PRWeb has published an article describing an announcement from DrivenBI of its new data import utility. The DrivenBI SRK Importer provides an easy way to connect to the most commonly used data sources such as CSV/XLS files, SQL databases (Microsoft, Oracle, etc.), 3rd party Web services (Salesforce and social media), or network devices (meters or IoT).

With the launch of the new SRK Importer, the self-service paradigm now seamlessly extends to data preparation as well, allowing business professionals to easily import the data they already have on-hand into SRK without involving any programming or requiring any technical skills. And the data importer also takes advantage of DrivenBI’s collaboration features, making the real-time status of imports easily viewable and actionable from anywhere at any time.

“The term self-service has been devalued in the BI world as these systems continue to remain far too complex and require continuous support from IT departments,” said Ben Tai, CEO of DrivenBI. “Some vendors have started to put emphasis on self-service when it comes to building analysis, but none have even begun to think about self-service when designing and implementing the data preparation component. And why should they, as most charge a considerable fee for this. Our one-of-a-kind data import utility is free and simple enough for business professionals to use.”

Read more at PRWeb.