Companies such as The Pillsbury Company and Merrill Lynch are using Web-based data analysis solutions to stay ahead of their competitors. The connected enterprise, with ubiquitous Web access, means researchers, manufacturing lines, and corporate executives have access to statistical data analysis. Dr. Fred Hulting, senior research scientist and manager, The Pillsbury Company, has discovered the benefits of Web-based analytical solutions using Insightful s technology platform. The solution consolidates data, performs analysis, and displays results in seconds. Each employee can access, analyze, and retrieve results using their choice of Web browser anywhere in the world.
Web access gives companies the fastest possible delivery of information.
Hulting s solution lets people in the field do number crunching that headquarters analysts had taken days to do in the past. This saves time and money, while streamlining the decision making process. Merrill Lynch provides another example of a Web-based analytical solution. Every week our professional market analysts prepare more than 700 reports covering the stock, bond, and currency markets. Historically, clients would need to gather its own databases, invest in a desktop optimization package, and spend hours analyzing their portfolios.