Sagent Takes Analytics To Web Services Model

Sagent

The software will support the usual array of Web services APIs including SOAP, WSDL, UDDI as well as the IBM-backed WSIL (Web Services Inspection Language) specification, according to the company.

Integrators can use the software to accelerate time to market for analytics-dependent applications, the company said. "They can use a visual diagramming tool to create plans and automatically publish them," said Dave Henry, vice president of product marketing for Sagent, based here.

The thrust of this effort is to make realtime analytics available to people who may not now have access to this information. "We want to empower users in realtime environments to manipulate analytics and see the results," said Rich Ghiossi, chief marketing officer.

Vendors are rushing to bring analytics to the masses. Traditionally, corporate managers requesting a sales report of a certain product by region or customer segment had to wait days or even weeks for the relevant report. That time lag is no longer sustainable, analysts said. Vendors are trying to make their offerings more accessible to non-statisticians and easier to manipulate on-the-fly. Business intelligence rival MicroStrategy last month unveiled its own "zero-footprint" analytics software.

The software from Sagent is slated to go to limited beta in late June, and then wide beta in September, said Henry. Pricing for the new version was not disclosed. The current WebLink per-CPU pricing starts at $40,000 to $60,000, the company said.