Motio Unveils Groundbreaking New Release of MotioCI - Highlights Include Studio Integration, 360 Degree Version Control and Massive Visual Improvements.

DALLAS, May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Motio, Inc. is announcing the launch of version 2.0 of the market leading MotioCI product suite, available for immediate release in three license options : Enterprise, Lite & Air (SaaS via the Amazon® EC2 Cloud).

Motio has once again delivered innovations which empower BI development teams, administrators and managers in any size of IBM Cognos® BI deployment to work more efficiently than ever before.  

MotioCI's product manager, Roger Moore, responded to the needs of the Cognos community by focusing this release on providing 360 degree Version Control for all BI assets within the IBM Cognos ecosystem.   MotioCI 2.0 is now the only complete life-cycle management product on the market that addresses all the issues associated with Governance, Risk Management & Compliance in Cognos environments. The upgraded promotion features and full coverage version control together with unparalleled and seamless Studio integration leave no room for error regarding BI deployment, traceability or recovery.

"We leveraged everything we heard from our clients and the market and created a game changing new release for Cognos customers that are serious about governance and risk management in BI services. We took a great product that already has an easily provable ROI, extended the feature set, integrated it to 3rd party defect tracking systems and at the same time streamlined the user experience," says Motio, Inc. Chief Technology Officer Lance Hankins.  

New features of MotioCI 2.0 include:

• Seamless Version Control for all properties on any type of Object in the Content Store.
• Version Control of IBM Cognos® Framework Manager models. 
• Unique labeling and tagging that lets BI authors and managers create & promote reproducible baselines.
• Studio Integration and exclusive locking.
• Integration with Third Party Defect Tracking Systems (e.g. JIRA®, HP Quality Center® and others) .
• Massive user-interface improvements.

"We are excited about upgrading to MotioCI 2.0.  This is a major milestone.  It's clear that Motio listened to their customers when looking at this impressive new release.  They've made a solid product even better,"  said John Boyer, Advisory Team Lead, BI Center of Excellence, Nielsen.  

About Motio

Motio, Inc. is the recognized leader in value-added functionality for the IBM Cognos® Business Intelligence software. Motio's range of products monitor, automate, and customize the operational performance of BI implementations, embedding emerging best practices and empowering BI Competency Centers to enhance overall system performance and maximize quality. As an IBM Cognos® Partner, Motio has helped hundreds of IBM Cognos® customers meet the increasing demands for business intelligence and effectively compete in the quickly maturing BI market. For more information about Motio, please visit us at www.motio.com. 

SOURCE Motio, Inc.