Transpara
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Transpara is an independent developer of Mobile Business Intelligence
, operations monitoring, and alerting Software founded in 2005 by Michael Saucier. It's core product, Visual KPI, was originally designed for the energy & utilities, oil & gas and data center operations industries and has since expanded to include manufacturing, retail, pharmaceuticals, financial services and others.
LLC and after serving as OSIsoft's Vice President of Marketing he left to start Transpara. Transpara's core product, Visual KPI, was originally designed to make real-time operations data available on BlackBerry
smartphone
s and it quickly grew to include Windows Mobile
and Windows Phone
, Apple's iPhone
and iPad
, Google
's Android phones and tablets, Palm OS
devices, SharePoint and more. As of 2011, Visual KPI is supported on over 500 devices.
Transpara is a certified Microsoft
partner.
application designed for Mobile BI
, operations monitoring, dashboards
and alerting. Unlike traditional business intelligence products, Visual KPI does not include a data warehouse
or other master data source, as it uses data from existing sources combined with metadata
and delivers it to mobile devices and web browsers. Because of this, it is often included in the category of mobile dashboard software
as well.
Visual KPI consists of two primary components, the Visual KPI Server and the Visual KPI Designer. The server is the core engine of the product and the only component used at run time. It reads data from multiple data source, applies pre-defined metadata, handles security, and generates optimized dashboards in real time for each device that has requested the data. These screens include data such as KPIs, scorecards
, trends, heat maps
, values, links and alerts.
The Visual KPI Server is a web server. It delivers screens in the form of advanced HTML
, Javascript
and other web technologies to the web browsers of mobile and other devices. No software lives locally on the device.
The Visual KPI Designer is the design environment for setting up, configuring and making changes to the metadata of each Visual KPI site, or instance. It is based on Microsoft
Excel
and was written as an add-in using Microsoft's Visual Studio Tools for Office
. All configuration and changes are done in the Visual KPI Designer in the form of data so no coding is necessary.
, California
and has several offices in the United States
. It's European headquarters is located in Basel
, Switzerland
.
Transpara has customers in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Australia and Asia Pacific.
Mobile business intelligence
Mobile Business Intelligence refers to the distribution of business data to mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers...
, operations monitoring, and alerting Software founded in 2005 by Michael Saucier. It's core product, Visual KPI, was originally designed for the energy & utilities, oil & gas and data center operations industries and has since expanded to include manufacturing, retail, pharmaceuticals, financial services and others.
History
Prior to starting Transpara, Michael Saucier was the founder of PID, Inc. and Sequencia Corporation. Sequencia was sold to OSIsoftOSIsoft
OSIsoft, LLC is a worldwide manufacturer of Application software for real-time data infrastructure solutions, called the PI System. Founded in 1980, OSIsoft, LLC is privately held and headquartered in San Leandro, CA, with operations worldwide....
LLC and after serving as OSIsoft's Vice President of Marketing he left to start Transpara. Transpara's core product, Visual KPI, was originally designed to make real-time operations data available on BlackBerry
BlackBerry
BlackBerry is a line of mobile email and smartphone devices developed and designed by Canadian company Research In Motion since 1999.BlackBerry devices are smartphones, designed to function as personal digital assistants, portable media players, internet browsers, gaming devices, and much more...
smartphone
Smartphone
A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...
s and it quickly grew to include Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile is a mobile operating system developed by Microsoft that was used in smartphones and Pocket PCs, but by 2011 was rarely supplied on new phones. The last version is "Windows Mobile 6.5.5"; it is superseded by Windows Phone, which does not run Windows Mobile software.Windows Mobile is...
and Windows Phone
Windows Phone
Windows Phone is a mobile operating system developed by Microsoft, and is the successor to its Windows Mobile platform, although incompatible with it. Unlike its predecessor, it is primarily aimed at the consumer market rather than the enterprise market...
, Apple's iPhone
IPhone
The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...
and iPad
IPad
The iPad is a line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc., primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. The iPad was introduced on January 27, 2010 by Apple's then-CEO Steve Jobs. Its size and...
