Released on = April 18, 2006, 2:04 am

Press Release Author = DB Software Laboratory

Industry = Software

Press Release Summary = Active BI Portal creates Web Reports and Web forms

Press Release Body = For immediate release

April 14, 2006

Contact: Mike Renwick
Company: DB Software Laboratory
Title: Head of Marketing department
E-mail: Mike.Renwick@dbsoftlab.com

Informed Insight into All Enterprise Activities

Active Business Intelligence Portal offers an integrated solution for the
optimization of enterprise management and decision making. It creates a single point
of reference for all enterprise activities with continuous and comprehensive
reporting capabilities. Rapid designing and deploying of reports and web forms helps
enterprises swiftly adjust to changing business environment.

DB Software Laboratory announces the release of Active Business Intelligence Portal
v3.1.6, an integrated solution for designing and deploying reports and web forms
over the internet and intranet. The program optimizes information life cycle by
excluding extraction, transformation and load processing from it. It provides
minute-by-minute insight into business activities and ensures data consistency
throughout the enterprise. Active BI Portal is an affordable and easy-to-use
solution that improves the overall efficiency of enterprise management.

Active BI Portal enables all information users to log in to a data repository
through customizable interface of a web portal. Implementation of a user roles
security model allows assigning levels of access to each user group member, be it a
shop floor, a power user, or even a customer. The Active BI Manager module, an
integral part of the solution, helps personalize workplace and assign a list of
documents to each user based on their user group rights and membership. The server
side of Active BI Portal presents a collection of PHP scripts that can effectively
run on Windows, UNIX or Linux. Such design ensures higher flexibility of the
solution and easy integration into any existing IT architecture.

In addition to comprehensive management capabilities, Active BI Manager features a
choice of tools to speed up the design and deployment of reports and web forms.
Dedicated wizards guide you through report and form building to save time and
effort. Repository Creation Wizard also helps connect to a database and use it as a
data repository. Active BI Portal supports all major commercial or open source
databases. Integrated SQL Builder, which is a part of Active BI Manager, provides
all the necessary assistance with complex SQL statements design and supports unions
and sub queries. Finally, a built-in HTML editor and a collection of themes help
finalize and refine the design of your portal. Active BI Portal is a standalone
solution that optimizes the use of business data and helps swiftly adjust to a
changing business environment.

Active BI Portal v3.1.6 Features at a Glance
. Flexible design and leverage of existing IT architecture;
. Comprehensive security management;
. Support for all major commercial and open source databases;
. Integrated HTML Editor and SQL Builder;

. Rapid development and deployment wizards, including Report Generation Wizard, Web
Forms Wizard, and Repository Creation Wizard;
. Collection of predefined themes;
. Repository export and import;
. Lookups.

Pricing and Availability
Active Business Intelligence Portal runs on Windows, UNIX, and Linux servers. The
Active BI Manager module works on Windows OS only. A single program licence costs
$100 (USD) and covers one program installation. Online registration entitles all
users to free technical support. A trial version of the program is available at
http://www.dbsoftlab.com/request.php?15.

About DB Software Laboratory
Established in 1999, DB Software Laboratory has been concentrating its development
on Business Intelligence and ETL software ever since. Visual Importer, a database
management tool, is a flagship product of the company. Both Visual Importer and
Active BI Portal brought a string of awards and worldwide recognition for their high
quality and extensive functionality.

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Product page link: http://www.dbsoftlab.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.52
Download link: http://www.dbsoftlab.com/request.php?15
E-mail: Mike.Renwick@dbsoftlab.com
Company website: http://www.dbsoftlab.com

Web Site = http://www.dbsoftlab.com

Contact Details = Address: 45 High Peak Street, Masterton
New Zealand

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Email: submissions@dbsoftlab.com