PolyVista's Intelligent
Solutions Get Even Smarter.
PolyVista Inc, a Houston TX software company released
this month version 2.0 of its flagship Discovery Client
product. This application was designed to support a broad
range of business users to help them uncover new and valuable
business insights. PolyVista harnesses the power of data-mining
for the non-technical business user. Version 2.0 introduces
new algorithms that automate the search for new insight
as well as extending our visualization and animation support.
By providing a seamless integration of OLAP browsing,
2-D and 3-D visualization and discovery algorithms, PolyVista
uniquely assists users to efficiently and effectively
explore their data.
It has been said that "What you don't know can't hurt
you", in business nothing could be further from the truth.
What you "don't know" could be a new sales opportunity
or a more accurate way to predict customer churn. What
you "don't know", could be a subtle but reoccurring quality
problem in a manufacturing process. Given today's increasingly
complex and dynamic business environment, you could easily
miss a golden opportunity or fail to catch the early warning
signs of a serious business problem. How will you detect
these new opportunities or broken business processes?
How do you find answers to questions you did not know
to ask? What if your competition discovers these opportunities
first?
PolyVista automates the Discovery process of finding important
anomalies in the data as well as highlighting significant
relationships between data elements. These anomalies or
relationships may take the form of a previously undetected
shift in Customer response to product packaging or the
identification of a supplier whose components are having
an abnormally high number of failures. The strength of
PolyVista's Discovery solution is that it is based on
generalized techniques, meaning that it finds anomalies,
patterns or relationships in virtually any type of data.
Thus, if your interest is in exploring customer relationships,
then PolyVista can mine your CRM data. If you're looking
for new insight into production planning or manufacturing
performance, then perhaps the source data would be an
ERP. PolyVista doesn't care what the data is, its goal
is help business users explore it efficiently and interactively.
New in version 2.0 includes a common algorithm configuration
wizard and two (2) new Discovery algorithms.
1. Market Basket Analysis finds products that sell
well together (or more generically it finds events
that occur together)
2. Association Rules finds relationships between dimensional
variables (if X and Y then Z)
Additionally version 2 extends our animation functionality
to all 2D and 3D charts and graphs. We also introduce
a new "Pixel Map" visualization that allows insight to
be gleaned from very large data tables (many data rows
and columns).
PolyVista has enabled Compaq Computer in Houston TX, to
increase customer satisfaction and lower manufacturing
costs by delivering a proactive approach to warranty parts
management. Combining data from customer surveys, warranty
part shipments and call center tickets, PolyVista technologies
serve as an early warning indicator and detailed analysis
tool allowing Compaq to proactively take action to effect
a part replacement strategy or issue an engineering change
order. Savings over a million dollars have already been
attributed to this solution. See Microsoft/Compaq/PolyVista
Case Study Link for more detailed information. http://www.microsoft.com/servers/evaluation/casestudies/CompaqPolyvista.asp
Effective and timely analysis is critical to a company's
overall success and competitive position. At many levels,
all businesses (should) utilize analytics to evaluate
options, determine strategy, set goals, and monitor progress.
Business analytics provide the foundation for decisive
decision-making in response to dynamic markets and business
conditions. But more than enabling a smarter reaction
to unwelcome surprises, PolyVista Enterprise Analytics
offer proactive and early warning results that can put
you on the offensive. PolyVista uniquely delivers both
answers and insight to business users across the enterprise
finally delivering on the 'last mile' of Business Intelligence
value. |
