{"id":4398,"date":"2012-10-30T15:11:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T15:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cloudnewsdaily.com\/?guid=2a87c9791a2d511f72cff8cd85ccc568"},"modified":"2012-10-30T15:11:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-30T15:11:00","slug":"iqor-acquires-hardmetrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/iqor-acquires-hardmetrics\/","title":{"rendered":"iQor Acquires HardMetrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"org fn\">iQor, a provider of intelligent customer interaction and outsourcing solutions, today announced that it has acquired HardMetrics, a provider of cloud-based visual business intelligence, business analytics and reporting solutions. HardMetrics enables organizations to integrate disparate data from any part of the enterprise, then structures and translates that data into actionable insight, including user-friendly info-graphics, scorecards, charts, and dashboards. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>With its customer and transactional databases, iQor\u2019s industry-leading Big Data analytics engine QuantuMatch<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> helps clients uncover insights into their customer base. This agreement extends iQor\u2019s analytics and self-service reporting capabilities by enabling on-demand, interactive drill-down reporting for more targeted customer interaction campaigns and faster recognition of, and response to, emerging trends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited about the acquisition for our customers,\u201d said Brian Turley, outgoing CEO of HardMetrics, Inc. \u201ciQor brings resources, technology prowess, and market muscle that we simply could not match on our own.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-13107\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>HardMetrics will continue to serve its existing customer base and operate as a standalone company. In addition, iQor will incorporate and market the HardMetrics Performance Manager product in a new offering called QeyMetrics<sup>SM <\/sup>for its broad base of customers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith iQor, HardMetrics clients now have the weight and ambition of an acknowledged technology and analytics innovator driving the product and the business,\u201d said Bryce Engelbrecht, iQor Vice President and General Manager of HardMetrics. \u201cWe look forward to expanding HardMetrics\u2019 proven, innovative platform for delivering operational metrics to business end users.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201ciQor has led the way in developing the digital network, tools and processes to capture, analyze, and act upon the Big Data generated with every customer interaction,\u201d said Norm Merritt, President and CEO, iQor. \u201ciQor\u2019s analytics engine, coupled with HardMetrics\u2019 leading data visualization tools, provides an unparalleled analytics toolset for both existing and new clients to help them generate value adding insight.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/pixy.gif?x-id=3f7d3daa-6458-4798-9faf-e233c3b1fed7\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/VBndJ8De9ll6iOIpHR3U1WbKopQ\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/VBndJ8De9ll6iOIpHR3U1WbKopQ\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/VBndJ8De9ll6iOIpHR3U1WbKopQ\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/VBndJ8De9ll6iOIpHR3U1WbKopQ\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/CloudNewsDaily\/~4\/_9Wg6KZBpLM\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adds Cloud-Based Analytics and Data Visualization Capabilities            HardMetrics to Continue to Serve its Customers as Standalone Company     NEW YORK&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;iQor, a global provider of intelligent customer interaction and      &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1178,156,226,1179,1180,1181,139],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analytics","category-big-data","category-business-intelligence","category-data-visualization","category-hardmetrics","category-iqor","category-ma-activity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4398\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}