Grafana
Grafana Labs provides an open and composable observability stack built around Grafana, the leading open source technology for dashboards and visualization. Recognized as a 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader for Observability Platforms and positioned furthest to the right for Completeness of Vision, Grafana Labs supports over 25M users and 5,000+ customers.
Grafana Cloud delivers the full power of Grafana’s open and composable observability stack—without the overhead of managing infrastructure. As a fully managed SaaS offering from Grafana Labs, it unifies metrics, logs, and traces in one place, giving engineering teams real-time visibility into systems and applications. Built around the LGTM Stack—Loki for logs, Grafana for visualization, Tempo for traces, and Mimir for metrics—Grafana Cloud provides a scalable foundation for modern observability.
With built-in integrations for Kubernetes, cloud services, CI/CD pipelines, and OpenTelemetry, Grafana Cloud accelerates time to value while reducing operational complexity. Grafana Cloud also supports OLAP-style analytics through integrations with data warehouses and analytical engines like BigQuery, ClickHouse, and Druid—enabling multi-dimensional exploration across observability and business data. Teams gain access to powerful features like Adaptive Metrics for cost optimization, incident response workflows, and synthetic monitoring for performance testing—all within a secure, globally distributed platform. Whether you’re modernizing infrastructure, scaling observability, or driving SLO-based performance, Grafana Cloud delivers the insights you need—fast, flexible, and vendor-neutral.
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PBRS Power BI Reports Distribution
PBRS is a third-party tool that enhances the functionality of Power BI reports by providing advanced features for scheduling, automation, and distribution. With PBRS, you can:
- Schedule Power BI reports to run at specific dates and times, or set up recurring schedules based on custom frequencies. For example, you can schedule a report to run every hour, every other day, or on the third Monday of the month.
- Automate Power BI reports to run based on specific events or conditions. For example, you can trigger a report to run when a database record is changed, when data is received on a port, when an unread email exists in a folder, or if a file exists.
- Distribute Power BI reports in various formats and to multiple destinations. You can specify different filters, formats (such as Excel, PDF, or CSV), destinations (such as email, SharePoint, or network folders), and recipients for each scheduled report. This flexibility enables you to tailor the distribution of reports to meet the specific needs of your organization.
PBRS works seamlessly with various Power BI environments, including Power BI Service (Pro and PPU), Power BI Report Server (On-Premises), Power BI Premium, and all editions of SQL Server Reporting Services
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APL nextED
Utilize APL nextED’s all-encompassing platform to support a remote, on-campus, or hybrid academic team, effectively redirecting funds back into your educational operations budget. By optimizing academic functions, you can allocate savings to boost your competitive advantage while enhancing the strength of your academic team to improve student satisfaction. APL nextED unifies your entire academic team within a single centralized platform, facilitating seamless connections and collaboration among faculty, staff, and administrators. The platform enhances data accessibility and transparency, automates tedious manual processes, and dismantles barriers between departments. Engage your faculty, staff, and academic leaders while promoting data sharing and collaboration across various roles such as deans, chairs, directors, and HR professionals. Improve and automate key areas like staffing, contracting, compensation, evaluations, and professional development opportunities. Additionally, streamline the accreditation process with standardized and customizable compliance reports, ensuring your institution remains compliant and competitive in the academic landscape. With APL nextED, your institution not only saves money but also fosters an environment of collaboration and continuous improvement.
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DashboardFox
Dashboards, codeless reports, interactive visualizations, data security, mobile access and scheduled reports.
DashboardFox is a dashboard- and data visualization tool for business users. It comes with a no-subscription pricing plan. You only pay once and the software is yours for life.
DashboardFox can be installed on your own server behind your firewall. Are you looking for Cloud BI? We offer managed hosting, but you retain ownership of your DashboardFox data and licenses.
DashboardFox allows users to drill down and interact with live data visualizations through dashboards and reports. Without requiring any technical knowledge, business users can create new visualizations in a codeless builder.
Alternative to Tableau, Sisense and Looker, Domo. Qlik, Crystal Reports, among others.
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