FREIBURG, Germany, September 17, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- On 30 September and 1 October 2010 the Palo Open will be taking place in Frankfurt am Main. Analysts, users and manufacturers will explore the current status of commercial open source business intelligence and its possible corporate applications at the international conference. Analysts Mark Madsen (USA) and Jos van Dongen (Benelux) will be the key note speakers. Jedox will introduce all BI Suite Palo 3.2 improvements and will present the innovative Palo OLAP Accelerator which is based on the Nvidia GPU (Graphic Processing Unit) together with commercial enterprise, DEHA.

The conference particularly offers a comprehensive overview of the current developments of Commercial Open Source Software in the area of business intelligence and corporate performance management to business users from the controlling sector. The first day will be focused on lectures and exchanges with experts and users. In addition to Mark Madsen and Jos van Dongen, who will be speaking on the international open source BI market and its development, Kristian Raue, CEO of Palo manufacturer, Jedox AG, will be taking a visionary approach to future trends in his key note. Jedox technology partners such as Jaspersoft, Talend and Ingres, as well as various corporate users will dispute additional points on the programme. PricewaterhouseCoopers will also demonstrate its solution for integrated corporate planning with Palo technology. The first day of the conference will end with the Palo Award 2010. On 1 October, numerous in-depth workshops on the use of Palo tools will be taking place. Talend and the Business Intelligence provider, Jaspersoft, will also be presenting Palo integration possibilities in their suite. In doing so the Palo Open 2010 provides all interested trade visitors with comprehensive information on the currently possible applications and trends of professional commercial open source BI. In addition to the international market overview, the combination of specialised lectures, innovative solutions, concrete examples of application and practical workshops provides participants with direct uses for their own areas of application.

Further information, registration and ticket prices available at http://www.jedox.com/de/palo-open.

About Jedox

Jedox AG, with headquarters in Freiburg, Germany and branches in Great Britain and France, is a leading provider of commercial open source business intelligence and corporate performance management solutions in Europe. The Palo Suite combines all the standard Jedox applications - the OLAP server, Palo Web access, the ETL Server and Palo for Excel - in a comprehensive platform that can be adapted to suit individual customer needs. The Palo Suite covers the entire sector of business intelligence and corporate performance management, including planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, dashboarding and analysis. The Palo Suite is fully web-enabled and can be used a software as a service. Companies which use Palo solutions successfully include Bayer, Clariant, Otto Group, Süddeutsche Verlag and Vodafone. Over 60 employees as well as over 100 partners worldwide currently work for Jedox. Palo for Excel and the Palo Suite can be downloaded free of charge at http://www.jedox.com.

Jedox AG Leif Mergener Bismarckallee 7a D-79098 Freiburg im Breisgau Tel: +49(0)761-151-47-214 Fax: +49-761-15147-10 Email: leif.mergener@jedox.com

SOURCE: Jedox AG

CONTACT: Jedox AG, Leif Mergener, Bismarckallee 7a, D-79098 Freiburg imBreisgau, Tel: +49(0)761-151-47-214, Fax: +49-761-15147-10, Email:leif.mergener@jedox.com .