I am very pleased to officially announce the launch of Drillbridge Enterprise. This new software offering represents the 2.0 version of Drillbridge and complements the existing free edition of Drillbridge.

The existing or “plain” version of Drillbridge continues to exist as a free product. This allows organizations to continue downloading and using Drillbridge to enhance the value of their investment in Essbase.

Drillbridge Enterprise is a paid and licensed version of Drillbridge that comes with enhanced features and capabilities and is intended for organizations that have advanced integration needs as well as need software support. These advanced features include such things as automation integration tools, enhanced security, custom report modules, a Java SDK, RESTful API, and more. It’s a really great release that is available immediately and is licensed through Saxifrage Systems LLC.

Moving forward, development will be focused on Drillbridge Enterprise, while the free version of Drillbridge (also known as just Drillbridge or as Drillbridge Community Edition) will see updates mostly focused on addressing one-off issues as needed.

Drillbridge Enterprise is built from the same solid code base as Drillbridge that has proven so robust, flexible, and easy to configure. In just the week alone after Kscope15 (where Drillbridge had a well-attended session), at least three different people independently downloaded, installed, and setup Drillbridge at their companies.

Clearly, people are hungry to enhance the value of their existing systems in a simple, non-invasive, and incremental way. I am absolutely astounded at the number of times that I get emails from people saying “It just works!”. It brings a smile to my face.

That said, there are some truly incredible features available right now in Drillbridge Enterprise 2.0, it is competitively priced, and I can’t wait to get it into the hands of Essbase users around the globe. Please check out the Drillbridge website for more information, and as always, don’t hesitate to reach out to me with any questions.