On June 1, 2011, Julie Fraser of Cambashi Inc. featured myDIALS in Managing Automation. The piece focuses on enterprise systems that foster genuine interation with their partners / customers.

“Do your business systems really support your current business model? I suspect that in most cases, they don’t. This is partly true because the core business team has changed in the past 20 years to include a network of partners. In addition, transactional enterprise systems don’t fully adapt to the varied needs of the network and do not foster all of the needed interaction with partners.”

 

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Enhanced myDIALS Performance Management Portal Empowers Users to Personalize, Share, and Collaborate to Make Smarter Business Decisions, Faster

LOUISVILLE, CO–(Marketwire – May 12, 2011) – myDIALS, the leading provider of personal BI for the cloud, today announced version 3.3 of its intuitive myDIALS Performance Management Portal. Until now, the BI industry has offered limited customizability in the form of role-based dials and dashboards that are assigned to a group of users. myDIALS 3.3 establishes “Personal BI” by making it easy for users to interactively personalize their interface with a few clicks and then display the specific real-time, tailored information they need to make better, faster decisions that improve operational and business performance.

“With myDIALS 3.3 we’ve put the ‘my’ into myDIALS,” said Wayne Morris, president and CEO of myDIALS. “Our focus is on providing organizations and the individuals within them with the flexibility to control their own analytics destiny. The Performance Management Portal dynamically integrates data from any source, in the cloud or on-premises. Users can then personalize how that data is presented and analyzed to meet specific business needs. This is what analytics and self-service BI were meant to be — it’s how you quickly turn raw data into high-value information you can act on with confidence.”

New Functionality

Interactive personalization- The ease and flexibility of myDIALS 3.3 enables individuals to personalize their user experience, portal layout and information content to meet their own needs and tastes. An enhanced Visual Designer lets users copy, create, modify and share their designs interactively. They can create entirely new components or drag-and-drop dials, ribbons and dashboards from a library, then rearrange their designs at will. They can easily modify how the data is visualized and select which components they share with other users and user groups.

Intuitive one-click in-dial controls - The single-click ability to modify a filter and sort information according to need — top ‘n’, top %, bottom ‘n’, bottom %; sort ascending, sort descending, etc. — speeds analysis and decision making.

Increased collaboration and guidance – New text dials allow authorized users to collaborate on comments and better provide context on what is being displayed, not just for data points, but for time periods as well. The new Media Center enables users to add and view supporting documents and explanatory materials, such as training videos and PDFs, all of which are now available through the myDIALS portal interface for viewing within the context of the user’s performance information.

Enhanced internationalization and localization – myDIALS 3.3 now supports multiple currencies. Financial information can be displayed in a local or reference currency, and the currency displayed is based on the individual user’s profile. The interactive Visual Designer also supports translations of display names into multiple languages using easy, automated translations.

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About myDIALS

myDIALS is the leading provider of personal Business Intelligence for the cloud. The only SaaS BI solution that combines best practices embedded in pre-defined modules, with quick personalization and advanced, easy to use analytics, myDIALS enables all users to view, filter and interact with data to make more informed decisions, more quickly.

myDIALS features rapid, automated deployment, dynamically integrates with virtually any data source for immediate data update and availability, and delivers unparalleled interactivity, knowledge sharing and predictive analytics to support cost-effective, continuous improvement. Thousands of users across multiple industries — including technology, manufacturing, services and government — rely on myDIALS to improve operational performance and business results through better decision making. myDIALS is based in Louisville, Colo. Visit www.mydials.com for more information.

myDIALS product and service names are trademarks of myDIALS, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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Self-Service BI Solution Streamlines Critical Reporting With “One-Stop-Shop” Executive Dashboards

LOUISVILLE, CO–(Marketwire – May 12, 2011) – myDIALS, the leading provider of personal BI for the cloud, today announced that Coaxis, a leading software development and management company, has selected myDIALs for NetSuite to improve the reporting of sales and financial data. myDIALS delivers “one-stop-shop” dashboards within NetSuite interfaces, providing executives with direct, daily visibility into crucial sales lead and pipeline information that impacts corporate finances. With myDIALS for NetSuite, the Coaxis finance and sales departments will be better able to communicate information to key stakeholders, improving decision making to hone the company’s competitive edge.

