Press Release

Board International delivers unified BI and CPM in the Cloud on Microsoft Azure

Tuesday, 12 July 2016 - Chiasso, Switzerland

Board International aligns with Microsoft Azure in order to offer integrated Cloud Business Intelligence and CPM.

Board International aligns with Microsoft Azure in order to offer integrated Cloud Business Intelligence and CPM

Board International, the #1 decision-making platform for organizations of any size, announces its collaboration with Microsoft Azure to provide its customers with integrated BI and CPM in the Cloud. 

This technology collaboration will help organizations optimize the deployment of BI and CPM solutions in the Cloud, by taking advantage of all the reliability, scalability and world-class security of Azure, combined with all the analytical power and flexibility of Board.

The geographic expansion of Azure, which is generally available in 26 regions around the world, enables customers to achieve higher performance and supports requirements and preferences regarding data residency. Board will utilize the Azure infrastructure, innovation and automation to support more of their Cloud customers.

“I am delighted to announce this collaboration with Microsoft Azure. This has already revealed its strength and capability of creating value within a number of selected top Board customers. In light of these successful results, this relationship has naturally evolved to a global agreement,” said Pietro Ferrari, CTO at Board International. “The data security and replication services that we get in Microsoft Azure allows us to have the infrastructure flexibility and agility that we need to be successful.”

“We’re pleased to welcome Board International. The scalability and security of Microsoft Azure will help Board deliver powerful business analytics and CPM solutions for its global customers,“said Nicole Herskowitz, senior director of product marketing, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Corp.

 

About Board International

Board International has enabled more than 3,000 companies worldwide to rapidly deploy Business Intelligence and Corporate Performance Management applications on a single integrated and programming-free platform, in a fraction of the time or cost required by traditional BI or CPM solutions. The Board platform provides a single, accurate and complete view of an organization’s information, fully integrated with enterprise processes, while uniquely planning and monitoring performance from strategic down to operational detail.  Board has a worldwide direct sales force and a reseller network with local partners across the globe.

 

About Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure is a growing collection of integrated cloud services—analytics, computing, database, mobile, networking, storage, and web—for moving faster, achieving more, and saving money.