Sagent Expands Worldwide Offering of Business Intelligence Solutions Through Partnership With Bluestone Technology MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan 5, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Partnership Brings Sagent's Realtime eBusiness Intelligence Solutions to Australia Sagent Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:SGNT), a leading provider of Realtime eBusiness Intelligence solutions, today announced a value-added reseller relationship with Bluestone Technology, an information technology and consulting company that delivers solutions to top Australian companies. Bluestone will incorporate Sagent's proven technology into its end-to-end data warehousing and business intelligence solutions. The Sagent Solution is an integrated software suite that allows businesses to collect, analyze, and act on customer and operational data from existing systems and third-party data providers. Bluestone Technology will integrate and customize the Sagent Solution for its customers across Australia. Bluestone Technology's expertise includes product management, database technology, decision support tools, and strategic planning, design, and development of data warehousing solutions. The company also develops packaged data mart applications. "Sagent's software tools have been designed and built with data warehousing applications in mind," said William Hannah, Managing Director at Bluestone Technology. "With Sagent, Bluestone offers our clients flexible and cost-effective solutions that provide useful and timely information to assist in the decision making process." "Our partnership with Bluestone Technology provides a valuable source of data warehousing and business intelligence expertise in Australia," said Ken Gardner, president and CEO, Sagent Technology. "Sagent's Realtime eBusiness Intelligence platform coupled with Bluestone Technology's experience helps organizations leverage customer and corporate data to understand and optimize performance." About Bluestone Technology Founded in 1999, Bluestone Technology is focused on delivering data warehousing and business intelligence solutions to top Australian companies. Bluestone Technology's consulting division consists of highly experienced business and technology resources with experience in data warehousing, business intelligence, data architecture, technology architecture, relational and multidimensional databases. Bluestone Technology's product development division is engaged in developing packaged data mart solutions. The company is headquartered in Sydney. About Sagent Technology Sagent Technology (Nasdaq:SGNT) is a leading provider of Realtime eBusiness Intelligence solutions that enable Global 2000 enterprises to win, retain, and grow new customers and improve operational effectiveness. Sagent provides products, services, and value-added content that help businesses collect, analyze, understand, and act on customer and operational information in real-time. Sagent powers more than 800 customer-driven organizations around the world and across such diverse industries as e-commerce, financial services, healthcare, and telecommunications. |