QlikTech could be worth over $1billion  

Not long ago, you could count the number of European tech startups that went on to become giants on one hand. Now all that is beginning to change according to Business Week, who recently analysed the European companies with the potential of achieving valuations of a billion dollars or more.

QlikTech is of course one of them. It has recently hired Morgan Stanley as its investment banker in preparation for an initial public offering.

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Dental claims administrator deploys QlikView to slash fraud and costs

Dental claims administrator Denis has slashed claims fraud and reduced its operating costs by using QlikView to analyse information on the 1.3 million medical scheme members it manages.

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QlikView boosts Panasonic’s sales and marketing team  

Panasonic credits QlikView with helping its sales and marketing teams become more pro-active in the fiercely competitive market for consumer, industrial and business electronics.

“We’ve seen a phenomenal return on investment just in terms of the time we’ve saved,” says Panasonic’s operations manager Lyrishe Gouws. “Our marketers know exactly where they stand with every product and every customer, every single day. Everything is right in your face all the time – there are no more excuses!”

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QlikView SAP Connector 5.0 is released

This is a major rework from previous versions and offers significant enhancements:

•          New and simplified architecture

•          Greater speed (twice as fast)

•          Support for parallel downloads

•          Improved security features

This release fully integrates the Connector into QlikView to the point that there is hardly a difference between connecting to SAP and connecting to SQL or Oracle!