Adding CAP to BI

MIS AG has released it new collaborative analytical processing (CAP) architecture for MIS Decisionware, the business intelligence software for budgeting, reporting and analysis with groupware technologies. The CAP approach allows central departments to define and control business intelligence processes and structures while maintaining flexibility for individual business units and departments.

Highlights of CAP include analytical, content and process services integrated into a framework for planning, forecasting, consolidation, reporting and business analysis applications. Analytical services contain the models and methods used for analysis by a business, as well as the analytical definitions. Content services retrieve the searchable information contained in unstructured data--typically document or Web-based, which is made accessible through indexing. Process services represent workflow and data logistics, i.e. cleaning data, distributing reports and the supporting processes.

Four prepackaged applications based on the CAP architecture are available: MIS PackageDesigner for budgeting and reporting in decentralized environments; MIS Zeus, a consolidation engine that facilitates legal and management consolidation; MIS DeltaMiner, an interactive cockpit for performance measurement; and MIS onVision for personalized information delivery systems.