thincSoft Puts Business Intelligence on the Map^TM

Denver, CO (PRWEB) May 8, 2008 – Jim Kowalski, Chief Operating Officer of thincSoft, recently participated in an exclusive interview with Ron Powell and the Business Intelligence Network (www.BeyeNETWORK.com). In this interview, Kowalski describes thincVIew, a Web 2.0 solution that merges geographic data with business intelligence information in a visually intuitive tool for better decision making.

“Recent studies have indicated that over 80% of data maintained by corporations has a location component,” says Jim Kowalski, Chief Operating Officer of thincSoft. “As companies look to gain more and more insight into their business and their customers, the ability to merge map information together with business data is becoming the next must-have in enterprise applications.”

“People are using Google maps for recreational use, now they want this same functionality with their business tools,” says Ron Powell, Cofounder and Editorial Director of the Business Intelligence Network. “thincSoft enhances the visualization of information, using a Web 2.0 architecture to integrate heterogeneous data environments with a map-driven interface.”
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About thincSoft

thincSoft is the company that Put Business Intelligence on the Map™.  Their unique Web 2.0 enterprise application, thincVIew, fuses map and location content and features together with business data to enable improved decision making across the enterprise.  Requiring only a web browser, this application leverages the power of Web 2.0 to create a new generation of business intelligence tools.

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Many studies indicate that over 80% of data maintained by corporations has a location component.   Historically, companies wishing to use geographic information systems (GIS) to conduct any sort of location-based analysis were hampered by their complexity of use, expense to deploy, or static nature. Therefore, location analysis was limited to certain industries or companies with large IT staffs or groups of geospatial analysts.

thincVIew changes all of that. This unique solution integrates both visual data (maps, floor diagrams, CAD drawings, etc.) and business data to create a dynamic, interactive business intelligence solution. 

Several years ago, AMR Research coined the term “Applistructure” to designate that technology infrastructure and platforms were becoming more like applications in terms of the business value delivered to customers and their ease of use.

Today, we see that value in the promise of service oriented architecture (SOA) – a technology framework that gives business users an easy way to integrate data from disparate sources and turn that into actionable information without costly or lengthy IT projects.

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Web 2.0 Visualization Applications to Leverage Market-Leading Software To Deliver Enhanced Customer Value

SEATTLE, March 11, 2008 – thincSoft, the company that “Put Business Intelligence on the Map” today announced at the Geospatial Information Technology Association (GITA)’s annual conference that it has become an official ISV partner with Autodesk.

thincSoft’s thincVIew and thincTrax applications will leverage AutoCAD Map 3D software, Autodesk GIS Design Server, and Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise software.

“As our customers look to include more visual and unstructured data analysis into their enterprise Business Intelligence (BI) solutions, this partnership will address their needs by bringing together the leader in digital design innovation technology with the company that put BI on the map,” said thincSoft president Mike Profita. “Our ability to combine thincSoft visual analytic applications with the broad range of software technologies of Autodesk enables our customers to spend less time on integrating visuals and more time on delivering value through improved analysis and insights.”

“One of Autodesk’s strengths is our channel partners,” said Bill Griffin, vice president, North American Channel Sales at Autodesk. “As we continue to grow, we are excited to have our ISV partners, such as thincSoft grow with us and collectively be able to support customer needs in industries that our ISV partners serve.”

By building customized products and services using the world’s leading digital design software for the manufacturing, building and construction, and media and entertainment markets, Autodesk ISV partners address niche requirements in the industries or markets they serve. These partners specialize in developing, bundling or integrating their software solutions with Autodesk applications, drawing on a deep understanding of their customers’ business requirements in areas such as architecture, building systems engineering, structural engineering, civil engineering, geospatial information, manufacturing, data management, collaboration, education and government. Autodesk ISV partners benefit from Autodesk marketing, materials and events to effectively reach and serve more than eight million users worldwide.

About thincSoft
thincSoft is the company that put Business Intelligence and asset tracking on the Map(TM). Their unique product suite combines the best of geospatial visualization with business intelligence and analysis. Simply put, we help our customers visualize their data in ways never before possible, helping them make better decisions. The Web 2.0 platform allows this solution to integrate with any data source and be deployed and interacted with in real time on any thin-client via browser, including hand-held and mobile devices.

