Skytide Receives CRM WizKids Award for BI Application at Netli

March 2, 2007; 04:28 AM

Skytide, a leading provider of next-generation analytical solutions, today announced that it has been selected to receive a CRM WizKids Award from Beagle Research Group, LLC for its innovative business intelligence (BI) application deployed at Netli, a leading provider of web application acceleration and content delivery services. The CRM WizKids Awards honor emerging companies with innovative products and ideas that are on the leading edge of the front office market.

The Skytide Analytical Platform is the first BI software that links traditional and non-traditional data sources to uncover the hidden details behind a company's key business metrics. Because Skytide operates on data where it resides - without a data warehouse or any ETL required - companies are able to analyze large data volumes in near real-time. It is also the first and only solution available today that can understand complex data from virtually any source, including semi-structured data such as log files, XML, and HTML. And since Skytide uses XML to tie together different pieces of the BI stack into a small-footprint, "virtual" technology stack, customers enjoy dramatically reduced cost, complexity and time-to-implement.

Netli implemented the Skytide Analytical Platform to provide its customers with immediate visibility into system performance, while giving its internal operations team fast insight into network performance and the ability to perform customer value analysis and quickly pinpoint problems.

"Skytide solved a problem for Netli that many small and medium businesses have--how to get necessary business analysis functionality without the overhead, costs, and risks associated with conventional analysis solutions," said Denis Pombriant of Beagle Research. "Skytide makes a robust BI solution a reality for companies that previously considered themselves too small or without sufficient resources to ever afford such a solution. We expect many more end users to come to see the advantages of deep data analysis with innovations like Skytide."

About Beagle Research

Beagle Research Group, LLC is a modern analyst firm specializing in helping emerging front office software vendors to develop into tomorrow's market leaders. Through a combination of market research, multi-point analysis, fact based publication, and advice, Beagle Research helps companies fine tune products and messages. For more information, please visit www.beagleresearch.com.

About Skytide

Skytide is a leading provider of next-generation analytical solutions that provide an unprecedented view into what is driving business performance. Skytide's breakthrough technology uses XML as a common layer to dramatically reduce system complexity while offering advanced functionality that cannot be achieved by traditional BI technology. Application areas for Skytide technology include contact centers, risk and security management, compliance, and other areas of business that generate significant volumes of mission-critical unstructured and semi-structured data. Skytide partners include IBM, Sun Microsystems and Inxight. Based in San Mateo, Calif., Skytide is a privately held company funded by Granite Ventures and El Dorado Ventures. For more information about Skytide, please visit www.skytide.com.