The following article was put out in Europe for distribution. Did not hit
the US wires (probably because the symbol was not correct!). Hopefully more news soon.
SAND TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS: Nucleus set to revolutionise data analysis
AUG 27, 1999, M2 Communications - Sand Technology Systems
International Inc. (NASDAQ: SNDCF <quotes?symbol=SNDCF&type=Quote>), has
launched Nucleus, an award
winning set of data warehousing tools which promises to revolutionise
data warehousing.
"At present there is nothing between shrink wrapped database
products, such as Microsoft Access, and bespoke data warehouse
solutions costing millions of pounds," said Duncan Painter, the general
manager of Sand Technology Systems Europe. "Nucleus is what the
computer industry has been waiting for. Not only is it highly cost
effective, it enables the creation and recreation of data marts in days
as opposed to years, and has more analytical power than most top-end
solutions."
Nucleus comprises two tools. Nucleus Exploration Warehouse is a
prototyping and development facility for data warehouse designers that
allows fast and simple data acquisition, assimilation, and validation.
It allows warehouse development to be completed within days, instead of
the typical months or even years, and requires up to 70 per cent less
manpower to complete a typical implementation. Further, using the
Nucleus Exploration Warehouse, end users have access to the data
throughout the process to allow required business questions to be
structured from day one.
Nucleus Exploration Mart, is a powerful analytical processing tool
for end users of existing data marts and warehouses. This product
addresses the need to perform iterative, ad hoc, forensic queries of
data, involving drill down often not envisioned during the original
design of the data warehouse/mart. The patented data storage techniques
of Nucleus allow any question to be asked and answered in seconds or
minutes instead of hours or days.
"Nucleus technologies embody the idea that information is nothing
more than intelligence in transition and that intelligence is
paramount", continued Painter. "Information of modest quality
frequently obscures or impairs intelligence - in fact, poor quality
information or high-volume/low- content information can actually prove
to be counter-intelligent. The Nucleus Exploration Series of products
are designed to realise precisely one goal, to turn operational data or
warehoused data into business intelligence as rapidly, efficiently, and
simply as possible."
One of the key differences between Nucleus and standard databases is
its radical Token database technology, which, put simply, drastically
reduces the amount of data that has to be stored by stripping out
replicated information and replacing it with tokens. For example, "Mr"
might be replaced with a token of 01 wherever it appeared, "John" might
be 02, and "Smith" 03.
Because this technology significantly reduces data storage volumes,
queries can be executed very quickly, as there is less information to
process. This reduced analysis load also means that the hardware needed
to carry out even the most complex queries can be: considerably less
powerful, and therefore less expensive, than that required to run most
of the data warehouses currently operating.
The economies of storage and processing introduced by Nucleus make
the creation of multiple exploration marts feasible. In addition, the
fully indexed (but index-less) quality of Nucleus reduces
administration to nearly zero. This puts power analysts in a position
to exercise complete control over their respective exploration marts,
and thus provides a very solid foundation for heuristic analysis. When
someone runs an analysis, then reformulates the analysis and runs it
again, it is known that any differences achieved are due to
reformulation, and not to changing data. With total control over the
exploration mart the analyst can always discern the reason for changing
answers.
Nucleus has already picked up a succession of prestigious awards in
North America and was voted the 1998 World Class Solution, Database
Engine of the Year for data warehousing and data mart by DM Review,
North America's leading business intelligence and data warehousing
magazine.
Nucleus is available for both 64-bit Unix and 32-bit Windows NT and
95/98 platforms.
Note To Editors
A review copy of Nucleus is available on request.
About Sand Technology
Sand Technology Systems International Inc. provides high performance,
scalable 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 MM, Compaq Computer Corporation,
Microsoft, Hitachi Data Systems, SAIC, GE, Brio Technology Information
Builders Inc., and Wyle Systems. Sand Technology can be reached on the World
Wide Web at sandtechnology.com. <http://www.sandtechnology.com.> |
