases with a high up-front investment and per user pricing High Complexity — Long rollout cycles and complexity resulting in software either not being implemented or used Lack of Customer Control — Proprietary control preventing choice and ability to switch to other vendors For these reasons the vast majority of people do not use BI systems effectively, instead resorting to manually produced spreadsheet reporting and charting facilities the end up propagating multiple versions of the truth and leading organisations making decisions on incorrect information. The Ingres/Jaspersoft BI Appliance is Different In the current economic climate organizations need to do more with less. Our passion is to offer a solution that focuses on: Low Cost — A low cost, open source, subscription model with minimal upfront investment that can be driven out of operating expense (op ex) as opposed to capital expense (cap ex) Simplicity — Rapid deployment to deliver immediate business value and rapid application development using pre-built components and lightweight scripting Single Truth — A single version of the truth on which sound business decisons can be made Choice — Lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by reusing existing hardware, software and skills. No lock-in to one BI vendor or one stack, so when a vendor tries to dramatically increase maintenance fees you have a choice to go elsewhere We offer a single integrated low cost Solution comprising: Finally -- BI for Everyone No matter what your budget or deployment size, the Ingres/Jaspersoft BI Applicance provides the features you need and the quality you deserve.