Solutions4Strategy

Today's financial institutions face unprecedented regulatory complexity as a result of Basel III, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and other compliance standards and legislation that have been enacted worldwide. The stringent reporting requirements and massive quantities of data required have forced financial institutions to look for new efficiencies in making this data actionable. According to Solutions4Strategy CEO David Jordan,"On average, 90 percent of corporate spreadsheets have errors, which create unnecessary risks in terms of compliance, and also lead to bad business decisions. As requirements get more complex, organizations hit a wall with spreadsheets."

More than 20 years ago, Solutions4Strategy selected Rocket Software’s UniVerse database as the engine for their application because of its ability to manage the different data outputs and streamline them into one system. The next step was to layer business intelligence on top of the solution. However, due to the constraints and limitations of most business intelligence tools on the market, Solutions4Strategy was frustrated by its inability to deliver the level of dynamic dashboards its clients needed. Many of these tools required specialists to invest in developing a "static sand box" that end users could utilize for modelling different scenarios. Because of the complexity and rapidly changing environment that Solutions4Strategy's banking customers faced, a static structure was not a viable model. "When we tried other business intelligence tools in the past we hit a wall," Jordan said. "Rocket® CorVu NG was the answer in breaking down these walls."