Qlik announced new packaging and adoption programs that will give customers more options and make cloud-based analytics simpler and more cost-effective to adapt. These programs comprise new packaging of Qlik Sense Enterprise with SaaS only as well as Client-Managed options. Additionally, QlikView customers can easily adopt Qlik Sense Enterprise SaaS and host their QlikView documents in the cloud at the same time.

James Fisher, the Chief Product Officer of Qlik stated, “Customers are eager to leverage the scale and cost efficiencies of analytics in the cloud, and at the same time leverage augmented and actionable analytics to turn insights into action.” He added that with their latest Qlik Sense offering and new Analytics Modernization Program “it’s easier than ever for every Qlik customer to adopt and leverage cloud-based analytics and benefit from new AI and cognitive technologies across their entire organization.”

In the second quarter of 2020, Qlik customers will be able to coordinate the deployment of Qlik analytics with their IT strategies more effectively via two options, SaaS or Client-Managed. Those who choose Qlik Sense Enterprise SaaS will reduce management issues and minimize infrastructure costs by deploying exclusively in Qlik’s cloud. Meanwhile, customers who go for Qlik Sense Enterprise Client-Managed can deploy either on-premise or in a private cloud depending on their governance or data requirements. They can also license both and make the most of Qlik’s unique multi-cloud architecture.

Qlik’s Analytics Modernization Program will further provide QlikView customers with expanded flexibility and choice. It allows them to adopt Qlik Sense steadily, at their own pace without disruption to existing QlikView operations.

Steph Robinson, Qlik Manager Business Intelligence IT at JBS USA said, “We’re excited about the growing adoption of analytics we’re seeing in our employee base with Qlik Sense”. He noted they continue to leverage QlikView apps that have been already created but also give their developers an opportunity to adopt Qlik Sense at their own pace. “Being able to leverage our existing QlikView apps, while also extending analytics capabilities through Qlik Sense, has accelerated our journey to modern BI and is helping our organization become more data-driven”.

The Analytics Modernization Program opens up the following possibilities for QlikView users:

• Expanded access to modern BI capabilities like governed self-service and augmented intelligence capabilities via Qlik Sense.
• Ability to leverage existing QlikView investments and avoid re-development costs while progressively adopting cloud analytics.
• Lower costs of Qlik ownership when deploying on SaaS and automating license management and entitlements.

Doug Henschen, VP and Principal Analyst at Constellation Research pointed out, “As organizations increasingly migrate applications and data to the cloud, they look to maximize the value of that data to drive strategic advantage.” He continued saying that “by providing these new options to move analytical workloads to the cloud as quickly and easily as possible, Qlik is responding to growing customer expectations and where we see the industry headed.”

Other exciting developments Qlik Sense customers should look forward to are various new features in the April Qlik Sense release that will help them broaden analytics adoption through the cloud. Among new elements, there will be new visualization and dashboarding enhancements, the ability to share charts, notifications within the management console, and improved data file management and data connections for data flow into individual Qlik Sense workflows.