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Panorama Software Sets Industry Benchmark For BI Scorecard Performance

QualiTest Group Positions Panorama NovaView® Scorecards as Industry Benchmark

Toronto, Ontario – June 6, 2007 – Panorama Software, a global leader in Proactive Business Intelligence (PBI) solutions, today announced results of a third-party performance benchmark evaluation conducted by the QualiTest Group, one of the largest independent global providers of software testing and quality assurance services. QualiTest Group evaluated Panorama NovaView® Scorecards and Dashboards - components of the Company’s flagship solution, Panorama NovaView®. The results of their analysis position Panorama NovaView® Scorecards as an industry-leading solution delivering solid performance results. The analysis was carried out using WebLOAD Professional from RadView Software. WebLOAD is a leading commercial grade performance testing tool, with 1,600 installations worldwide.

The results of the independent benchmark performed by QualiTest using RadView’s WebLOAD software (www.radview.com) on May 27, 2007 indicated the following results from Panorama NovaView® Scorecards:

  • 480 concurrent users (representing an average deployment of about approximately 5,000 total users*) creating and updating key performance indicators (KPIs) took 0.9 seconds;
  • 950 concurrent users (approximately 10,000 total users) navigating, slicing and interacting with scorecards took 1.1 seconds; and
  • 2,000 concurrent users (approximately 20,000 total users) logging in and opening a dashboard with the scorecard view took less than 3 seconds.

“We are thrilled at these notable results uncovered by QualiTest with WebLOAD, as it solidifies our market-leading position as the only company able to deliver Proactive Business Intelligence solutions that provide qualitative performance-driven results to information workers with extreme scale and performance,” said Eynav Azarya, CEO, Panorama Software. “Historically, performance benchmarks for Panorama focusing on analytics have also yielded incredible results.  For example, the response time for 2,500 concurrent analytical users that interact heavily with data has never exceeded 3 seconds, which is a significant achievement, and one we are very proud of.  Hitting this performance achievement is also a clear indication to our ability to deliver Proactive Business Intelligence by streamlining processes for information workers to ultimately enable organizations to focus on the relevant, take more structured actions and automate their routine.”

“The need for enterprise scorecard deployment is growing, as more and more organizations are looking to improve alignment of strategy and action, something that can only be achieved when all users track their performance against their objectives,” said Oudi Antebi, Vice President, Marketing and Strategy, Panorama Software. “In the past, BI vendors have not built their scorecard solution to scale because it was assumed the scorecard application was tailored only to the ‘elite’ user.  Understanding where the market was heading, Panorama Software built Panorama NovaView® as a highly scalable application with powerful performance capabilities that supports mass deployments for a significant number of end users.  We are confident we are the only company with the ability to offer these benchmark-setting performance results through our fully-featured PBI solution, and we invite other BI vendors, including Cognos and Business Objects, to try and beat the results we have achieved.”

“QualiTest conducted this performance benchmark for Panorama NovaView Scorecards based on a request from one of our customers, and our findings exceeded every expectation setting a new precedent in the market,” said David Sidon, Manager, Performance Testing and Engineering, QualiTest Group.  “Moreover, our analysis of Panorama NovaView Scorecards demonstrates Panorama’s ability to bridge a gap in the market, offering information workers a more sophisticated means to improve performance results.”

About Panorama Software
Panorama Software empowers global organizations with the ability to rapidly identify trends, maximize business opportunities and improve corporate performance and results through enterprise business intelligence and Proactive Business Management solutions.  Panorama® NovaView™, the company’s flagship solution, amplifies the impact of the information worker through a tightly integrated and complete suite of analysis, reporting, scorecard, dashboard and data modeling applications that support the two leading Business Intelligence platforms, SAP (NYSE: SAP) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT).   Through Panorama NovaView, end users are empowered to freely explore their data using scalable and intuitive applications.

Founded in 1993, Panorama is a leading innovator in Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) and Multidimensional Expressions (MDX). Panorama sold its OLAP technology to Microsoft Corporation in 1996, which was rebranded as SQL Server Analysis Services and integrated into the SQL Server platform.  Panorama supports over 1,000 customers worldwide in industries such as financial services, manufacturing, retail, healthcare, telecommunications and life sciences.  Panorama has a wide eco-system of partners in 30 countries, and maintains offices throughout North America, EMEA and Asia. More information is available at www.panorama.com

About QualiTest Group
The QualiTest Group is one of the largest independent global providers of software testing and quality assurance services. During 10 years of activity, QualiTest was responsible for thousands of testing projects in hundreds of organization. In 2004, the company was acquired (51%) by Malam Team Group (TASE: MALM), the largest IT company in Israel (according to STKI survey, March 2007).

Founded in Israel, QualiTest now has more than 500 testing and QA experts in branches around the world. QualiTest has a strong presence in the USA (Connecticut and Dallas), Europe (HQ located in the Netherlands), Israel (Tel-Aviv/Givat-Shmuel, Haifa, Rehovot and Beer-Sheva) and Turkey (Istanbul and Ankara).

QualiTest specializes in Testing of Telephony systems, Networking systems, Billing, CRM, ERP, DataWarehouse, Retail, HealthCare, Banking and Finance, Military systems and more. QualiTest is the only Testing company in Israel that provides full solution including advanced, state of the art, testing tools, comprehensive methodology and experienced testing experts.

About RadView
RadView Software Ltd. (RDVWF), is a commercial open source company that develops, supports, and sells WebLOAD, the world's leading commercial-grade open source performance testing solution. Deployed at over 1,600 customers and built with 250 engineering years, WebLOAD improves the Internet experience for everyone by helping developers build high quality Internet applications. More information on WebLOAD Open Source is available at www.webload.org . Commercial customers seeking support, additional productivity features and compatibility with third-party protocols should visit www.radview.com or call 1-888-RADVIEW.


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