Aberdeen Group recently found that “best-in-class” companies, those that leverage analytical technologies, are able to identify and exploit tangible opportunities for top and bottom line enhancement, including better year-over-year improvement in operating profit, organic revenue, and better customer retention rates*. myDIALS for NetSuite allows Coaxis to have more immediate access to pertinent operations information. Previously, Coaxis created monthly reports using Excel and Sharepoint. That option proved to be cumbersome and time consuming, and failed to provide the immediate, focused information that Coaxis needed to develop and share.

“Employees were spending an inordinate amount of time preparing updated reports for the executive team,” said Carl Billings, financial analyst, Coaxis. “myDIALS will potentially pay for itself simply by eliminating the need to bring in additional staff. Integrated systems such as NetSuite with the myDIALS BI capability appear to be a perfect fit for more efficient reporting and improved communication.”

A cloud-based solution, myDIALS for NetSuite delivers a secure, cost-effective way to quickly extract and display live, right-time data within the NetSuite environment. Coaxis users will be able to easily view and report on key sales and financial metrics, such as monthly sales leads, opportunities in the pipeline, and year-over-year growth. With more insight into what’s happening on a daily basis, Coaxis expects to boost sales, build revenue by segment, better plan sales cycles, and run the business more effectively. myDIALS allows Coaxis to compile, display and monitor multiple business and operational measures from different NetSuite screens in a single snapshot view. The ability to aggregate information across multiple departments eliminates the need to send separate reports to multiple executives. A preconfigured, SaaS solution, myDIALS for NetSuite eliminates up-front capital expenditures and ensures low-cost, rapid deployment and customization.

“Better daily decision making means better business,” said Wayne Morris, CEO of myDIALS. “myDIALS for NetSuite displays critical measurements and historical information at a glance, giving Coaxis fast, clear reporting free of extraneous information. The combined power of NetSuite and myDIALS creates a personal BI solution that’s easy to update and customize, giving Coaxis timely access to the specific areas that require their attention, without slowing down the rest of the staff.”

myDIALS for NetSuite
myDIALS for NetSuite integrates myDIALS’ SaaS operational BI solution with NetSuite’s cloud computing platform, including CRM, Accounting, ERP and Ecommerce applications. myDIALS functions are presented within the NetSuite environment, providing users with data extraction and interactive data visualization without leaving the NetSuite user interface. The combined solution extends NetSuite analytics to help customers achieve lowered expenses, increased business efficiencies and better business performance.

About Coaxis
Coaxis, Inc. is a leading software development and management company. Privately-held, Coaxis has delivered industry-leading technology innovations and solutions to the construction industry for more than 30 years. Coaxis, Inc. was recently recognized as one of the 12 most revolutionary companies by Portland Monthly Magazine. Coaxis, Inc. is headquartered in Portland, Ore. with additional operations centers in North Carolina, Toronto, and Melbourne.

About myDIALS
myDIALS is the leading provider of personal Business Intelligence for the cloud. The only SaaS BI solution that combines best practices embedded in pre-defined modules, with quick personalization and advanced, easy to use analytics, myDIALS enables all users to view, filter and interact with data to make more informed decisions, more quickly.

myDIALS features rapid, automated deployment, dynamically integrates with virtually any data source for immediate data update and availability, and delivers unparalleled interactivity, knowledge sharing and predictive analytics to support cost-effective, continuous improvement. Thousands of users across multiple industries — including technology, manufacturing, services and government — rely on myDIALS to improve operational performance and business results through better decision making. myDIALS is based in Louisville, Colo. Visit www.mydials.com for more information.

