Ingres has developed an open sourcebusiness intelligence platform for
enterprises.
The Ingres Icebreaker BI Appliance builds upon Ingres' market
position in
open source database appliances.
"
Business Intelligence projects are one of the highest
priorities for CIOs worldwide," said Deb Woods, Ingres
vice-president of product management. "Our BI appliance software
offering represents a strong commitment by Ingres to the business
intelligence arena."
Ingres has developed the system in partnership with JasperSoft.
"The new Ingres IceBreaker BI Appliance is a great solution for
Ingres customers who need advanced analysis and reporting
capabilities, as well as enterprise-class support," said Paul
Doscher, CEO of JasperSoft.
The new BI system resides on top of Ingres' Icebreaker
foundation, which consists of the Ingres 2006 database integrated
with Linux, and is powered by
JasperSoft's open source BI suite.
Ingres said this combination addresses the existing challenges
in BI deployment and application, including costs of developing a
data warehouse, expanding BI to additional users and managing and
maintaining the software stack.