Todd Drake, Vice President, said: "We hope that the changes to the suite of products makes a real difference to the way you work; providing improved understanding of your data, reducing the time you spend on data importing and increasing the time you spend on analysis. "While the key features of this release are generally behind the scenes, and will have a greater impact on reducing the workloads of IT departments, the majority of the enhancements have been made as a result of customer requests.

"Combined with the closer integration of products and the compatibility of existing software, i2 continues to provide you with the recognized quality and excellence you expect of us, and we believe that the improved suite of analysis products meet the changing needs and demands of the industry."

i2 Analysis Suite 7 is available on the latest Microsoft operating systems and will deliver compatibility across the i2 product range.