Sierra Bravo Releases Free Software to Create Desktop Widgets

Sierra Bravo has announced the release of free software for Pick programmers for the creation of desktop widgets. Bravo Dashboard enables Pick programmers to install a dashboard of widgets, dynamically creating an always-current picture of their most important business metrics.

“Bravo Dashboard is designed to really leverage the strengths of the Pick programmer. It allows somebody who has a lot of skills in going into the system and writing programs to extract data and apply those skills to building a Web-based dashboard without having to learn how to create Web sites; without having to learn complex dashboard tools,” Luke Bucklin, president of Sierra Bravo, based in Bloomington, MN, told DBTA. “It is a very natural way for someone with a lot of Pick skill to take advantage of some newer technology.”

Although it takes a programmer with Pick experience to build widgets with Bravo Dashboard, the company states that these widgets are built using tools MultiValue programmers already know how to use. This allows programmers serving MultiValue-powered companies to create useful widgets in a cost-effective manner. Each dashboard widget is created in real-time so information displayed is always current.

According to the company, Bravo Dashboard is the first and only dashboard software solution to be offered free of charge. Unlike competitors, Bravo Dashboard can be shared by multiple users rather than being tied to a single paid licensee. MultiValue-powered companies with no Pick programmer on staff can hire Sierra Bravo to install the free Bravo Dashboard software and begin writing programs to create data-driven portals. For more information, go here.