Core commercially-available products include:

• thincVIew – a Business Intelligence/Location Intelligence application – combines spatial or geospatial data (maps) with business intelligence (BI) data to enable location and time-specific analysis in a unique visualization solution through any portal.
• thincTrax- an asset visualization solution – interacts with RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), GPS, or other data and provides a visualization and business rules solution for managing critical assets or personnel, location intelligence and situational awareness.

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thincSoft
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ABC Stores Selects thincSoft to Put Its Business Intelligence “On The Map”

Leading Retailer Selects thincVIew product for Location Intelligence Across Its Store Network

Jacob Javits Convention Center (Booth 264), New York, NY- January 14th, 2008 – thincSoft, the company that “Put Business Intelligence on the Map” today announced at the National Retail Federation’s “Big Show” in New York City that ABC Stores has selected its thincVIew product for an enterprise Location Intelligence solution.

“We are very excited to be chosen by ABC Stores. As a very successful retailer, they have done a fantastic job of growing while maintaining customer intimacy and a strong brand image,” said thincSoft Chief Operating Officer Jim Kowalski. “As retailers continue to mine more and more data to better understand and serve their customers, they are seeking ways to utilize the more than 80% of corporate data that has a location component. We help them visualize this data in ways never before possible and help them make better decisions, faster.”

“ABC Stores has continued to grow and be successful because we focus on our customers’ needs,” said Glenn Nishida, Chief Technology Officer. “As part of that focus, we seek to work with technology partners that deliver strong retail solutions which can be deployed quickly and easily integrated into our existing IT environment.”

The thincVIew product will be integrated with ABC’s existing Oracle infrastructure and leverage key Oracle technologies to deliver map-based Business Intelligence to ABC decision makers through their planned corporate portal and dashboard.

Most market studies indicate a growing demand among retailers for more tools that enable location-based analysis in an easy-to-use format. From viewing segments of customer loyalty or demographic data on easy-to-use maps to managing product performance at a shelf level using existing planograms and other planning tools, retailers are seeing the value of harnessing location-based data to make better decisions across a host of business disciplines. This type of analysis enables better store clustering, improved site selection, greater product visibility, even improved vendor performance and communication. Until recently, the only options available to retailers were tied to location content providers and other specialty vendors. thincSoft’s thincVIew product is the first to address the market for companies with heterogeneous data environments and those that wish to harness location data from multiple sources simultaneously. This technology ends the dependence on content and data providers for analysis tools and enables retailers to leverage their existing data and infrastructure to make better decisions while maintaining control and security of their data.

About thincSoft

thincSoft is the company that put Business Intelligence and asset tracking on the Map^TM.  Their unique product suite combines the best of geospatial visualization with business intelligence and analysis. Simply put, we help our customers visualize their data in ways never before possible, helping them make better decisions.  The Web 2.0 platform allows this solution to integrate with any data source and be deployed and interacted with in real time on any thin-client via browser, including hand-held and mobile devices. 

Core commercially-available products include:

• thincVIew – a Business Intelligence/Location Intelligence application – combines spatial or geospatial data (maps) with business intelligence (BI) data to enable location and time-specific analysis in a unique visualization solution through any portal. 

• thincTrax- an asset visualization solution – interacts with RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), GPS, or other data and provides a visualization and business rules solution for managing critical assets or personnel, location intelligence and situational awareness.

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See thincSoft at NRF 2008. Visit booth 264 at the Javits Convention Center to learn how retailers can benefit from location intelligence. thincSoft will illustrate how retailers can gain better insight into customer buying patterns by visualizing their location-based data such as customer loyalty data, even data purchased from 3rd party vendors. thincSoft will also demonstrate how retailers can integrate planograms with measurement data to create a more visually-based performance analysis directly integrated with the merchandise planning process. thincSoft will also show how retailers and CPG manufacturers can extract more value from their RFID investments by leveraging thincTrax – a visually-intuitive way to track assets using any technology (RFID, GPS, WiMax, etc.).

