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Re : Sand Implements Nucleus Practice Partners Program
Leading Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Consulting Organizations to Implement Nucleus within Global 2000 Accounts and US Government
Sand Technology Systems International Inc. (NASDAQ:SNDCF) today announced the inception of The Nucleus Practice Partners Program. The Program will provide Global 2000 organizations, commercial entities and federal, state and local government agencies a means by which to engage some of the premier data warehousing, business intelligence and knowledge management consulting organizations for Nucleus-specific product and implementation expertise. With increasing demand from organizations implementing Nucleus Prototype Mart and Exploration Mart, Sand could not train and field implementation teams fast enough to keep pace. It proved critical to develop a Nucleus-specific network of world class consulting providers, who were well versed in designing, implementing and deploying workgroup, departmental and enterprise decision support systems. Coupled with the announcement of the initial launch of The Nucleus Practice Partners Program, Sand is also pleased to announce that Compaq, SAIC, BraunConsulting, Intelligent Solutions, NewTHINK and GE Capital Consulting professional services organizations have joined The Program as Nucleus-enabled consulting providers.
The Nucleus Prototype Mart, providing a platform for quick and effective deployment of DB2, Oracle, Sybase and SQL Server departmental data marts combined with Nucleus Exploration Mart's unique capacity for processing the most ad hoc, complex, exploratory-type business queries from any decision support system is making Nucleus a popular choice for technical and business organizations trying to gain control, manage and expand their DSS environments. "We see Nucleus as an enabling technology for breaking down the traditional barriers between IT and business users within the world of decision support," said Marian F. Sabety, vice president, SAIC. "Typically, our customers look for the implementation of leading-edge technologies. Our customers are seeking a common ground where technologists and end users can come together to implement more effective decision support systems. We see Nucleus as a compelling solution for our customers looking to improve overall results of DSS and in providing systems that will be much more pertinent to the evolving needs of the business user community."
"We see the Nucleus Prototype Mart as the missing link to quickly deploying high value business data warehouse solutions, said David Rowe, Director of Data Warehousing Practice at GE Capital Consulting. "With their rapid deployment solutions and our proven system integration skills, our clients will benefit from rapid quality business solutions."
Organizations are finding Nucleus beneficial for ongoing business initiatives like customer relationship programs, risk management, fraud detection, product profitability, inventory churn, quality control and long term forecasting. "With companies applying an intense focus towards the development and expansion in processing business intelligence, business priorities are often time sensitive, business decisions are time-driven and companies are looking for tools like Nucleus that have an absolute effect in reducing the time to process and provide better business intelligence for critical decisions," Skip Garvin, Vice President of NewTHINK. "We've seen Nucleus have a dramatic impact within large Compaq customers by eliminating the traditional time delays associated with building and accessing business systems during times of change management within applications such as CRM, risk management and customer affinity programs."
The intense focus by corporations on Year 2000 and ERP initiatives have consumed the majority of technical resources within many companies and this has resulted in business organizations beginning to feel the brunt of the pain. With business dynamics changing quicker than ever before, the need to quickly analyze and then change business intelligence has become critical. Nucleus, with its inherent capability for allowing business systems to change rapidly as business dynamics dictate, without the need for specialized technical construction crews now presents a new paradigm to the business user who does not have the time or inclination to become technically savvy. "Nucleus creates a rapid, easy-to-implement environment that effectively handles change management within business intelligence systems utilized by everyday business people," said Steve Miller, Vice President, BraunConsulting.
"We are pleased to have a unique blend of data warehousing, business intelligence and knowledge management expertise with our Practice Partners Program," said Kevin Horigan, executive vice president, Sand. "This Program further illustrates our commitment to Nucleus customers that we will continue to evolve each and every aspect of our business partnership programs to respond and align to their specific environmental or infrastructure needs in providing a better business intelligence environment through the adoption of Nucleus. All of these organizations have developed a customer- oriented approach and are well recognized for their specific disciplines. They will provide the ongoing consulting support for organizations requiring external help in deploying departmental and enterprise Nucleus or DSS solutions in mass." About Sand Technology
Sand Technology Systems International Inc. provides high performance, scaleable software solutions for data mining, data marts, data warehouses and online analytical processing (OLAP). Sand's Nucleus product suite brings patented technology to the business user allowing for more timely and accurate decision processing within the disconnected client, desktop, workgroup, departmental and enterprise computing environments. Supporting industries like Retail, Finance, Healthcare, Transportation, Telecommunication, Manufacturing, Government and Insurance Nucleus is used for corporate initiatives such as customer relationship management, risk analysis and management, product trend and profitability analysis, fraud detection, emerging markets, competitive analysis and quality control. Sand has commercial relationships with IBM, Compaq Computer Corporation, Microsoft, Hitachi Data Systems, Brio Technologies and Information Builders Inc. Sand Technology can be reached on the World Wide Web at sandtechnology.com.
All Rights Reserved. Nucleus, Nucleus Server and N-Vector are registered trademarks and Nucleus Exploration Mart, Nucleus Exploration Warehouse and Nucleus Virtual Database (VDB) are trademarks of Sand Technology Systems International Inc. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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