Scangraphics Unit, Sedona Signs With Acxiom Corporation As Data Network Partner
LIMERICK, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 9, 1998--
Sedona to Offer Data Products From Leading
Data Provider as Part of Business Intelligence Solutions
Sedona(R) GeoServices, Inc., a Scangraphics(R) company (NASDAQ:
SCNG), today announced that it has signed an agreement with Acxiom(R)
Corporation (NASDAQ: ACXM) to become a value-added-reseller of data
products from the Acxiom Data NetworkSM (ADN). The data products
will be offered as one component of a comprehensive suite of business
geo-intelligence solutions built around Sedona's SpatialVision(tm).
Acxiom is widely respected as a leader in providing concise and
accurate data to business users on demand. ADN is Acxiom's on-line
access and delivery system that allows customers to use the Internet
for selection and distribution of desired data products.
Sedona's SpatialVision provides easy-to-use, timesaving features
to optimize a business's rapid return on information investments by
exploiting the geo-spatial components of business data. By
displaying geographic information on maps, businesses can use
SpatialVision to manage accounts better, provide visual decision
support information, support site planning and in any application
where business data is easier to understand when delivered visually.
SpatialVision provides this capability to query, distribute and view
the information across the entire enterprise.
Developed purely with Sun Microsystems' Java(tm) (NASDAQ: SUNW),
SpatialVision is platform independent and has been designed for
optimal performance and deployment via the Internet and corporate
Intra and Extranets. Use of Java enables simple, cost effective
customization, adaptation to various environments and rapid
development of complimentary and discipline-specific applications.
SpatialVision integrates with Oracle8i Spatial (NASDAQ: ORCL) and can
be run locally, remotely or through a web browser. Sedona and Acxiom
are working together to tailor SpatialVision to meet clients'
specific needs for integrated business solutions.
"As an Acxiom Data Network partner, we now can offer business
solutions that are data enabled with the most comprehensive and
accurate data sources available" said Colin Matthews, President of
Sedona. "The ADN initiative fits extremely well with our vision and
direction to develop and deploy web enabled business solutions that
offer benefits to users throughout the enterprise. Our customers are
realizing these benefits in terms of their competitive advantage
gains derived from the enterprise-wide access to data and tools which
support everyday decisions."
"By integrating ADN directly into SpatialVision, users are no
longer constrained to waiting days or weeks for enhancement
information. They now have access to the best information available
when and where they need it, allowing them to respond faster to
marketing opportunities and competitive threats," states Mark
Theilken, leader of Acxiom's Data Group.
Companies interested in evaluating SpatialVision can register on
the Sedona website. For more information about Sedona's business
geo-intelligence software and solutions, contact Sedona at
1-877-SEDONA2 or visit our website at www.sedonageo.com |
