business intelligence corporate performance management software founded 1994 headquarters lugano switzerland products board 10 website www . board.com board international s.a. is a business intelligence bi and corporate performance management cpm software vendor known for its board toolkit . the company is headquartered in lugano switzerland where it was founded in 1994 . 1 while its core markets are still located in europe board international has been expanding globally and now operates in 15 countries worldwide . 2 3 it has a total of over 2 500 customers from a number of different industries 1 including large international corporations such as abb best western glaxosmithkline nec and puma . 4 contents 1 products 1.1 technology 1.2 usage 1.3 effectiveness 2 recognition 3 offices 4 references 5 external links products edit board international offers only one product the board toolkit . 5 it combines various bi and cpm functionalities within a single graphical software environment . 2 board s bi capabilities include multi dimensional analysis ad hoc querying dashboarding and reporting while its cpm capabilities include budgeting planning and forecasting as well as other finance related activities . 6 like business intelligence software in general board is used in an effort to improve productivity and decision making while lowering costs . 1 it does not require any programming skills to build bi and cpm applications . 2 technology edit as of version 7 the board toolkit features a service oriented architecture that relies heavily on microsoft technology especially the . net framework with its windows communication foundation . this allows for a tight integration with other microsoft products such as microsoft office but requires windows in order to run the full client a limitation which has been identified by gartner as a possible factor for preventing a deeper market penetration . 2 7 8 9 10 in 2012 the company introduced an update of its proprietary multidimensional database that board is based on . this new technology was labelled as hbmp hybrid bitwise memory pattern . it introduced a new compression method and combines disk based and in memory database approaches . it supports both relational and multidimensional data models . 11 12 usage edit according to the bi survey 12 a worldwide bi and cpm user survey the most widely used application areas of board are reporting ad hoc querying dashboarding budgeting & planning olap analysis visual analysis & data discovery predictive analysis & data mining and financial consolidation in descending order of use frequency . 13 effectiveness edit a 2012 case study by nucleus research analyzed the effectiveness of board when used as a company wide business analytics solution . the research was based on three years worth of actual data from marketing general a board customer . it came to the conclusion that the introduction of board allowed marketing general to raise profits reduce customer churn and increase organizational productivity while producing an average annual benefit of 119 962 . it was calculated that on average the system saved 6 working hours a week per manager and it worker . 14 recognition edit in recent years board has been frequently included in major publications on the bi and cpm markets . 15 16 in late 2012 it was included in the bi survey 12 the world s largest and most detailed annual survey of business intelligence software usage . 17 18 board also was featured in two of gartner s 2012 magic quadrants the magic quadrant for business intelligence platforms 2 and the magic quadrant for corporate performance management suites . 9 board international was the only single product vendor to be included in both quadrants that year . 2 9 in terms of technology the introduction of the . net based board 7 earned the company a microsoft . net swiss innovation award in 2010 . 19 offices edit apart from its swiss headquarters board international has a total of 17 offices spread across five continents and 15 countries . 3 the company has recently been expanding opening three new offices in 2011 china japan and mexico but still has a higher presence in europe than it does elsewhere . 2 board international s worldwide subsidiaries and their exact locations are as follows board benelux amsterdam netherlands board deutschland bad homburg and munich germany board france paris 20 board italia milan italy board iberica s.l. barcelona and madrid spain board uk london 21 uk board argentina buenos aires argentina board mexico mexico city mexico board usa boston and austin united states board asia pacific singapore board hong kong hong kong china board india mumbai india board software k.k. yokohama japan board middle east dubai united arab emirates board australia sydney australia 3 references edit a b c research note benefits of board international pdf . nucleus research . retrieved oct 19 2012 . a b c d e f g hagerty john ; sallam rita l. ; richardson james feb 6 2012 . magic quadrant for business intelligence platforms . gartner . retrieved oct 19 2012 . a b c world wide locations . board international . retrieved apr 15 2014 . board reference . board international . retrieved oct 19 2012 . board all in one . board international . retrieved oct 19 2012 . zabin jeff ; o brien tim ; forgash amanda . gleansight agile business intelligence q4 2012 pdf . gleanster . retrieved oct 23 2012 . board architecture . board international . retrieved oct 22 2012 . board architecture office integration . board international . retrieved oct 22 2012 . a b c van decker john e. ; chandler neil ; iervolino christopher mar 19 2012 . magic quadrant for corporate performance management suites pdf . gartner . retrieved oct 22 2012 . board international releases board 7 beyenetwork . retrieved oct 22 2012 . board toolkit . board international . retrieved oct 22 2012 . hbmp the new frontier of in memory business intelligence and cpm tdwi the data warehousing institute . tdwi . retrieved oct 22 2012 . the bi survey 12 board in the bi survey 12 pdf . barc . retrieved oct 26 2012 . roi case study board pdf . nucleus research . oct 2012 . retrieved oct 26 2012 . chandler neil ; van decker john e. mar 8 2011 . magic quadrant for corporate performance management suites pdf . gartner . retrieved oct 23 2012 . sallam rita l. ; richardson james ; hagerty john ; hostmann bill jan 27 2011 . magic quadrant for business intelligence platforms pdf . gartner . retrieved oct 23 2012 . the bi survey 12 products covered . barc . retrieved oct 22 2012 . the bi survey 12 a product overview . barc . retrieved oct 22 2012 . microsoft switzerland awards . microsoft . retrieved oct 22 2012 . board international opens a new office in france to support international growth . board international . retrieved june 26 2015 . board international google the view from our new office is pretty amazing ... . board international . retrieved apr 15 2014 . external links edit board international website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title board international & oldid 733471956 categories business intelligence companiessoftware companies of switzerland navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 8 august 2016 at 01 44 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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