Forte Consultancy Group Announces the Launch of its BI Solutions Division

SISLI, Turkey - Dec. 23, 2013 - PRLog -- These new products, some of which are the first of their kind, will provide end-to-end data warehousing (QWWare), data mining (QIWare), geographical intelligence (GIWare), and reporting capabilities (XIWare) to companies across a variety of industries.

In addition to the launch of its first four products, launching immediately as well will be ReadyWares, a solution designed to be built on top of the new products. With ReadyWares, companies will be able to address issues unique to their industries (including telecommunications, finance, retail, and more), with plug-and-play models as well as reports providing advanced segment management, customer retention, and sales growth capabilities, among other benefits.

"We have had the pleasure of working with clients on over a hundred BI-related projects across a number of industries around the world over the past decade,” said Forte Consultancy Group General Manager Ali Pirinccioglu, in explaining the story behind the launch of Forte Wares. “Unfortunately, in many of the engagements we have seen the shortcomings of existing BI solutions in the market; most are not user-friendly, are not industry-specific, and are not budget-friendly,” he added. “Our decision to create a software solutions division was born out of necessity, to ensure we can enable our clients to tap into the value lying in data without having to pay an arm and a leg for a traditional costly solution that doesn’t generate ROI on its own," said Mr. Pirinccioglu. Explaining the role of the new division in the group company, Mr. Pirinccioglu stated, “With the addition of Forte Wares to our existing Forte Consultancy and Forte Experts brands, we are now able to essentially provide end-to-end service for companies looking to optimize their consumer-related marketing and sales practices, all via one-stop shopping under the Forte Consultancy Group umbrella of companies.”

The new company plans to upset the business intelligence market by introducing innovations to an aging domain. "Today, most solutions in the market are essentially replicas of each other, with no vendor asking what it can do better to help businesses, striving to innovate vs. its competitors", said Mr. Berkin Ozmen, Forte Wares’ Managing Partner, adding, “this holds true for even more recent domains – take Social Network Analysis in telecommunications as a case in point – it’s been around for years now, but vendors are still talking about the same capabilities and concepts. We launched Social Ripple Analysis to shake things up in that domain, and it immediately gained traction. This is what Forte Wares is about, and will stand for – innovations that are affordable, and usable.”

Explaining the product development mindset behind the new company, Mr. Ozmen said, "As Forte Wares, we are dedicated to follow certain principles when deciding on whether or not to pursue the development of a new product - it has to either bring in a non-existent solution to address an existing business problem, cut costs and decrease resource requirements significantly, or make an existing solution more relevant and usable by the business,” adding, “we are not your traditional BI solutions provider. These players have started as software companies first, and have entered into the consultancy market to create domains for selling their software. We are doing the exact opposite. After years of operating in the management consulting domain, we have entered into the software domain, to make sure our clients have access to efficient and effective tools to help them solve critical business problems they face.”

In regards to the approach around the product development cycle, Mr. Engin Arici, Solutions Development Manager explained, “When we start designing new solutions, we talk with our management consultants and ask them about what issues their clients face with their BI solutions. This allows us to get valuable insights which we use when developing our products - for example, our auto-mart feature in QIWare cuts down data mart preparation time, which is a key client issue, by up to 80%.” Mr. Arici added in regards to the importance of innovation for Forte Wares, “Over 50% of our budget is allocated to researching and developing new algorithms, to make sure that we can continuously bring in innovative disruption to our clients through analytics. This research is also supported by our management consultancy team, who continuously develop new and more effective methodologies to serve our clients, producing vast IP during the process.”

Forte Wares has been launched as a highly multinational entity, with developers from China, Poland, and Turkey, creative team members from the USA, Ukraine, and India driving the company forward. Innovative workplace techniques are being utilized in the company, with cloud collaboration and partial home office model in place. Mr. Ozmen said in regards to this multinational cloud approach, “We have access to thousands of high-quality professionals via cloud, and if needed, can onboard a developer with niche skills living halfway across the world within 24 hours, without disrupting his or her lifestyle,” adding, “we are 24/7 looking for individuals who can bring in the best set of left and right brain thinking to our company and believe this management approach allows us to find them.”

About Forte Consultancy Group

Forte Consultancy Group is the preeminent analytics-driven consulting firm in the EMEA region, operating out of its offices in Istanbul and Dubai.

The company provides a variety of strategic service offerings for leading companies in numerous sectors, primarily focused on improving their marketing, sales, customer care, and business intelligence-related functions.

Visit http://www.fortewares.com for details.