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Birst Launches Concurrent User PricingJul 26, 2010 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Birst, a provider of on-demand business intelligence, announced the immediate availability of concurrent user pricing as an alternative to the standard "named user pricing." According to a release on July 20, concurrent user pricing solves the challenge of delivering greater insight to a number of potential users, without prohibitive expense. The company said with concurrent pricing, organizations acquire licenses for the desired number of users that can access the Birst solution at any one time. This means that a company only licenses the number of users active on the system, rather than the maximum number of named users who could potentially use the solution. In contrast, traditional on-premise business intelligence (BI) software solutions operate solely on a "named user" basis. The software is licensed to a particular, identified user and installed on their computer. The customer pays whether that person is actually using the software or not. In this situation, larger customers often end up paying for "shelf-ware," software that is not actually used. This pricing model can limit the scale of traditional BI deployments, due to the high cost of extending analysis to more users and the risk of lower-than-anticipated adoption. "Birst was already bringing the benefits of insight to companies that never thought that they would be able to afford a real, powerful business intelligence solution," said Scot MacGillivray, co-CEO of Cervello, a Birst partner. "This new concurrent user pricing will bring the Total Cost of Ownership even lower, while expanding the availability of critical reports and analysis to even more users. I think that our larger customers in particular will be very excited about this." "Birst was already revolutionizing business intelligence by providing a complete, affordable, and flexible BI solution that can deliver insight to anyone in the organization, from the CEO to the front line employee," said Brad Peters, CEO of Birst. "Concurrent user pricing demonstrates yet again how Birst is dedicated to creating maximum value and impact for the customer." More Information: www.birst.com ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) |