Newsys at Enterprise 99 Cognos User Conference
OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- September 7, 1999 - NewSys Solutions Inc. has announced its
participation in the Enterprise 99 Cognos User Conference to be held between September 7 and
10, 1999, in Orlando, Florida.
A Silver Sponsor of the conference, NewSys will focus on promoting its business-intelligence
practice.
The conference will see two senior NewSys consultants host a pair of breakout sessions. Tim Quigg
will speak about "Choosing the Right Application for Impromptu Web Reports." Jack McKittrick will
present "Building and Deploying a PowerPlay Solution: a Human Resources Case Study."
"IBM estimates business intelligence will be a $70 billion market by the year 2000," said Mark
Quigg, President and CEO of NewSys. "We see ourselves-alongside our key partners, Cognos and
IBM-as a leading source of BI solutions over the next decade. We've already completed many
successful BI projects in major Canadian and U.S. cities. The potential for rapid growth is
enormous. This Cognos conference is one of the ways we plan to make ourselves more visible and
more available to potential customers."
NewSys has been a Cognos Business Intelligence Partner for five years. Its working base of over
175 consultants includes more than 40 specifically trained in and experienced with Cognos
Business Intelligence Tools.
Among its various contracts with Cognos for product testing and marketing, NewSys has been hired
to provide direct field support for several new Cognos products, including Impromptu Web
Reporting. As well, NewSys continues to provide services to Cognos' product-development,
marketing and quality-assurance divisions.
Together with Cognos, NewSys recently demonstrated a customer's financial data mart built on
Oracle Financials using the Cognos BI Enterprise Suite.
Cognos is the leading global supplier of business intelligence software, with more than 700,000
product users worldwide.
In stages over the coming months, NewSys will launch a brand-new website that will serve as a key
point of contact between the company, its shareholders, its clients, its partners and the media. The
first section of the revamped site-www.newsys.com/events-is dedicated to upcoming events,
including the Enterprise 99 Cognos User Conference.
NewSys has been recognized by Profit Magazine as one of Canada's fastest-growing companies. It
has recorded 24 consecutive quarters of growth and profitability, and in 1998 became a publicly
traded company, listed on the Alberta Stock Exchange as NSS.
For more information, contact Sahira (Sara) Piracha, Manager of Marketing and Business
Intelligence Services |
