Panorama Software
{{Short description|Software company in Canada}}
{{for|software used to create panoramas|Category:Panorama software}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=August 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{infobox company
|name = Panorama Software
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|type = Privately held company
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|foundation = 1993 in Israel
|founder = Rony Ross founded the original co. in 1993; assets were sold to Microsoft in 1996; the current company was founded in 2003 by Janice Anderson and Rony Ross
|location_city = Toronto
|location_country = Canada
|location =
|key_people = Eynav Azarya, CEO
Rony Ross, Executive Chairman and CTO
|industry = Business intelligence software
|products = Novaview, Necto
|services =
|homepage = {{URL |www.panorama.com/}}
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Panorama Software is a Canadian software and consulting company specializing in business intelligence. The company was founded by Rony Ross in Israel in 1993; it relocated its headquarters to Toronto, Canada in 2003.{{cite news
|url=http://www.itworldcanada.com/a/ComputerWorld/666cc5de-0aeb-4805-9e7e-130e99acdadd.html
|title=Microsoft expanding BI horizons
|author=Patricia Zyska
|publisher=IT World Canada
|date=30 May 2003
|accessdate=2007-05-24}}
Panorama sold its online analytical processing (OLAP) technology to Microsoft in 1996, which was built into Microsoft OLAP Services and later SQL Server Analysis Services, an integrated component of Microsoft SQL Server.{{Cite web |title= Extending the Reach of Business Intelligence |author= Jean Schauer |work= DM Review magazine |date= July 2003 |url= http://www.dmreview.com/article_sub.cfm?articleId=6952 |url-status=dead |archivedate= 29 August 2004 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20040829001823/http://www.dmreview.com/article_sub.cfm?articleId=6952 |access-date= 5 April 2017 }}
Products
The company's main product is a business intelligence (BI) suite named Necto.
Before 2011 it had a product called NovaView.{{Cite news |title= Review: Panorama Necto Socially-Enabled Business Intelligence |date= 24 August 2011 |author= Vangie Beal |work= Engerprise Apps Today |url= http://www.enterpriseappstoday.com/business-intelligence/panorama-necto-business-intelligence-review-1.html |access-date= 5 April 2017 }}
Necto offers data mining and report generation, allowing custom views of the data without having to wait to run a report. It lets users create collaborative "workboards" and visual presentations.{{cite web|last=Sherman|first=Aliza|title=Necto Offers Socially-Enabled Business Intelligence|url=http://gigaom.com/collaboration/necto-offers-socially-enabled-business-intelligence/|publisher=GigaOM|accessdate=3 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131150204/http://gigaom.com/collaboration/necto-offers-socially-enabled-business-intelligence/|archive-date=31 January 2012|url-status=dead}} The users are able discover those who are attempting to analyze similar data sets. The company contends this focus on social analysis leads, starting with business data and connecting it with the people who are involved in this data.
Necto is a BI application based upon understanding of user behavior, one-click reporting, and collaborative decision making. It supports social sharing of data, similar to sharing found on consumer oriented social networking sites. Data analysis is treated as "conversations" which can themselves be followed and analyzed. Panorama encourages Necto enterprise users to form cross-departmental teams based on data research behaviors. It allows tracking of user behavior and making corresponding adjustments.{{cite web|last=Rogers|first=Christopher|title=You got social networking in my BI solution! Panorama's Ross discusses Necto|url=http://www.itincanada.ca/index.php?cid=0&id=14780&np=1|publisher=IT in Canada|accessdate=3 January 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115123318/http://www.itincanada.ca/index.php?cid=0&id=14780&np=1|archive-date=15 January 2013|url-status=dead}}
Necto includes analytics, custom reporting, intuitive dashboards, and integration with Microsofttechnology. It can use data sources including spreadsheets, in-memory, OLAP, or relational databases. Integration on Microsoft Azure and optimization with Microsoft SQL Server 2012 platform is also available. Necto integrates with SharePoint.{{cite web|last=Maschiach|first=Ella|title=Panorama Necto|url=http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/barbaro/archive/2011/08/01/panorama-necto-nova-view.aspx|publisher=Ella Maschiach's BI Blog|accessdate=9 January 2012}} It can be scaled up to manage thousands of users and several terabytes of data.
Panorama and Microsoft
Panorama Software is the original developer of the online analytical processing technology that Microsoft acquired in 1996 and rebranded as SQL Server Analysis Services, a component of Microsoft SQL Server.{{cite web|title=Panorama Software NovaView|url=https://www.bitool.net/software/novaview.html|publisher=Bitool}}
Since this acquisition, Panorama sells support as a Microsoft Gold ISV Competency partner.{{cite web|title=Panorama Software|url=http://www.microsoft.com/bi/en-us/Partners/Pages/Panorama.aspx|publisher=Microsoft}}
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External links
- [http://www.panorama.com Panorama Software web site]
Category:Software companies of Canada
Category:Online analytical processing
Category:Companies based in Toronto
Category:Software companies established in 1993
Category:Privately held companies of Canada
Category:Software companies of Israel