Unique GeoSpatial and RFID Visualization Solutions Will Address Growing Need of Enterprise Business Intelligence and Asset Tracking Markets

Lisle, IL – November 5, 2007 – thincSoft, LLC announced today that it has finalized an agreement with the founders of SSS Research to acquire the intellectual property rights of SSS Research.

Under this agreement, SSS Research will remain an independent consulting entity focused exclusively on delivering geospatial visualization solutions and services to the United States Department of Defense. thincSoft will focus on the growing Business Intelligence and Asset Tracking software markets with targeted Visual Intelligence^TM solutions utilizing geospatial and spatial technologies originally developed by SSS Research.

“We are very excited about the structure of this relationship,” said Dr. Stephen Eick, founder of SSS Research. “As the Enterprise Business Intelligence and Asset Tracking markets continue to evolve in their need for location intelligence and improved visualization, thincSoft is positioned to be a leading solution provider.”

“SSS has developed and delivered the leading platform for location intelligence over their years of work with the U.S. government for tens of thousands of users,” said Mike Profita, thincSoft President. “Because corporate data often has a location component, the commercialization of this technology will offer wide reaching benefits to many industries.”

Recent studies have indicated growing demand for these types of solutions. A recent report released by Business Week indicated that over 80% of data maintained by corporations has a location component. Another survey—by Geospatial Solutions—showed that nearly 90% of respondents indicated a growing demand for location-based data across their organization. This growth is driven primarily by the value delivered in location-intelligence solutions across industries. These benefits include: reduced capital and operating expenses by tracking pumps and diagnostic equipment in hospitals and providing greater visualization into asset location; Improved sales and reduced unsold inventory in retailers by better clustering stores and inventory based on analysis of customer and demographic trends; Improved response time and reduced risk of casualties of first responders through greater visualization of all team member locations within a target area; and many more.

thincSoft’s suite of Visual Intelligence (VI)^TM software is available as a fully-configurable Web 2.0 solution for corporations and as an OEM solution for software vendors and systems integrators looking to enhance current BI, geospatial, or RFID/Asset Tracking solutions with a location visualization and analysis component.

For more information, please visit www.thincsoft.com.

About SSS Research

SSS Research has served the Federal IT marketplace since 2003 across the Department of Defense, Intelligence, Homeland Security, and other agencies. Core competencies include thin client visualization and analytics and systems development.

About thincSoft

thincSoft has developed a unique Visual Intelligence(VI)^TM product set – thincVIew and thincTrax – which bring together the power of geospatial visualization technology and business intelligence into a thin-client SOA-compliant platform.  Simply put, we help our customers visualize their data in ways never before possible, helping them make better decisions.  The Web 2.0 platform allows this solution to integrate with any data source and be deployed and interacted with in real time on any thin-client via browser, including hand-held and mobile devices. 

Core commercially-available products include:

• thincVIew – a Business Intelligence application – combines spatial or geospatial data with business intelligence (BI) data to enable location and time-specific analysis in a unique visualization solution through any portal. 
• thincTrax – an Asset Tracking and Visualization solution – interacts with RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), GPS, or other data and provides a visualization and business rules solution for managing critical assets or personnel, location intelligence and situational awareness.

  thincSoft Announces Integration to SQL Server 2008 With Spatial Enhancements

Visual Intelligence(TM) Application Combines Business Intelligence (BI) With Location Data To Provide Enterprise-Wide Location Intelligence Solution 

Lisle, IL- November 12, 2007 – thincsoft, a provider of Visual Intelligence software applications today announced that its thincVIew and thincTrax products now support Microsoft SQL Server 2008 for generally available customer applications.  

“The demand for location intelligence solutions continues to grow,” said Mike Profita, thincSoft President.  “As we continue to penetrate new markets, we have seen more demand from customers to connect to a Microsoft technology infrastructure.  The spatial enhancements of SQL 2008 deliver a significant performance increase and enable us to continue delivering enterprise-wide location intelligence solutions to our customers.”

A recent survey indicated that over 80% of data maintained by corporations has a location component; another survey indicated growing demand for location-based data across organizations, often from non-traditional users of such data.  This growth is driven primarily by the value provided by linking key business intelligence data with location data to create greater organizational insight.  

