{"id":8090,"date":"2021-05-01T12:40:18","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T16:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/?p=8090"},"modified":"2026-04-08T09:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:06:11","slug":"sage-data-analytics-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/sage-data-analytics-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Sage launches data and analytics platform hosted on Microsoft Azure Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header has-dark-background-color entry-header--has-illustration entry-header--has-illustration--generic\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__row row align-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-lg-7 col-xlg-6 entry-header__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"component component-single-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__misc text--subtitle text--uppercase text--small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/category\/technology-innovation\/\" class=\"entry-header__link\">Technology &amp; Innovation<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSage launches data and analytics platform hosted on Microsoft Azure Cloud\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"entry-header__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"single-post-details container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on \"><time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2021-05-01T12:40:18-04:00\">May 1, 2021<\/time><\/span><span class=\"reading-time\"> min read<\/span>\n\t\t<button\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"social-share-button button button--icon button--secondary js-social-share-button\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-title=\"Sage launches data and analytics platform hosted on Microsoft Azure Cloud\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/sage-data-analytics-platform\/\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-text=\"Please read this interesting article\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__share-label\">Share<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-label\" hidden>Copy Link<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\" hidden>Copied<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author has-dark-background-color alignfull\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"co-authors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-author-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/author\/staceymcintosh\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Stacey-McIntosh-350-1.jpg\" class=\"entry-author__image\" height=\"40\" width=\"40\" fetchpriority=\"high\" \/>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-author__name\">Stacey McIntosh<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Sage recently announced the launch of its new, cloud-first&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/us-marketplace.sage.com\/en-US\/apps\/53095\/sage-data-analytics\">Sage Data &amp; Analytics service integration<\/a>&nbsp;for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/products\/sage-300\/\">Sage 300<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/products\/sage-100cloud\/\">Sage 100<\/a> in the U.S. and Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sage Data &amp; Analytics is a powerful business intelligence toolkit, complete with AI and machine learning capabilities. It provides live sales dashboards, graphical cashflow analysis, detailed, trusted P&amp;L reports and much more \u2013 all on Microsoft Azure Cloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo continuously improve our products and services, Sage listens and responds to real customer needs. With this launch, we\u2019re meeting the increasing demand for powerful and insightful reporting at a time when collecting, organizing, and presenting accurate data is more important for businesses than ever,\u201d&nbsp;said Dewey Forrester, Vice President, North America, Business Development, Sage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSimply put, when you have a handle on your data \u2013 such as inventory movements, procurement operations and supplier performance \u2013 you are set up to thrive in this competitive, challenging market. Sage Data &amp; Analytics will help our customers do more while bringing value to their business with access to their reporting data, from anywhere,\u201d Forrester added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sage Data &amp; Analytics delivers role-based dashboards, reports, metrics, and analytics that extract actionable business intelligence from company data. These drive increased revenue, cost savings, and competitive advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>No coding knowledge required<\/strong><strong>:\u00a0<\/strong>Sage Data &amp; Analytics comes with pre-built, fully customizable data models, and analytics right out of the box.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Multi-platform access:\u00a0<\/strong>Customers can access their data from anywhere, on any device.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Real-time data: <\/strong>It connects directly to a user\u2019s Sage 300 or Sage 100 database, giving access to the latest data in real-time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Scalable:\u00a0<\/strong>As a customer grows \u2013 for example from a single location with a handful of users to a multi-site location with hundreds of users \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/us-marketplace.sage.com\/en-US\/apps\/53095\/sage-data-analytics\">Sage Data &amp; Analytics<\/a> scales with it, with Standard, Advanced, and Premium editions, as well as add-ons and consultancy options for additional customization and configuration.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Reduced IT workload:\u00a0<\/strong>Sage Data &amp; Analytics is hosted in the Microsoft Azure cloud, and system maintenance and product releases are fully automated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Sage Data &amp; Analytics was created in partnership with Sage independent software vendor (ISV) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zapbi.com\/\">ZAP<\/a>, a global software company whose products include ZAP Data Hub, a data management &amp; analytics SaaS optimized for various leading ERPs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Provided as a white-label solution, SD&amp;A&nbsp;is&nbsp;available as a subscription service for Sage 100 and Sage 300 and is entirely cloud hosted, whether the customer is using an on-premise or a cloud instance of Sage 100 or Sage 300, making their digital transformation journey easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe launch of Sage Data &amp; Analytics for Sage 100 and 300 customers is the latest chapter in a close-knit, long-standing partnership between ZAP and Sage,\u201d said Garth D. Laird, CEO of ZAP. \u201cJust as ZAP&#8217;s data management and BI technology continues to push forward \u2013 into AI, machine learning, and always cloud-first \u2013 so too does our work with Sage. The partnership enables the roll out of Sage Data &amp; Analytics with expertise in a clear, affordable SaaS product set that delivers ever-increasing, fast return on investment, and a total cost of ownership that is demonstrably reduced thanks to the wide range of add-ons and options that are available.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Sage Data &amp; Analytics available to customers via the Sage Marketplace, Sage\u2019s robust and longstanding ISV ecosystem is a core strength of both product lines helping customers customize their<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/erp\/\"> ERP<\/a>\u2019s capabilities with best-in-class industry-specific add-ons. 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