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
's Android phones and tablets, Palm OS
Palm OS
Palm OS is a mobile operating system initially developed by Palm, Inc., for personal digital assistants in 1996. Palm OS is designed for ease of use with a touchscreen-based graphical user interface. It is provided with a suite of basic applications for personal information management...
devices, SharePoint and more. As of 2011, Visual KPI is supported on over 500 devices.
Transpara is a certified Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
partner.
Core product
Visual KPI is Transpara's core product. It is an enterprise softwareEnterprise software
Enterprise software, also known as enterprise application software , is software used in organizations, such as in a business or government, contrary to software chosen by individuals...
application designed for Mobile BI
Mobile business intelligence
Mobile Business Intelligence refers to the distribution of business data to mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers...
, operations monitoring, dashboards
Dashboard (software)
Dashboard is an application for Apple's Mac OS X operating systems, used for hosting mini-applications known as widgets. First introduced in Tiger, it is a semi-transparent layer that is invisible to the user unless activated by clicking its icon in the Dock...
and alerting. Unlike traditional business intelligence products, Visual KPI does not include a data warehouse
Data warehouse
In computing, a data warehouse is a database used for reporting and analysis. The data stored in the warehouse is uploaded from the operational systems. The data may pass through an operational data store for additional operations before it is used in the DW for reporting.A data warehouse...
or other master data source, as it uses data from existing sources combined with metadata
Metadata
The term metadata is an ambiguous term which is used for two fundamentally different concepts . Although the expression "data about data" is often used, it does not apply to both in the same way. Structural metadata, the design and specification of data structures, cannot be about data, because at...
and delivers it to mobile devices and web browsers. Because of this, it is often included in the category of mobile dashboard software
Dashboard (software)
Dashboard is an application for Apple's Mac OS X operating systems, used for hosting mini-applications known as widgets. First introduced in Tiger, it is a semi-transparent layer that is invisible to the user unless activated by clicking its icon in the Dock...
as well.
Visual KPI consists of two primary components, the Visual KPI Server and the Visual KPI Designer. The server is the core engine of the product and the only component used at run time. It reads data from multiple data source, applies pre-defined metadata, handles security, and generates optimized dashboards in real time for each device that has requested the data. These screens include data such as KPIs, scorecards
Balanced scorecard
The Balanced Scorecard is a strategic performance management tool - a semi-standard structured report, supported by proven design methods and automation tools, that can be used by managers to keep track of the execution of activities by the staff within their control and to monitor the...
, trends, heat maps
Heat map
A heat map is a graphical representation of data where the values taken by a variable in a two-dimensional table are represented as colors. Fractal maps and tree maps both often use a similar system of color-coding to represent the values taken by a variable in a hierarchy...
, values, links and alerts.
The Visual KPI Server is a web server. It delivers screens in the form of advanced HTML
HTML
HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages....
, Javascript
JavaScript
JavaScript is a prototype-based scripting language that is dynamic, weakly typed and has first-class functions. It is a multi-paradigm language, supporting object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles....
and other web technologies to the web browsers of mobile and other devices. No software lives locally on the device.
The Visual KPI Designer is the design environment for setting up, configuring and making changes to the metadata of each Visual KPI site, or instance. It is based on Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
Excel
Excel
Excel may refer to:* Microsoft Excel, a spreadsheet application by Microsoft Corporation* Excel , a brand of chewing gum produced by Wrigley's* Excel , a crossover thrash/punk band from Venice, California...
and was written as an add-in using Microsoft's Visual Studio Tools for Office
Visual Studio Tools for Office
Visual Studio Tools for Office is a set of development tools available in the form of a Visual Studio add-in and a runtime that allows Microsoft Office 2003 and later versions of Office applications to host the .NET Framework Common Language Runtime to expose their functionality via the .NET...
. All configuration and changes are done in the Visual KPI Designer in the form of data so no coding is necessary.
Organization
Transpara Corporation is headquartered in PleasantonPleasanton
Pleasanton is the name of several places in the United States of America:* Pleasanton, California* Pleasanton, Iowa* Pleasanton, Kansas* Pleasanton, Nebraska* Pleasanton, New Mexico* Pleasanton, Texas* Pleasanton Township, Michigan...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
and has several offices in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It's European headquarters is located in Basel
Basel
Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
.
Transpara has customers in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Australia and Asia Pacific.