Business Intelligence Vendor Yellowfin Partners with German Reseller PIKON

LONDON, Dec. 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --Global Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software vendor, Yellowfin, has signed a reseller agreement with international consultancy and software firm, PIKON International Consulting Group.

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Under the partnership, PIKON will be permitted to deliver Yellowfin's business-user-oriented BI solution, and associated professional services, to its current and future clients throughout Germany, Belgium and the UK. PIKON is headquartered in Saarbucken, Germany, with affiliate operations in Belgium and the UK.

PIKON Head of BI, Stefanie Lenz, said that Yellowfin's emphasis on self-service reporting and Collaborative BI were important factors in the partnership decision.

"Business user enablement and fast return on investment are two driving factors in today's Business Intelligence industry," said Lenz. "Yellowfin has been following that end-user-centric path for quite a long time, resulting in sophisticated and well-engineered BI software that is easy-to-use for business users and administrators alike."

"Yellowfin is the ideal solution for PIKON's customers, with a strong focus on self-service reporting and collaborative decision-making, who want to save time and money on implementation and training expenditure. Yellowfin delivers an excellent value-for-money-ratio."

PIKON Senior BI Consultant, Oliver Dworschak, said that Yellowfin's ability to empower end-users to independently access and act on BI-based insights would enable PIKON to generate more business directly from specific business units.

"Yellowfin can help PIKON's customers - especially those with a strong focus on self-service BI for line-of-business users - to get the most out of their data by sharing and interpreting figures in a highly flexible collaborative environment," said Dworschak.

Yellowfin Managing Director for EMEA, Peter Baxter, said that PIKON's customer-first philosophy and sustainable approach to business growth were strategies that made it an attractive reseller partner.

"With deep expertise and experience delivering best practice Business Intelligence projects, combined with resources spread across Germany, Belgium and the UK, PIKON will help bolster Yellowfin's reputation and presence throughout Germany and across Europe," said Baxter.

About PIKON International Consulting Group

PIKON International Consulting Group is a global consultancy and software firm with its headquarters based in Saarbrucken, Germany. In cooperation with its affiliates in Belgium and the United Kingdom, PIKON supports its international customers holistically at the interface between IT, Business and Communication (PIKON 3-Point-Approach). PIKON's IT consultancy approach concentrates on SAP products and solutions within the business areas of ERP (logistic and financial processes with a strong focus on custom manufacturing), Business Intelligence (reporting and planning) and Business Integration (cross-system and cross-company processes). For more information, visit www.pikon.com

About Yellowfin

Yellowfin is a global Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software vendor passionate about making BI easy. Founded in 2003 in response to the complexity and costs associated with implementing and using traditional BI tools, Yellowfin is a highly intuitive 100 percent Web-based reporting and analytics solution. Yellowfin is a leader in mobile, collaborative and embedded BI as well as Location Intelligence and data visualization.

Over 10,000 organizations, and more than one million end-users across 70 different countries, use Yellowfin every day. For more information, visit www.yellowfinbi.com

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For further media information, interviews, images or product demonstration, please contact:

Dirk Langendorfer, PIKON Deutschland AG, +49-(0)-681-3796228, dirk.langendoerfer@pikon.com

Lachlan James, Yellowfin Global Communications Manager, +61-(0)3-8617-4954, +61-(0)431-835-658, lachlan.james@yellowfin.bi