InterSystems,
a global leader in information technology platforms for health,
business, and government applications, today announced the availability
of the InterSystems
IRIS™ data platform connector for Microsoft Power BI users. The
InterSystems IRIS connector offers Power BI users seamless and
high-performance access to the InterSystems IRIS data platform, which
allows them to enhance development and accelerate digital transformation
initiatives.
InterSystems IRIS is the company’s flagship product for rapidly building
data-driven applications, featuring powerful integration, multi-model
and multi-workload database management, and embedded analytics
capabilities to speed and simplify digital transformation initiatives.
In addition to serving up relational tables through InterSystems ODBC
driver, Power BI users now can also access InterSystems IRIS business
intelligence (BI) cubes, leveraging the measures and dimensions defined
in the data platform. This enables users to combine best-in-class data
visualization capabilities of Power BI with the high performance of
InterSystems’ multidimensional online analytical processing (OLAP)
capabilities.
“In today’s competitive environment, it’s more important than ever for
organizations to be agile and flexible when deploying applications that
help them keep pace with evolving market demands,” said Jeff Fried,
director of product management for InterSystems IRIS Data Platform. “I’m
thrilled that we can expand our integration with Microsoft by combining
Power BI’s data visualization capabilities with our cloud-native
platform, enabling our partners and customers to rapidly develop
data-driven applications that inform innovative business decisions.”
Power BI Desktop, which now includes the InterSystems IRIS data platform
connector, can be downloaded here.
InterSystems IRIS is also available on Google
Cloud, Microsoft
Azure, Amazon
Web Services, and Docker.
About InterSystems
InterSystems is the information engine
that powers some of the world’s most important applications. In
healthcare, finance, government, and other sectors where lives and
livelihoods are at stake, InterSystems has been a strategic technology
provider since 1978. InterSystems is a privately held company
headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA), with offices worldwide,
and its software products are used daily by millions of people in more
than 80 countries. For more information, please visit http://www.intersystems.com/.
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