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company_name | name = Dundas Data Visualization Inc.|

company_type = Private |

| type = [[Private company|Private]]

company_slogan = ''Advanced Data Visualization for Microsoft Technologies'' |

| logo = Logo-Corporate---RGB.jpg

company offices = [[Toronto, Ontario]] |

| ___location = Formerly [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]

| industry = Dashboard =Software, Data Visualization Components,and DashboardBusiness Solutions andIntelligence Consulting Services |

| products = '''(Current)''' Dundas BI, ='''(Previous)''' Dundas Dashboard, Dundas Consulting Professional Services Dundas Chart for [[.NET Framework|.NET]], Dundas Gauge Framework|.NET]], Dundas Gauge for [[.NET Framework|.NET]], Dundas Map Framework|.NET]], Dundas Map for [[.NET Framework|.NET]], Dundas Chart for [[SQL Server Reporting Services]], Dundas Gauge for [[SQL Server Reporting Services]], Dundas Map for [[SQL Server Reporting Services]], Dundas Calendar for [[SQL Server Reporting Services]], Dundas Chart for [[Microsoft SharePoint]], Dundas Gauge for [[Microsoft SharePoint]] |

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| homepage = [httphttps://www.dundas.com www.dundas.com]|
}}

'''Dundas Data Visualization, Inc.''' was a software company known for developing Dundas BI, an enterprise-level dashboard and business intelligence platform. In 2022, Dundas was acquired by insightsoftware, and its technology now forms a core part of Logi Symphony, a unified embedded analytics platform launched by insightsoftware in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Logi now InsightSoftware’s unified embedded analytics suite |url=https://www.techtarget.com/searchbusinessanalytics/news/366555337/Logi-now-InsightSoftwares-unified-embedded-analytics-suite |website=TechTarget |date=2023-10-11 |access-date=2025-03-28}}</ref>

'''Dundas Data Visualization, Inc.''' is a commercial software development company with headquarters in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]], that produces advanced [[Data Visualization]] and [[Executive Dashboard]] solutions for Microsoft Technologies.

== Products ==

The company has just introduced a turnkey dashboard building product, Dundas Dashboard [http://www.dundas.com/dashboard/index.aspx www.dundas.com/dashboard], designed to let users quickly build full dashboard systems. Written entirely in [[Silverlight]] 3.0 technology, Dundas Dashboard is a web-based system that can be integrated into most browsers as well as most portals such as [[SharePoint]].

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A free chart builder is also available. The Chart Builder is a way for non-technical users (e.g., senior managers and graphic artists, etc.) to create charts/templates and then pass the results along to their developers.

In 2007, Microsoft acquired several of Dundas’s .NET components, incorporating them into the .NET Framework, SQL Server Reporting Services, and other Microsoft platforms.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chart Controls Released in .NET Framework 3.5 |url=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/blog/2008/11/11/chart-controls-released-in-net-framework-3-5/ |website=Microsoft |date=2008-11-11 |access-date=2025-03-28}}</ref> Dundas continued to operate independently and shifted its focus to end-to-end dashboard and BI solutions.

Dundas’s products include:

In 2008, the company released '''Dundas Dashboard''', one of the first commercial applications built using [[Microsoft Silverlight]]. It provided a web-based platform for designing, managing, and deploying interactive dashboards and scorecards. Dundas Dashboard was officially retired in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=End of Life Notice for Dundas Dashboard |url=https://www.dundas.com/support/dashboard/docs/1.0/end-of-life |website=Dundas Support |access-date=2025-03-28}}</ref>

* Dundas Chart for ASP.NET, for Windows Forms, for [[SQL Server Reporting Services]], for Sharepoint and [[OLAP]] Services extension (for Charts only).

* Dundas Gauge for ASP.NET , for Windows Forms, for [[SQL Server Reporting Services]].

* Dundas Map for ASP.NET , for Windows Forms, for [[SQL Server Reporting Services]].

* Dundas Calendar for [[SQL Server Reporting Services]].

Following the deprecation of Silverlight, Dundas released '''Dundas BI''' in 2014, a browser-based, HTML5 business intelligence platform that provided self-service dashboards, ad hoc reporting, and data analytics.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dundas BI |url=https://www.dundas.com/products/dundas-bi |website=Dundas |access-date=2025-03-28}}</ref> Dundas BI was designed as a customizable and extensible platform aimed at both enterprise and embedded analytics use cases.

Most products comes in 2 editions, Professional and advanced, fully featured Enterprise Editions.

In 2022, Dundas was acquired by insightsoftware, and its technology was integrated into '''Logi Symphony''', a unified embedded analytics platform launched in 2023 that also incorporates components from Logi Composer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Logi now insightSoftware’s unified embedded analytics suite |url=https://www.techtarget.com/searchbusinessanalytics/news/366555337/Logi-now-InsightSoftwares-unified-embedded-analytics-suite |website=TechTarget |date=2023-10-11 |access-date=2025-03-28}}</ref>

'''Beta programs:'''

Products at beta phase are made available to the public from time to time at the beta site

* [http://dundas.com/betas/Default.aspx beta site]

All products offer full evaluation copies (with watermark) that don't time out and that offer full functionality.

* [http://www.dundas.com/Downloads/index.aspx Evaluation Download Page for Dundas products]

==See also==

* [[.NET Framework]]

* [[SharepointDundas BI]]

* [[SQL Server Reporting Services]]

* [[OLAP]]

* [[Engineering Software Lab]]

== References==

{{reflist|2}}

* [http://www.vbdotnetforums.com/showthread.php?p=20453#post20453, VB.NET Forums Reviews]

* [http://aspalliance.com/articleViewer.aspx?aId=209&pId= Review by Steven Smith of ASPAlliance.com]

* {{cite news|url=http://www.zdnetasia.com/itlibrary/software-and-web-development/0,3800009948,40725258p,00.htm|title=Nexima's Air Traffic Control Solution Takes Flight With Dundas Data Visualization|date=2007-06-23|work=ZDnet Asia|accessdate=2009-10-05}}

==External links==

* [http://www.dundas.com Dundas web site]

* [http://www.dundasconsulting.com Dundas Consulting web site]

* [http://www.eswlab.com Engineering Software LAB, the Israeli reseller and system integrator for Dundas]

* [http://www.str.fr/ Software Technology Resources, the French reseller for Dundas]

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