DUBAI, U.A.E. -- Excel users will be delighted to learn of the latest release of Monarch software in the region. It brings with it an ease of purpose and a ready and positive influence on the business process.
Avanquest, a leader in the rapidly growing Enterprise Information market, today announces the general availability of Monarch Version 9.0, the latest release of their partner company Datawatch’s report mining and analysis solution. In 1991, Monarch pioneered report-mining technology and is the recognized world leader in helping users unlock vast amounts of critical data buried in reports and other static business documents. With Monarch Version 9.0, Avanquest continues to innovate, and introduce key enhancements that allow companies to extract maximum value from report and data content, and immediately transform that information into meaningful data to solve critical business problems.
"When the team sat down two years ago to map out the next version of Monarch, the decision where to start was easy. According to customer surveys, over 95% of Monarch customers use Monarch with Microsoft Excel," said Rob Graham, who represents Avanquest's interests in the Region. "Dramatically speeding up Excel exports as well as allowing users to virtually eliminate manual work in Excel with Monarch V9 was a logical step forward. But, as the company learned from its surveys, support calls, online forums and direct conversations with thousands of customers it was clear that users wanted much more; increased analytical power, collaborative tools, enhanced report mining, improved PDF capabilities, integration with SharePoint, new database functionality and last, but not least, the ability to run on new Windows Vista. With Monarch V9, we delivered," added Graham.
Monarch has around 500,000 users globally and allows business users to easily extract, analyse and export data from existing reports—without programming—putting an end to flipping through thick reports and re-keying data into spreadsheets, or waiting for IT to provide access to needed data. Monarch Pro offers all of the functionality of Monarch plus allows users to combine and import data from additional data sources, such as databases or spreadsheets, as well as extract data from HTML and PDF files.
"We are especially interested in the new Excel related features in Monarch V9, including exporting Monarch summary data with sub-totals and grand totals as Excel formulas," said Jon Donohoo, Western Manager of Operations for Loomis, Fargo & Co., a leader in cash handling services. "Monarch V9 is a leap forward on many fronts: new Excel functionality, new collaboration tools, and new report mining power to mine data from more complex reports. Monarch V9 will expand our productivity even further," added Donohoo.
Avanquest has had a number of early gains in the region, especially among banks and health care providers as well as government departments. "Anyone with lots of data to handle are candidates", continues Graham. "What our customers need are solutions and easy access to information rather than just more technology". He continued, "Excel is an integral part of the daily functionality in the workplace. Any tool which joins data from existing reports to Excel can only speed the business process and obviously offers an immediate return upon investment".
Excel users will welcome this meaningful add on.
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