Panorama: A Google Surfer
June 9, 2008
A colleague in the UK sent me the text of a Datamonitor Computerwire with the title “Google Sparks Analytics as a Service Push”. I tracked down a version of the item sent me here. I have a sneaking suspicion that the news item will not be available online very long. Companies with eight syllables in their names charge for their information.
The key point in the write up from my point of view is:
Google partner Panorama Software in March unveiled a set of analytics gadgets for Google Docs, Google’s personal productivity and collaboration tools that are offered on a software-as-a-service model. On the back of that development will soon come Panorama’s PowerApps, an analytical engine for the web or OLAP 2.0, which when released later this year will enable ISVs and software developers to build and extend analytical applications using the power of cloud computing. The platform will offer APIs to create OLAP cubes as well as deliver and create customized reports from within Google applications.
Panorama Software is one of a large number of vendors in the analytics business. Unlike many of those firms, Panorama has embraced Googzilla. In my opinion, Panorama’s management has figured out what wave to ride, particularly when it comes to enterprise applications delivered from the cloud.
One interesting fact about Panorama is that it sold its OLAP technology to Microsoft in 1996. You can obtain Panorama’s system as SQL Server Analysis Services, which is integrated into the SQL Server database platform. The company’s embrace of Google suggests that Panorama’s management has found another perfect wave. Google seems content to let companies that “get it” surf the Google-generated opportunities at least for now. You can learn about Panorama’s services here.
Stephen Arnold, June 10, 2008
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