Featured Strategic Partner - Microsoft
 Acorn Systems is a proud Microsoft Gold Certified ISV- Microsoft Corporation is the exclusive provider of technology for our business solutions. We bring the best of all worlds—Acorn for unparalleled performance measurement, Microsoft for world-class business intelligence, and our extended partner community for enhanced industry and integrated solution expertise. We are collectively committed to the highest-quality, performance-based solutions that drive tremendous bottom-line results. Ultimately, we assist businesses to make better decisions, increase efficiency, identify opportunities, and be more profitable.
Highlights of the Acorn/Microsoft Partnership- Acorn Systems
- • Is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner in the ISV Competency.
- • Is one of the 110 partners selected for dedicated business development in the US Managed ISV Program.
- • Participates in various early adopter programs for Office 2007, PerformancePoint server 2007,
Vista, and Longhorn
- • Was a Gold Sponsor for the global launch of SQL Server 2005
- • Is a Microsoft Smarter Retailing Partner as well as a Microsoft Financial Services Banking partner.
- • Has collaborated with Microsoft to deliver ‘profitability data warehouses’ of over 60 TB.
- • Integrates to Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies, Office System 2003, SQL Server
Analysis Services and Reporting Services, Office Business Scorecard Manager, ProClarity, as well as
the larger community of business intelligence and performance management solutions.
How Acorn's Products Leverage Microsoft- Acorn Systems’ Enterprise Performance Suite 3.0 is built on a foundation of SQL Server 2005 and its leading price / performance ratio around relational, OLAP, reporting, and data integration capabilities. Leveraging the value of this core database and related business intelligence (BI) technologies, we continue our commitment to deploying Microsoft-based, industry-focused, performance measurement solutions for new and existing clients.
Specific components include the following:
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Application Server: business rules and modeling, administration.
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Core Engine: SQL Server 2005 based calculations.
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Reporting Service Server: pre-built applications such as Acorn Performance Analyzer® (cost,
revenue, capacity) and Price Analyzer.
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IIS/Web Server: virtual Web sites for Acorn EPS, Acorn Business Server, Acorn SharePoint
Framework, etc.
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Acorn .NET Components: pre-defined templates for reporting and for reusable elements.
How the Acorn/Microsoft Partnership Benefits You- Better insight into business decisions begins with better management, including:
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Visibility: accurate, auditable and enterprise-wide
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Performance analysis: sustainable, cross-domain and root-cause based..
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Profit improvement: balancing cost, revenue and capacity.
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Low total cost of ownership
Measurement without compromise! Microsoft and Acorn Systems deliver better decision making through actionable information
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We had been using profitability information for strategic decisions for 15 or so years,
But theres a big difference between occasional use of a system and bringing profitability
measures into the mainstream of the companys
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- Rhett Bratt, VP of profitability analysis
Charles Schwab
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