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Kalido builds BI data engine

The data warehousing vendor launches new patent-pending data engine to cut data modelling and automation time for BI reporting.

Data warehousing vendor Kalido has today released a new Information Engine for automating the management of data behind business intelligence (BI) platforms. Aimed at increasing the speed and quality of corporate business decisions, the Information Builder platform features patent pending business modelling technology to eliminate lengthy metadata maintenance and integration.

According Kalido chief executive Bill Hewitt, the BI landscape - marked by the Oracle, SAP and IBM acquisitions of Hyperion, Business Objects and Cognos, respectively - needs to fulfil its potential, despite the increasing sophistication of business intelligence systems and the billions invested to date on BI initiatives.

The Kalido Information Engine is a suite of products that will create a enterprise-wide framework for business and IT that streamlines how key performance questions get asked and answered. Working in unison with transaction systems, existing data warehouses and front-end BI tools, the Kalido Information Engine is designed to bring new levels of flexibility and insight to corporate decision-making.

The Kalido Information Engine business-model driven suite of products comprises the new Kalido Business Information Modeller, Dynamic Information Warehouse 8.4, Master Data Management and Kalido Universal Information Director. Hewitt told IT PRO the patent pending, gesture-based engine technology in the engine's interface would allow data architects to build a BI data model on-the-fly, according to a BI analyst's requirements.

'It can cut the time taken to respond to a BI request from days to hours,' he said.