RE: ASC SEQEL & Competitors

[pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx]

   Mike,

   I agree wholeheartedly with Jim about the ASC products. You = can quickly
   do some really cool stuff with SEQUEL/ViewPoint

   and FYI.<= /P>



   Contact me offline, and I'll give you the names of custo= mer end-users
   who have gotten really good at "data mining".

   <P= >

   Paul Nelson

   708-670-6978  Cell

   pnelson@arbso= l.com

   "Rubino, Jim" <Jim.Rubino@Fike.= com>
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   <P= >ASC's Sequel product is your best bet. &n= bsp;It has the ease of
   use, speed,
   setup, flexibility, etc.
   You need = to call ASC and get a trial CD and try it.  ASC support people
   are
   = wonderful and very
   helpful.  They will have you working with it in = no time at all.
   Jim
   </FON= T>
   -----Original Message-----
   From: = Michael Naughton [mailto:mnaughton@juddwire.com]
   Sent: Friday, January 3= 1, 2003 8:27 AM
   To: midrange-l@midrange.com
   Subject: ASC SEQEL & = Competitors

   My company i= s looking into EIS / Business Intelligence tools --
   basically,
   the goal = is to give end users a fairly user-friendly way of displaying
   various da= ta (e.g. sales history) on their PCs, as either charts or
   graphs, and be= ing able to analyze the data (sales by customer, sales by
   product line) = and drill down, etc. They'd also like to be able to do
   comparisons and &= quot;what if?"s. Most of the data will originate on our
   AS/400, but= some is in PC-based databases (MS Access), so the ability to
   mix data f= rom both sources would be a plus (but maybe not a
   show-stopper,
   since th= e IS dept has been trying for years to move everything to the
   AS/400).<B= R>
   Right now, we're looking at a= product called QlikView, by QlikTech; ASC's
   SEQUEL and FYI; and COGNOS.= Does anyone have any experiences with any of
   these products that you'd = like to share? I found a thread on SEQUEL a
   while back in the archives, = and a few references to COGNOS, but they're
   two or three years old. I'm = interested in the basic things - speed, ease
   of use, ease of setup, flex= ibility, end-user satisfaction, etc. Anything
   anyone would like to share= with me would be great, and if you'd prefer to
   reply privately that's f= ine.
   Thanks very much!
   </= FONT>
   Mike Naughton
   Senior Programme= r/Analyst
   Judd Wire, Inc.
   124 Turnpike Road
   Turners Falls, MA &nbs= p;01376
   413-863-4357 x444
   mnaughton@juddwire.com
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