Easily Visualize Your Data from the Rackspace, Amazon, Google, Heroku and Microsoft Clouds

San Francisco, CA — August 14, 2013 — Today Chartio, an award-winning interface to data, announced support for Microsoft SQL Server and Windows Azure, bringing plug and play to the Microsoft Windows business intelligence stack.

“Having a system like Chartio that connects directly to our Microsoft SQL Server database is not only essential for our business but a no-brainer for the business intelligence community at large,” said J.J. Mancini, President of Desert Fuels. “Chartio made a normally onerous and difficult process of connecting to a Microsoft SQL Server database, simple.”

According to an August 2013 Forrester Research study, Windows Azure and Amazon Web Services are the most commonly used platforms for enterprise cloud developers. Chartio is well-positioned to help enterprise companies easily visualize data with a quick setup process and robust collaboration tools. Chartio allows enterprise developers: To get set up quickly with a cloud-to-cloud connection process that can take as little as a few minutes To explore real-time data through a drag and drop interface or by writing custom queries To drill down into data points to see source data, or use powerful filters to see all charts in a certain month, quarter or week Share your dashboards with teammates or executives by scheduling PDF reports delivered automatically over email

“At the end of the day we want Chartio to be the easiest and most intuitive option out there for your data exploration needs,” said Dave Fowler, founder of Chartio. “Many enterprise IT implementations can take months, but with Chartio you can get set up in afternoon, saving enterprise IT teams time and money.”