* ABCs of Executive Analytics: A-List Performance Using BI in the C-Suite, Aberdeen Group, March, 2011

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Upgraded SuiteApp Can Help NetSuite Customers Boost Revenues and Improve Sales Planning Through Sales Pipeline and Forecast Analysis

SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwire – May 12, 2011) – myDIALS, the leading provider of personal BI for the cloud, today announced the newest version of its myDIALS self-service business intelligence SuiteApp for NetSuite’s SuiteCloud Computing Platform. The NetSuite application delivers greater insight into sales and financial metrics on a daily basis, arming customers with up-to-date, interactive data to boost revenue, better plan sales cycles, and run their business more effectively.

myDIALS combines pre-defined, best-practice business intelligence modules with advanced, easy to use analytics and quick personalization capabilities so users throughout the enterprise can become productive quickly. The new version adds enhanced OneWorld support including multi-currency, new abilities to display and analyze pipeline history and sales forecasts within the NetSuite environment, as well as the ability to link from myDIALS to NetSuite records and transactions.

The announcement was made today at SuiteWorld 2011, NetSuite’s inaugural conference designed for NetSuite customers, solution providers, independent software providers, developers and system integrators. SuiteWorld 2011 is being held in San Francisco.

NetSuite’s SuiteCloud is a comprehensive offering of on-demand products, development tools, and services designed to help customers and commercial software developers take advantage of the significant economic benefits of cloud computing. The complete SuiteCloud offering includes NetSuite’s multi-tenant, always-on SaaS infrastructure; the NetSuite Business Suite of applications for Accounting/ERP, CRM and Ecommerce; and comprehensive development tools to create on-demand business applications on top of NetSuite.

“When it comes to sales forecasting and planning, analyzing week-old data is about as useful as letting your car’s tank run dry before looking for a gas station,” says Wayne Morris, CEO of myDIALS. “Today’s companies want continuous insight into daily sales data, with detailed and flexible pipeline history to provide context for forecasts. The myDIALS NetSuite application dynamically links with key business metrics to deliver the whole picture to executives: it’s quick, effortless, cost-effective, and critical to maximizing profit potential.”

myDIALS lets users throughout the enterprise view, filter, and interact with data to make more informed decisions, more quickly. The software features rapid, automated deployment, connects to virtually any data source for immediate data update and availability, and delivers unparalleled interactivity, knowledge sharing, and predictive analytics to support cost-effective continuous improvement.

Working with NetSuite
The SuiteApp delivers a secure, cost-effective solution for quickly extracting and displaying live data within the NetSuite environment, enabling users to monitor multiple business and operational metrics from different NetSuite components, as well as outside data sources, in a single view. Version 1 of myDIALS integrated with NetSuite’s CRM, ERP and Ecommerce applications to deliver data extraction and visualization, and interactive analysis. With Version 2.0, myDIALS now permits bi-directional transactions, and can link back to specific NetSuite records and transactions.

The new SuiteApp now lets users view, interactively analyze, and report on key sales metrics over time. It provides historical pipeline information and continuously calculates sales forecasts for each period. Benefits include transactional tie-ins, where users can view additional detail by linking back to NetSuite records; multi-currency support; and a drag and drop tool to design new dials, ribbons and dashboards within the NetSuite dashboard.

“myDIALS expands NetSuite’s built-in analytics with additional insight, customization, visualization and analytics,” says Guido Haarmans, Vice President for Developer Programs and Business Development at NetSuite. “The new version makes it even easier for everyone, from top executives to front line staff, to have access to up-to-date, role-specific information, alerts and interactive analysis, enabling employees to get to the information they need more quickly to make the right business decisions.”

Visit www.suiteapp.com for more information about NetSuite applications.

