The Niche Advantage

• Quality consultants with the right skills set (experience, skills, interest, commitment to the project, and availability)

• Consultants who will understand and work with your process and environment rather than pushing their own idea of what’s best

• Permanent staffing resources experienced with the majority of BI software: Developers, Administrators, Directors of Financial Planning & Analysis, Business and Financial Analysts, Project and Team Leaders, CIOs, CTOs, Executive Directors, Architects, etc.

• Our consultants get in, do their part, and get out without spending time trying to line up a next phase of work

• Better project management and planning to knock out scope creep

• Impartial. No BI OLAP vendor bias. No software or consulting quotas to pass on from any BI OLAP vendor. Niche works for you, not the vendor.

• Cost savings. Our low overhead provides clients with lower rates (expect to save 25 to 30% without sacrificing quality or jeopardizing project time lines

• Our extensive IT and OLAP background means a quick understanding of your needs coupled with the ability to provide the right resource – maximizes the probability of a successful outcome for the least investment

• All Niche consultants are seasoned veterans able to work on their own with limited direction and integrate into a team setting. Many suppliers hire youngsters straight from college and bill them at high rates. With Niche, you get expert help at reasonable rates.

• The magnitude of the Niche BI resource pool practically guarantees you will have one-stop shopping for BI talent: consultants or when you have full-time staff positions to fill. This not only means one trusted vendor to work with, but also increases the likelihood that the right resources will be available when needed

• A definite strength for Niche that often won’t even be considered by most other suppliers is our contract-to-hire option. When you are looking to start or augment your BI staff, Niche should be your first call since it can be a risk-free try-before-you-buy option.

• Completely customized classroom training for users of the SPSS ShowCase Strategy software (Essbase on the AS/400)

• Formal classroom training “Using Excel VBA with Essbase,” Beginning and Intermediate courses.