January came early!<g> This release is a whole lot more than fluff.
Tuesday November 30, 8:14 am Eastern Time
Sand Technology Oracle partner
(Full text of press release from Canadian Corporate News)
NOVEMBER 30, 1999
Sand Technology Approved as Oracle Alliance Partner
MONTREAL, QUEBEC--
Nucleus Provides Platform for Rapid, Cost-Effective Oracle DSS and CRM Deployment
Sand Technology Systems International Inc. (NASDAQ: SNDT) today announced that it has been approved by Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ:ORCL) as an Oracle Alliance Partner. Nucleus Prototype Mart delivers unique benefits by accelerating the deployment of Oracle Decision Support Systems (DSS) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) data mart implementations by as much as 90 %, while requiring 70 % less technical resources and expertise. Companies using Nucleus Prototype in tandem with Oracle are experiencing a newfound capability for rapid implementation of mission-critical Business Intelligence systems.
Nucleus enables a fast, reduced-risk approach to data discovery, DSS and CRM prototyping, delivery, and maintenance. The Nucleus Prototype Mart facilitates the incorporation of data from multiple systems (legacy, ERP, external, etc.) into Oracle, irrespective of data model or schema. For the first time, business experts and IT representatives can participate side-by-side in data reconnaissance, dependency and relationship validation, business rule evaluation and anomaly investigation, and the 'auditioning' of queries and aggregates for the Oracle data warehouse. Nucleus Prototyping produces data cleansing rules, data transformation rules, data integration rules, anomaly resolution, and model recommendations for predictability of the workload running on an Oracle data store / data warehouse.
At a leading CRM company where the combined Nucleus/Oracle approach has been implemented, the President noted: "We have very successfully integrated the Nucleus product around our central Oracle data warehouse to speed up delivery and to minimize the complexity of the overall environment. By using the Nucleus and Oracle combination, we have been able to deliver faster, more efficient services to our clients than would not have been possible prior to our purchase of Nucleus.
We see the two products working in tandem to deliver a best-of-breed solution".
Nucleus Prototyping reduces the time to deliver Oracle data marts and warehouses by up to 90 %. The expense associated with DSS and CRM implementation is generally cut in half, and overall risk is significantly reduced because of Nucleus's unique ability to see and freely compare data from disparate systems within a single environment. This gives implementers a very early sense of data quality and integration issues, along with the ability to detect whether they are converging on a successful DSS system delivery. This is especially critical in helping to understand customers in a world of acquisitions, net-based applications, and anywhere customer information is kept in multiple places.
``The Nucleus Prototype Mart combined with Oracle delivers the optimum environment for any company implementing DSS or CRM systems. These mission-critical systems must often be put in place with limited or fixed resources and 'can't miss' deadlines,' said Kevin Horigan, Executive Vice President, Sand.
``To date, we've validated this partnership at several large customers in industries including retail, health care, and financial services, with superb results. Over the coming weeks and months, we expect a growing number of success stories on the combined effect of Nucleus and Oracle that will attest to the incredible productivity gains now possible.'
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 and vertical markets like Retail, Finance, Healthcare, Transportation, Telecommunications, 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, Oracle, Compaq Computer Corporation, Microsoft, SAIC, GE, Brio Technology, 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, Nucleus Virtual Database (VDB), Nucleus Powered! and Nucleus E! are trademarks of Sand Technology Systems International Inc. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Sand Technology Systems International Inc.
Kevin Horigan
(410) 418-5426
kevin.horigan@sandtechnology.com |