About SuiteCloud
NetSuite’s SuiteCloud is a comprehensive offering of cloud-based products, development tools and services designed to help customers and commercial software developers take advantage of the significant economic benefits of cloud computing. Based on NetSuite, the world’s most widely used cloud computing business management suite, SuiteCloud enables customers to run their core business operations in the cloud, and software developers to target new markets quickly with newly-created mission-critical applications built on top of mature and proven business processes. The complete SuiteCloud offering includes NetSuite’s multi-tenant, always-on SaaS infrastructure; the NetSuite Business Suite of applications (Accounting/ERP, CRM and Ecommerce); the NS-BOS Development Platform; the SuiteCloud Developer Network (SDN), a comprehensive developer program for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs); and SuiteApp.com, a single-source online marketplace where customers can find applications to meet specific business process or industry-specific needs. For more information on SuiteCloud, please visit http://www.netsuite.com/developers.

About myDIALS
myDIALS is the leading provider of personal Business Intelligence for the cloud. The only SaaS BI solution that combines best practices embedded in pre-defined modules, with quick personalization and advanced, easy to use analytics, myDIALS enables all users to view, filter and interact with data to make more informed decisions, more quickly.

myDIALS features rapid, automated deployment, dynamically integrates with virtually any data source for immediate data update and availability, and delivers unparalleled interactivity, knowledge sharing and predictive analytics to support cost-effective, continuous improvement. Thousands of users across multiple industries — including technology, manufacturing, services and government — rely on myDIALS to improve operational performance and business results through better decision making. myDIALS is based in Louisville, Colo. Visit www.mydials.com for more information.

NetSuite, the NetSuite logo, SuiteBundler, SuiteCloud, Suitelets and SuiteScript are service-marks or trademarks of NetSuite Inc.

myDIALS product and service names are trademarks of myDIALS, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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On April 21, 2011, Information Management’s DM Radio featured Wayne Morris, CEO of myDIALS, in a discussion about Dashboards with hosts Eric Kavanagh and Jim Ericson.

“Knowing what to include in a dashboard is half the battle these days, but the solution doesn’t just involve IT. Rather, the business and IT must collaborate in order to design dashboards that deliver the kind of targeted value that decision-makers need. Tune in to hear Hosts Eric Kavanagh and Jim Ericson, along with Analyst Sue Grist of Agilex, plus guests Wayne Morris of myDIALS, Kevin Quinn of Information Builders, and Ty Alevizos of Tableau Software.Knowing what to include in a dashboard is half the battle these days, but the solution doesn’t just involve IT.”

 

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“Social Media Meets BI”

by myDIALS on March 27, 2011

On March 24, 2011, Dashboard Insight featured an article by Wayne Morris, CEO of myDIALS, in which he discusses three social media trends impacting the direction of BI.

“If you watched any of the Super Bowl this year, you couldn’t help but see the ads from Chatter.com, SalesForce.com’s social media collaboration tool. Besides proving that the Black Eyed Peas performed far better in the commercials than live in the huge stadium, the Chatter.com presence marks an important transition. Businesses are embracing the potential of social media – albeit dialing back the public social aspects to a more private nature – as a way to promote collaboration and improve decision making through the ranks….”

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On February 18, 2011, Julie Fraser of Cambashi Inc. featured myDIALS in Managing Automation‘s Methods column, in an article detailing how, with the right MI manufacturing software, manufacturers can measure overall equipment effectiveness and other performance metrics to meet operational excellence goals.

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On February 1, 2011, myDIALS was featured in Target Marketing magazine in an article highlighting the newly released Online Marketing Module as a solution that simplifies, organizes and helps manage online marketing campaign data.

“Marketing isn’t rocket science, but there are times when juggling campaign data makes it feel like it is…”

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On January 21, 2011, Dashboard Insight featured myDIALS and the new Online Marketing Dashboard, complete with screen shots and a look at how the new module incorporates data from Google Analytics, Google AdWords, Twitter and Facebook.

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On January 18, 2011, myDIALS was featured in industry analyst David White’s Aberdeen Group blog, showing interest in the announcement of myDIALS’ release of the Online Marketing Module.

“The solution hits a number of bulls-eyes judging by the data that I’ve collected from end-user organizations in the last few months…”


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