Business Analytics ToGo: Arcplan 8 Guarantees Unparalleled Mobility

Online, September 24, 2013 (Newswire.com) - arcplan 8 launches on September 26 amid the ubiquity of smart phones and tablets in the workplace and the "bring your own device" (BYOD) trend. As mobile BI moves from a nice-to-have to a need-to-have, innovative business intelligence software provider arcplan is poised to release the newest version of its Business Analytics suite, with an HTML5 client that enables Responsive Design so customers can implement their mobile BI strategy as economically and effectively as possible.

arcplan 8 - previously codenamed Xenon - offers more flexibility for users and developers alike. With an HTML5 backbone and Responsive Design as the underlying concept, arcplan has developed a solution that automatically adapts to the user's device and optimizes the user interface for any screen size or orientation. In addition, arcplan's return on investment is more concrete than ever: arcplan 8 delivers an up to 70% decrease in BI app development and maintenance costs.

Design Once, Run Anywhere
arcplan 8 has been designed with the "Design Once, Run Anywhere" (DORA) paradigm in mind. DORA enables developers to designreportingand planning solutions for any device or operating system with little effort. Today's "screen size dilemma" leaves developers facing an ever-growing number of desktop and mobile devices with various sizes and pixel resolutions. This challenge is solved with DORA. Within arcplan's drag-and-drop development environment,application designers are able to create and adjust dashboard components to create a responsive user interface that support various devices in one single application.

About arcplan
arcplan is a leader in innovative Business Intelligence, Dashboard, Corporate Performance and Planning software solutions for desktop and mobile use. Since 1993, arcplan has enabled more than 3,200 customers worldwide to leverage their existing infrastructure for better decision making. Empowering all users to connect and collaborate with relevant information is crucial for improving business performance. With arcplan - it simply works.

arcplan's flagship product arcplan Enterprise® was rated the #1 3rd party tool for SAP BW (SAP), Oracle Essbase (ORCL), and IBM Cognos TM1 (IBM) in The BI Survey 12 (2012).