Host Analytics Named to Big Data 100 by CIO Review

REDWOOD CITY, CA--(Marketwired - May 15, 2014) - Host Analytics, the leader in cloud-based Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), today announced that it has been selected by CIO Review magazine for inclusion in the Top 100 Most Promising Big Data Companies in the analytics category. The annual review is designed to help business and technology executives sort through the vast number of solutions on the market and identify those that provide the most leading edge and cost effective technologies available today. The list includes a number of innovative big data and analytics companies like MapR, GoGrid, RocketFuel, and others.

"Host Analytics is pleased to be selected for CIO Review's Big Data 100," said Lance Walter, Host Analytics Chief Marketing Officer. "Host Analytics believes that analytics and EPM can help transform the finance function from a supporting to a starring role in driving business value."

Host Analytics Decision Hub is a big data analytics solution that enables finance professionals to incorporate industry benchmarks, financial trends and key performance indicators into their business planning and analysis. Companies can analyze their competitiveness, establish metrics and create more accurate plans without struggling to integrate third party information sources. Decision Hub can scour public records for 10-Q and 10-K disclosures and then benchmark their performance against industry leaders and competitors. Decision Hub also lets finance professionals incorporate measures such as the Consumer Confidence Index and global exchange rates, that can be helpful to large companies in the planning process.

"From a big data perspective, we think finance has a great opportunity to better lead and support businesses by incorporating real-time competitive intelligence into their decision-making processes," says Walter. "Our big data analytics solution helps our customers turn information into valuable business insights."

The CIO Review is a magazine that provides key insights on enterprise solutions to business and technology executives.

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About Host Analytics, Inc.
Host Analytics is the leader in cloud-based financial applications for planning, close management, reporting, and analytics. Host Analytics Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) customers benefit from improved business agility, lower total cost of ownership, faster time to value, increased security, and a faster pace of innovation compared to traditional on-premises alternatives. World-class companies like NEC, Burlington Coat Factory, and Sanmina trust Host Analytics to power their strategic financial processes. Host Analytics is a fast-growing, private company backed by leading venture capitalists and is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices around the globe.

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