Despite widespread investment in analytics, a majority of business users lack easy access to corporate data and contextual insights to make better, timely decisions throughout the course of their day. These users are left to navigate their complex technology ecosystem and sift through applications or silos of data stored across a number of BI tools, preventing a data-driven culture from becoming pervasive across the enterprise.

The future of work is supposed to be a place where tools like AI, ML and analytics are seamlessly integrated into the work process, boosting productivity and success.

The good news is Microstrategy has been paying attention. Microstrategy 2019 Update 2 adds HyperIntelligence which injects analytics into popular applications like Google’s G Suite, Microsoft Office 365, Salesforce, Workday, and Atlassian and popular mobile productivity apps.

It delivers relevant, contextual insights tailored to each individual. People on-the-go can easily receive contextual insights on their favorite apps and devices with HyperIntelligence for Office and HyperIntelligence for Mobile. Rather than looking up information across a number of corporate systems, users can get vital information about upcoming meetings in real-time and quickly find data using their iOS and Android devices. Update 2 introduces a number of enhancements and new products, including:

• HyperIntelligence for Mobile, which now reaches people with Android mobile devices as well as iOS devices. Update 2 includes a standalone HyperIntelligence app for Android that works on both tablets and smartphones and supports in-app search and calendar-based notifications. Experience the power of HyperIntelligence for Mobile today. The HyperIntelligence for Mobile app can be easily downloaded and installed from the Google Play storeand Apple AppStore.
• HyperIntelligence for Office, a new product that brings HyperIntelligence to the extensively used Microsoft Office client – Outlook. HyperIntelligence can supercharge emails within Microsoft Outlook to bring zero-click, contextual insights to the millions of active users of the Outlook desktop and web clients. This new product enables users to find relevant, contextual insights within their emails and Outlook-based workflows through HyperIntelligence cards. Bite-sized views of information are consolidated into cards that appear to users in their Outlook application. The cards are accessible via a brand-new add-in for the Outlook web and desktop clients for both Windows PC and Mac. 
• HyperIntelligence for Web, which introduces enhanced cards with more out-of-the-box templates that now include dynamic links to URLs. Not only can users see contextual information on their web applications, but they can also drive workflows by directly linking other applications.

“We recently upgraded to MicroStrategy 2019 and have been very impressed by some of the new products and features like Platform Analytics and Library,” said David Friedman, BI Manager, B&H Photo. “Overall, MicroStrategy 2019 is a significant upgrade in terms of everything from look-and-feel to speed and performance.”

MicroStrategy 2019 Update 2 adds more power to MicroStrategy for Tableau, MicroStrategy for Power BI, and MicroStrategy for Qlik and delivers enhanced connectors that are optimized to support higher data volumes for these BI tools. Tableau and Power BI users can now connect to MicroStrategy’s Enterprise Semantic Graph and access up to 4 million rows with 30 columns of trusted data. Qlik users can access up to 2 million rows with 10 columns of trusted data. These enhancements to the platform enable users to quickly access larger amounts of data through the tool of their choice and benefit from superior scale, performance, and governance.

Update 2 also introduces over 400 customer-reported enhancements and fixes, making the platform faster and more stable and secure. Update 2 does not require a metadata update or a full platform install and can be easily deployed on top of the MicroStrategy 2019 platform.

“We’re immensely proud of our groundbreaking technology because we believe it offers an easy path for organizations to achieve greater analytics adoption,” said Tim Lang, Senior Executive Vice President & CTO, MicroStrategy Incorporated. “We’re giving our customers a unique analytics experience and fueling a greater level of interconnectivity and productivity for the business.”

As information proliferates throughout the silos of an organization and beyond, the ability to analyze it all and bring in relevant insights without the need to open new applications can be a Future of work game changer. Color us impressed.

Where do organizations go to learn more? The world’s only Future of Work Expo (collocated with the ITEXPO #TechSuperShow) of course. Feb 12-14, 2020 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.