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Investing in a business intelligence platform is always about compromises. Do you buy the easy to use - but limited - platform you know you can work with today, or do you "learn" to cope with the harder to deploy, harder to manage and much more expensive BI platform you know you will need in years to come? How do you get maximum Return on Investment?
With Context! you no longer have to make that choice. That's because Context! was designed from the very beginning to be easy to deploy, easy to install and manage - making it ideal for small installations with as few as two users. Managing the system is simple and intuitive and the affordability is unmatched - starting at under $8,000 for a full server-based enterprise-class business intelligence platform.
As your business grows, however, your needs will too; Context! will be right there with you. Adding users takes just a few clicks and because there is no client software to install - EVER - deploying ten, one hundred or one thousand users is just as simple as deploying a single user. The platform itself has also been built for scalability. Backed by an enterprise-grade engine, Context! supports clustering and load balancing, letting you take maximum advantage of all the computing horsepower you can muster.
Of course, for maximum performance using in-memory analysis is all the rage these days. But how do you know which model to use? With other business intelligence platforms you have to make the choice up front. Whether you use the more costly in-memory model - or the more affordable database model is a choice that will hurt you either today or in the future. With Context!, however, you don't have to make that choice. That's because Context! uses a selective in-memory process that lets you decide whether to use in-memory caching at the metadata level - NOT at the source level. With Context! you can use in-memory analysis only when you decide to, giving you more flexibility and reducing your up front investments dramatically.
Just like with performance, scaling your system is all about adapting to your needs. Today your security infrastructure might not be too complex, but in time you might deploy LDAP authentication or Active Directory. Once again with Context! you don't have to choose. That's because Context! has a robust security model built-in - regardless of your corporate-wide security model - and Context! can also use LDAP or Active Directory, making it ideal for all security scenarios.
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