Business Intelligence Companies & Consultants in Tempe, AZ

PPi365 is an IT services and software solutions firm based in Tempe, Arizona. It combines Microsoft business applications with long-standing IBM i expertise. The company focuses on organizations that rely on both modern cloud platforms and established midrange systems. It helps them get more value from their data and their business software. PPi365 also has sales lines in California, Florida and Minnesota, which lets it support clients outside the Southwest.

Business Intelligence and Microsoft Platforms

For buyers interested in analytics, PPi365 works within the Microsoft Power Platform, which includes Power BI for reporting and data visualization. The firm presents the platform as most useful when its parts are linked together and connected to Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, Azure and many other applications. That way, companies can build complete business solutions instead of separate tools.

Its CRM work aims to give sales teams better data for making profitable decisions while keeping users actively engaged with the system.

• Power BI reporting and analytics
• Power Apps and Power Automate solutions
• Power Virtual Agents
• Dynamics 365 Sales/Customer Engagement and Dynamics 365 Marketing
• SharePoint intranets, document libraries, workflows and cloud file storage

Implementation and Development

PPi365 carries out Dynamics 365 projects from start to finish. This includes custom development, integrations with other systems, data migrations, consulting and support after go-live. Its application development work follows a full software development lifecycle: analysis and requirements gathering, then development, optimization, debugging, unit testing, quality assurance and deployment.

The firm also offers business analysis and project management as separate services. It uses a delivery framework it calls Success by Design, which covers architecture, best-practice and knowledge sharing, strategic alignment, product direction and escalation management.

IBM i and Legacy Modernization

Alongside its Microsoft work, PPi365 supports the IBM i platform, formerly known as AS/400. It works in RPG, ILE, COBOL, PHP and Java, as well as the Lansa development environment. The firm notes that IBM i bundles the database, security, middleware and hypervisor in a single licensed stack, which can reduce total cost of ownership and simplify administration.

This makes PPi365 a practical fit for companies that want to bring data from older core systems into newer CRM and analytics tools.

Staffing Model and Background

PPi365 says that technology depends on people, so it offers flexible IT staff augmentation as well as project delivery. Clients can bring in skilled RPG developers or Dynamics 365 specialists to fill gaps on their own teams. The company reports more than 25 years of experience, over 50 business partners and more than 200 products installed.

It lists IBM, Microsoft and Pax8 as partners. Prospective clients can request a free project assessment, a Dynamics 365 demonstration or a training webinar before committing to an engagement.