“Microsoft places a great deal of importance on our partner ecosystem,” said Kim Saunders, Senior Director of SQL Server Marketing at Microsoft.  “With thincSoft’s Visual Intelligence suite utilizing the spatial enhancements in SQL Server 2008, they can take advantage of the latest SQL Server technology to help deliver pervasive Enterprise Business Intelligence solutions to their customers.” 

thincSoft’s suite of Visual Intelligence (VI)TM software is available as a fully-configurable Web 2.0 enterprise solution for corporations and as an OEM solution for software vendors and systems integrators looking to enhance current BI, geospatial, or RFID/Asset Tracking solutions with a location visualization and analysis component.  

About thincSoft

thincSoft has developed a unique Visual Intelligence(VI)TM product set – thincVIew and thincTrax – which bring together the power of geospatial visualization technology and business intelligence into a thin-client SOA-compliant platform.  Simply put, we help our customers visualize their data in ways never before possible, helping them make better decisions.  The Web 2.0 platform allows this solution to integrate with any data source and be deployed and interacted with in real time on any thin-client via browser, including hand-held and mobile devices.   Core commercially-available products include:

• thincVIew – a Business Intelligence/Location Intelligence application – combines spatial or geospatial data with business intelligence (BI) data to enable location and time-specific analysis in a unique visualization solution through any portal.  
• thincTrax – an asset visualization solution – interacts with RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), GPS, or other data and provides a visualization and business rules solution for managing critical assets or personnel, location intelligence and situational awareness.

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Jim Kowalski
SSS Research
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GeoInt 2007 Symposium

SSS Research Announces Collaboration with NGA
(National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency)

Visual Intelligence (VI)TM Software Enables Location Intelligence for Rapid Response and Coordination

San Antonio, TX and Lisle, IL – October 24, 2007 – SSS Research today announced that it is working with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to provide key software as part of its NGA Earth eGeoInt project. Under this relationship, SSS Research provides its GeoBoost Visual Intelligence (TM) software solution to enable situational awareness and location intelligence for multiple constituencies.

“We are very pleased to have been selected to provide the visualization software for this key initiative,” said Dr. Stephen Eick, SSS Research’s Chairman and CEO. “NGA plays such an important role in supporting the Intelligence and Defense communities, we are happy to collaborate on such a critical analysis tool.”

One of NGA’s 12 key focus areas is to look outward to be the most collaborative partner with the IC and warfighter. To support that focus, NGA has identified 3 key principles: Partnerships, Technology, and Standards. The innovative technology developed and deployed by SSS combines with a successful track record of previous projects with NGA to deliver a powerful analysis and visualization tool for the Intelligence Communities.

Before the emergence of Web 2.0 technologies, organizations were limited in their ability to leverage Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) and other location-based data. SSS Research has leveraged Web 2.0 (AJAX) and open data standards to enable geospatial visualization, collaboration, and analysis to users through a software solution
that requires only a web browser. The result is better insight, faster across the entire enterprise in an easy-to-use tool that connects to multiple data sources simultaneously using open standards. A recent study indicated that 80% of data maintained by organizations has a location component; and the demand to access and analyze these data continues to grow. With the flexibility offered by SSS Research’s suite of VITM applications, organizations now have the ability to turn this data into actionable analysis quickly and easily.

About SSS Research
SSS Research has served the Federal IT marketplace since 2003 across many departments and agencies of the United States Department of Defense. Core competencies include thin client visualization and analytics R&D services. SSS has developed a unique Visual Intelligence(VI)TM product set – GeoBoost and GeoTrack – which bring together the power of geospatial visualization technology and business intelligence into a thin-client SOA-compliant platform. Simply put, we help our customers visualize their data in ways never before possible, helping them make better decisions. The Web 2.0 platform allows this solution to integrate with any data source and be deployed and interacted with in real time on any thin-client via browser, including hand-held and mobile devices.

Core commercially-available products include:

• GeoBoost – a Business Intelligence application – combines spatial or geospatial data with business intelligence (BI) data to enable location and time-specific analysis in a unique visualization portal.
• GeoTrack – an asset visualization solution – interacts with RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), GPS, or other data and provides a visualization and business rules solution for managing critical assets or personnel, location intelligence and situational awareness.