Cartesis Takes First Step Towards Supporting Microsoft Office PerformancePoint with Immediate Support of Microsoft Office Business Scorecard Manager 2005.NORWALK, Conn. -- Cartesis Continues to Partner with Microsoft to Deliver Standards-Based Finance and Performance Management Solutions Cartesis, the world's leading specialist in finance and performance management software, today announced its plans to support Microsoft Office Microsoft's primary desktop applications for Windows and Mac. Depending on the package, it includes some combination of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook along with various Internet and other utilities. PerformancePoint Server 2007 by integrating with Business Scorecard Manager. Cartesis Analytics can now be easily and securely embedded into Microsoft role-based scorecards to align individual performance metrics Performance metrics are measures of an organizations activities and performance. Performance metrics should support a range of stakeholder needs from customers, shareholders to employees [1]. with an organization's financial goals, tying company strategy to individuals' actions. The end result is that employees improve company performance by better understanding business problems and executing more quickly. "We welcome Cartesis integration of Microsoft Office Business Scorecard Manager 2005 and look forward to working with Cartesis as we roll out Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server." says Chris Caren, General Manager of Office Business Applications at Microsoft. Cartesis Analytics built on Microsoft(R) SQL Server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. (TM), is a key pillar of the recently announced Cartesis 10 finance and performance management suite. It enables companies to deliver trusted financial information and key performance indicators Key Performance Indicators (KPI) are financial and non-financial metrics used to quantify objectives to reflect strategic performance of an organization. KPIs are used in Business Intelligence to assess the present state of the business and to prescribe a course of action. (KPIs) to business stakeholders throughout an enterprise. In addition to the rich reporting and analysis capabilities built into Cartesis Analytics, users can also get one consolidated view of their organization's performance through Microsoft Office Business Scorecard Manager. "Many companies will standardize on Microsoft Office PerformancePoint," says Crispin Read, CMO CMO See: Collateralized mortgage obligation CMO See collateralized mortgage obligation (CMO). of Cartesis. "In doing so, they will be able to operationalize the improvement of performance using a dashboard or scorecard to deliver the right information to the right people at the right time. At Cartesis, we look forward to working with Microsoft to ensure that our joint customers gain the maximum possible benefit from Microsoft's impressive developments." About Microsoft Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. About Cartesis Cartesis is the world leading specialist in finance and performance management software with more than 1,300 corporate customers, 600 employees and 200 consultants worldwide. Created in 1990, Cartesis provides insight, control and confidence by unifying information, people and processes at demanding multinationals like Air France Air France in full Compagnie Internationale Air France French passenger and cargo airline with more than 200 destinations in some 80 countries. It introduced supersonic Concorde service in 1976, but financial loss led the company to cease its Concorde KLM KLM Kaiserliche Marine (Enigma: Rising Tide game) KLM Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Dutch Airlines) KLM Klub Langer Menschen (German: Tall Person Club) , Cargill, Danone, Diageo, Nissan, Societe Generale and Standard Life. One in four of Fortune Global 100 companies rely on Cartesis' deep financial expertise and standard-based technology for compliance, financial consolidation, management reporting, planning, budgeting, forecasting, intercompany reconciliation; all unified in a single data-model that can be leveraged by internal and external users. Cartesis' partners include Microsoft, Accenture, BearingPoint, Ernst & Young, KPMG KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (accounting firm) KPMG Kaiser Permanente Medical Group KPMG Keiner Prüft Mehr Genau (German) KPMG Kommen Prüfen Meckern Gehen and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Cartesis has customers in 44 different countries and offices in Brussels, Frankfurt, London, Norwalk (CT), Paris, Tokyo, Toronto and Utrecht. For more information, go to www.cartesis.com. All cited names and/or trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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