Birst Now Available on Salesforce.com's Force.com AppExchange

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Jun 16 (MARKET WIRE) --
Birst, the leading provider of on-demand business intelligence and
analytics, today announced that its sales and enterprise analytics
solutions are now available on the Force.com AppExchange.

In its recent software release, Birst made available Salesforce Connect, a
data connector that allows salesforce.com customers to easily analyze
their Salesforce CRM data, including custom objects, within Birst. Since
the solution also allows business users to analyze data from other
systems, such as marketing, finance, and operations, along with their
Salesforce CRM data, Birst provides a uniquely comprehensive view of a
customer's business. The Birst solution has been chosen by Salesforce CRM
customers to analyze and report on critical business information.

"We needed to go beyond traditional Salesforce CRM reporting," said Sean
Wedige, Vice President of Sales Technical Operations at Rackspace Hosting,
a leading provider of hosting services and a Birst customer. "Birst was
the only vendor that we believed could quickly get us a powerful business
intelligence solution that not only handles custom objects, but also
combines information from other systems. We looked at all of the
analytical offerings on AppExchange, and none met our cost and
time-to-market needs as well as Birst could."

"Birst's Salesforce Connect represents a breakthrough for salesforce.com
customers looking to go beyond the basic reporting available in their CRM
solution," said Brad Peters, CEO of Birst. "Not only can they get more
advanced and flexible CRM analysis and reporting, but they can fully
analyze their custom information and information from other systems. A
comprehensive view is finally available, so that managers can better
understand critical metrics, like leads to forecast to actual, or how the
pipeline is trending over time."

Salesforce Connect is available to all levels of Birst customers,
including users of the introductory free version, Birst Free. Birst also
offers rapid implementation services for custom deployments and has a
network of systems integrator partners to assist with implementations.

About Birst

Birst(TM) is the leading provider of on-demand business intelligence
solutions. Birst brings the benefits of fact-based decision-making to a
much broader audience by making it affordable, fast, and easy to use.
Birst is designed to support users of all sizes -- from individuals to
groups and entire companies, so that everyone can benefit from greater
insight into their business.

For more information, please visit www.birst.com/salesforce.

For more information, contact:
Kimberly Weber
Atomic
birst(at)atomicpr.com
(415) 402-0230

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