Comshare Participates In IBM Fast Start Program for Business Intelligence Solutions, Including E-Business
ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 19, 2000--
Comshare Provides e-Business Applications for Management Planning and
Control that Complement IBM Business Intelligence Solutions
Comshare(R) Inc. (Nasdaq:CSRE) announced today that it is part of IBM's (NYSE:IBM) FastStart program for business intelligence (BI), which provides entire IBM Business Intelligence solutions to small and midsize companies. Comshare is an IBM Business Partner, and its solutions for management planning and control complement IBM data management technologies, like DB2 Universal Database, DB2 OLAP Server, and Visual Warehouse. Comshare is the leading provider of e-business software applications for management planning and control (MPC), which includes planning, budgeting, financial consolidation, management reporting and analysis.
The FastStart program gives IBM software and consulting partners opportunities to work closely with each other and IBM. As an IBM Business Partner, Comshare will be at the following IBM partner-only events:
-- IBM Partner World - January 23-26 - San Diego
-- IBM e-Business University - January 29-February 2 - Orlando
"We are proud to be a partner with IBM and in its FastStart program that offers exceptional business intelligence solutions, especially for e-business," said Dennis Ganster, Comshare president and chief executive officer. "Comshare's Web architecture is a perfect fit for IBM e-business and BI solutions, because our companies' technologies are very compatible. The result is an end-to-end, world-class BI solution for management planning and control that is Web-ready, fast and cost-effective to implement, and easy to use."
"The FastStart program allows partners like Comshare to demonstrate how well their products support IBM's e-business infrastructure," said Dan Russell, Director, Worldwide ISV Software Sales & Marketing, IBM Software Group. "Comshare's e-business applications for management planning and control sit on top of that infrastructure to give CFOs and their staffs online access to information that improves overall communication, management effectiveness and decision-making." |
