SQL Server Reporting Services' Rich Integration With Word & Excel Via SoftArtisan's OfficeWriter Solution Provides Major Performance Gains for Momenta

Overview

Momenta, a leading program management consultancy, needed a centralized reporting solution for the Department of Trade and Industry to replace a legacy application that was facing increasing performance problems as data increased. Momenta found that its staff could create reports faster and make them more accessible by using SoftArtisans OfficeWriter with SQL Server Reporting Services. The company has completed the first phase of migrating from a dual database platform (a Microsoft Access 97 database and SQL Server 2000 database with Access 2002 interface) to a SQL Server 2000 and SoftArtisans OfficeWriter solution. In addition to generating user-friendly reports in native Microsoft Excel and Word, Momenta discovered that OfficeWriter for Reporting Services could generate a complex report in 10 seconds.