IBM Cognos Express Xcelerator - Excel-based planning and business analysis:
IBM Cognos Express Xcelerator extends and transforms the familiar Excel front-end with a powerful in-memory analytics engine. It’s perfectly suited for multidimensional analysis and strategic planning tasks, enabling a new level of insight and action.
- Centrally managed data, business hierarchies, rules and calculations to eliminate data silos and inconsistencies throughout the organization – all powered by an in-memory analytics server.
- Streamlined and continuous planning, aggregation and analysis, so you can focus your attention on effectively operating and growing your business.
- A Web-based interface that allows non-finance users to easily contribute to and view current plans, analysis and reports.
- Pre-built blueprints for key planning tasks, including expense and capital planning, workforce management and profitability analysis.
- Role-based security, structured workflows and clear audit trails to improve accountability and accuracy.
- Excel-authored reports and applications that can be instantly accessed through a Web browser and portal with no “coding” skills required.
- Write-back capabilities that link “what-if” modeling results with business optimization and planning.
