Seagate Info Emerges as a Clear Leader in the Dramatically Changing Business Intelligence Market

Strategic Insights -

Seagate Software, the pioneer in Enterprise Information Management (EIM) and a leader in Business Intelligence (BI) software, today announced the availability of Seagate Info 7, an integrated suite of Business Intelligence tools, built on a proven and scalable architecture, that enables users -- from individuals, to tens of thousands of people -- to analyze and reliably share information across the enterprise. This announcement follows Seagate Software's recognition of a new direction for Business Intelligence by developing EIM solutions, which address the complex business problem of bringing together people and information for competitive advantage.

Key Takeaways:

  • Seagate Info 7 is a mature and proven product, available today, with over 750,000 licenses shipped for its predecessor, Seagate Crystal Info.
  • The product provides a complete suite of analysis tools that are easy to learn and use, offering a variety of ways to access information, including report design, ad hoc query, advanced SQL editing, OLAP cube building, multidimensional analysis, report viewers, schedulers, and processing servers.
  • Seagate Info 7 is uniquely designed to meet the needs of an organization by building on its enterprise reporting architecture and providing Business Intelligence tools to create and share information across the enterprise.
  • The product integrates easily with applications from vendors such as SAP, Baan, and PeopleSoft, and with legacy data, OLAP data, or PC data across the organization.
  • Seagate Info 7 offers a flexible, component-based architecture that can be deployed, expanded, and easily altered, making it a reliable and fault-tolerant foundation for managing continuously increasing users, objects, data, and transactions.
  • The product offers a simple pricing model, with licenses purchased for each named user accessing the Seagate Info system, ideal for the majority of business users, with a client license for $295 US per user for access, scheduling, and analysis, and a designer module for $395 US per user for sophisticated design capabilities.
  • Seagate Info 7 has been successfully deployed by leading organizations such as Pepsi, Bankers Trust, Aetna, Tektronix, and TCI, and key partners such as Hyperion, Informix, Microsoft, and others include Seagate Info with their core product offerings.

Statistics:

  • Over 750,000 licenses shipped for the predecessor, Seagate Crystal Info.
  • Average user licenses on an integrated system for top 100 Seagate Info customers exceed 2,000.
  • Successful deployments have been made for enterprise implementations approaching 20,000 seats, and projects exceeding 100,000 users are being developed.
  • Number of concurrent access licenses included in the Enterprise Licensing model, allowing customers to deploy the Seagate Info back end with a set number of licenses.

Sources:

  • The Gartner Group, "Enterprise Business Intelligence Suites," 1998.
  • Seagate Software press release, "Seagate Software Announces Seagate Info 7," December 1.
  • Seagate Software web page, "About Seagate Software."