the danish business intelligence developer . for the medical technique see targit . targit a s type aktieselskab industry business intelligence software predecessor sandlykke leifsgaard founded may 1986 headquarters hj rring north jutland denmark area served worldwide key people morten sandlykke ceo morten middelfart cto dave boulet cso ulrik pedersen coo jesper berntson ; cfo & hr director gitte sandlykke cmo revenue 21 million 2012 1 number of employees 75 2014 subsidiaries targit us inc. website www.targit.com targit a s is a danish business intelligence bi and analytics software developer based in hj rring denmark with american subsidiary targit us inc. based in tampa and boston as well as distribution offices in more than 12 countries worldwide . targit is denmark s largest developer of business intelligence and analytics software and is also denmark s leading business software vendor . 2 targit s chief product is the targit decision suite which has been cited as one of the industry s easiest to use tools for business intelligence and analytics . 3 4 contents 1 history 2 decision suite 3 awards & recognition 4 external links 5 references history edit targit was founded in may 1986 by current ceo morten sandlykke . the company began by providing software to retail and oil businesses but quickly adjusted its scope to accommodate clients need for analytical processing tools . 2 in 1996 targit acquired morton systems which was led by dr. morten middelfart . following the acquisition middelfart became targit s cto and the company began developing business intelligence tools . 5 the decision suite formerly bi suite is the culmination of those efforts and is targeted in part to businesses using microsoft dynamics erp software solutions . 2 6 according to independent it analyst firm gartner targit is one business intelligence platform vendor with a vision of consumerizing bi and analytics as evidenced by the company s focus on ease of use cross department deployments and mobile device compatibility . 7 targit is a microsoft gold certified partner . 8 9 decision suite edit the first version of targit s business intelligence technology dates back to 1996 when targit acquired morton systems . the newly appointed cto morten middelfart developed targit s decision suite around the concept of the ooda decision loop observe orient decide and act and his own calm philosophy computer aided leadership & management . 10 the combination directed the decision suite to focus on allowing users to retrieve reports and analyses with as few user interactions as possible . this focus earned the decision suite a consistent place in gartner s magic quadrant ranking . 7 calm and the ooda loop continue to play a role in the product s development . 11 targit s software has been well received by users of microsoft dynamics nav and ax for its ease of use and rapid implementation processes . 12 the technological underpinnings of targit s decision suite have been awarded several us patents for developments in usability including natural language processing data visualization techniques and database retrieval processes . 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 targit s latest developments are in the direction of big data integrating third party technologies to allow customers to create analyses and reports based on very large data sets . 20 targit has also made free licenses for decision suite available to students and researchers at academic institutions . 21 awards & recognition edit targit has been the recipient of numerous awards including consecutive it innovation awards . targit has also been named by gartner as a niche player in their 2013 and 2014 magic quadrant for business intelligence and analytics platforms . 7 22 23 external links edit official targit website targit academic license program references edit 1 a b c b eye network spotlight http www.targit.com en resources surveysreviews surveys reviews bi survey 12 2 computerworld database journal 2010 a b c 3 cite error invalid ref tag ; 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