TYSONS CORNER, Va.,
Feb. 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/
-- MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a
leading worldwide provider of enterprise software platforms, today
announced that Kinross Gold Corporation (NYSE: KGC) has deployed a
mining operations iPad application using MicroStrategy
Mobile™. Kinross is a
Canadian-based gold mining company with mines and projects in
Brazil, Canada, Chile, Ghana,
Mauritania, Russia, and the
United States.
Kinross needed a mobile
solution that could address its diverse workforce, provide near
real-time feedback on mining operations, and give regional
supervisors the ability to input data directly from the mines
without the need for PCs. According to Alexis Ricordi, Director of Project Management,
Kinross completed a full analysis
of all the available analytics vendors to select its platform of
choice. Considerations included speed of the platform, ease
of use, mobile functionality, speed to development, and total cost
of ownership.
"Previously, we were spending way too much time maintaining the
systems and getting them to the point where we can actually deliver
business value," said David Cefai,
VP Information Technology, Kinross Gold Corporation.
"We needed to make a course correction in our BI strategy. That's
when we started to look to more robust solutions and selected
MicroStrategy as the clear leader. I have been very happy with this
decision."
Kinross has taken the approach
to develop once and deploy everywhere. "When developing dashboards
at Kinross, we make sure that we
design them to run on PC's as well as on mobile equipment," added
Ricordi. "One of the biggest advantages of MicroStrategy is that we
can develop them once and they can be available to the users on
multiple platforms."
Having a mobile application has benefited Kinross' fleet management supervisors who are
constantly on the go. The Kinross
iPad application is used across multiple sites in different
countries, and automatically changes based on the language needed.
Additionally, with transaction services, the supervisors are
able to input data directly from the field, which speeds up
decision-making. To learn more about MicroStrategy Mobile's
use at Kinross, visit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTV76dLLPbc.
"Since implementing MicroStrategy, we have also been making
significant business process changes. There is no debate that the
solutions that we implemented both from a process and technology
perspective are delivering significant value," said Cefai.
"The ability to deliver timely insights to decision makers in
the field in whatever language they need it is imperative to a
global organization like Kinross,"
said Paul Zolfaghari, President,
MicroStrategy Incorporated. "MicroStrategy Mobile, widely
regarded by leading industry analysts as the top mobile BI
platform, differentiates itself from other mobile BI tools with its
support for multi-language content and numerous other analysis
capabilities. Simply put, MicroStrategy Mobile allows organizations
like Kinross to easily explore
their data and uncover valuable nuggets of insight in a few taps.
No other niche vendor matches MicroStrategy Mobile's power,
simplicity, and elegance."
About Kinross Gold Corporation
Kinross is a Canadian-based gold mining
company with mines and projects in Brazil, Canada, Chile, Ghana,
Mauritania, Russia and the
United States, employing approximately 9,000 people
worldwide. Kinross maintains
listings on the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol: K) and the New York
Stock Exchange (symbol: KGC).
About MicroStrategy Incorporated
Founded in 1989,
MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) is a leading worldwide provider of
enterprise software platforms. The Company's mission is to
provide the most flexible, powerful, scalable and user-friendly
platforms for analytics, mobile, identity and loyalty, offered
either on premises or in the cloud.
The MicroStrategy Analytics Platform™ enables leading
organizations to analyze vast amounts of data and distribute
actionable business insight throughout the enterprise. Our
analytics platform delivers reports and dashboards, and enables
users to conduct ad hoc analysis and share their insights anywhere,
anytime. MicroStrategy Mobile™ lets organizations rapidly
build information-rich applications that combine multimedia,
transactions, analytics, and custom workflows. The
MicroStrategy Identity Platform™ (branded as MicroStrategy Usher™)
provides organizations the ability to develop a secure mobile app
for identity and credentials. The MicroStrategy Loyalty Platform™
(branded as MicroStrategy Alert) is a next-generation, mobile
customer loyalty and engagement solution. To learn more about
MicroStrategy, visit www.microstrategy.com and follow us on
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MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Analytics Platform, MicroStrategy
Mobile, MicroStrategy Identity Platform, MicroStrategy Loyalty
Platform, and MicroStrategy Usher are either trademarks or
registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other
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Contact:
Warren
Getler
MicroStrategy Incorporated
703-744-6258
wgetler@microstrategy.com
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