AppsCo Software and Brio Technology Announce Technology Alliance.Business Editors, High-Tech Writers MONTEREY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2000 The integration of AppsCo's AppsMart and Brio.One provides a powerful end-to-end solution for developing and deploying analytic applications on Microsoft SQL Server A relational DBMS from Microsoft that is a major component of the Windows Server System. It is Microsoft's high-end client/server database and is closely integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office System. AppsCo(R) Software, Inc., a leading provider of data warehouse and analytic application development solutions for Microsoft(R) SQL Server(TM), and Brio Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:BRIO), a leading provider of analytic solutions for the e-enterprise, announced today a technology alliance that will result in an integrated, seamless end-to-end platform for the development of packaged and easily customizable analytic applications for Microsoft SQL Server. The announcement was made today at Insight 2000, Brio's worldwide user conference currently being held in Monterey, Calif. Under terms of the agreement, Brio will integrate AppsMart, AppsCo's software development environment for Microsoft SQL Server, with Brio.Enterprise 6.0, which delivers personalized information access, analysis, and reporting capabilities to every user in an organization. The joint AppsCo-Brio solution will enable businesses to quickly transform data from operational systems into highly targeted "out-of-the box" analytic applications that provide immediate business insights, while at the same time significantly reducing development and deployment time and associated costs. "AppsCo's AppsMart is a powerful, template-driven development environment for Microsoft SQL Server," said Jannell Wei, director of channel and partner marketing at Brio Technology. "The combination of AppsMart and Brio.Enterprise enables developers to quickly build custom, Web-enabled analytical applications that deliver prepackaged pre·pack·age tr.v. pre·pack·aged, pre·pack·ag·ing, pre·pack·ag·es To wrap or package (a product) before marketing. Adj. 1. business content to decision makers." Added AppsCo CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Brian Burnett, "We are pleased to be partnering with Brio to deliver SQL Server customers an end-to-end solution for developing highly customizable data warehouses and out-of-the-box analytic applications. This partnership fully leverages the strengths of our respective companies and provides a compelling solution for companies seeking higher-end analytic solutions than those provided with Microsoft SQL Server and Office2000." Tightly Integrated Via Meta Data Services Meta Data Services is an object-oriented repository technology that can be integrated with enterprise information systems or with applications that process meta data. in SQL Server 7.0 AppsMart and Brio.Enterprise 6.0 are integrated via the meta data services in SQL Server 7.0 that provides life-cycle management capabilities to store and share software components along with their descriptive information. AppsMart's integration with Microsoft Repository has enabled Brio to automate the generation of reports and analysis needed to deliver out-of-the-box, customizable analytic applications. "AppsMart's deep integration with SQL Server meta data services ensures it can be seamlessly integrated with leading business intelligence vendors such as Brio Technology to provide highly targeted decision support solutions for SQL Server customers," said Steve Murchie, data warehousing group product manager, SQL Server marketing, Microsoft Corp (Nasdaq:MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ). "It is this integration with SQL Server which enables organizations to realize the benefits of lower cost and accelerated deployment of systems." According to Colin White, founder of DataBase Associates, a leading business intelligence consultancy, integrated solutions such as the one announced today by AppsCo and Brio are crucial to the next growth phase of business intelligence. "Customers definitely don't want to build their own business intelligence and analytic applications from scratch, and at DataBase Associates, we see a definite move towards companies wanting to purchase integrated component-driven solutions that provide best-in-class functionality." About Brio.One Brio Technology delivers a fully integrated business intelligence solution that provides powerful query, analysis and reporting functionality across both client/server and Web environments. Brio.One is the industry's most complete and scalable platform for building and deploying the widest range of decision-processing applications throughout your enterprise. It's unmatched breadth of product functionality includes enterprise reporting, analytical reporting, ad hoc query A non-standard inquiry. An ad hoc query is created to obtain information as the need arises. Contrast with a query that is predefined and routinely performed. See query and ad hoc. , and OLAP (OnLine Analytical Processing) Decision support software that allows the user to quickly analyze information that has been summarized into multidimensional views and hierarchies. OLAP tools are used to perform trend analysis on sales and financial information. , as well as tools for building and deploying a wide range of analytical applications. All of the products within the Brio.One platform are designed to deliver enterprise-caliber scalability and performance and unsurpassed ease of experience to users. And they are fully integrated with our business information portal to provide self-service access to all your existing information assets and systems. About AppsMart AppsMart enables developers to quickly build and deploy SQL Server 7.0-based data marts and analytic applications. Using a best-in-class analytic application template, developers iterate the application design to meet user requirements and deploy the solution to Microsoft SQL Server 7.0. AppsMart includes features for star schema design and deployment, and the automatic generation of OLAP Services cubes, DTS (1) (Digital Theatre Sound) A digital audio encoding system used in movie and home theaters. Popularized by the movie Jurassic Park, the six-channel (5. packages and Office2000 reports and documentation, providing developers a rapid start, and consistent methods and techniques when implementing a data warehouse or analytic application on the Microsoft platform. About Brio Technology Brio Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:BRIO) is the only business intelligence software provider to offer a complete range of solutions to address the decision processing needs of today's Web-enabled e-enterprise. The Brio ONE solution includes software and services which enable organizations to deliver business intelligence, enterprise reporting, and analytic applications in conjunction with an enterprise information portal See corporate portal. to provide unmatched ease of experience for all users. Brio ONE enables customers to derive higher business value from all of their enterprise information sources, including e-commerce applications, enterprise resource planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. (ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. ), sales force automation Automating the sales activities within an organization. A comprehensive SFA package provides such functions as contact management, note and information sharing, quick proposal and presentation generation, product configurators, calendars and to-do lists. (SFA See sales force automation. SFA - Sales Force Automation ) and customer relationship management (CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. ) applications as well as data marts, data warehouses and legacy data sources. Brio products are available through direct sales and professional services organizations located in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Australia, and more than 80 countries worldwide through VARs, resellers and distributors. Brio has commercial relationships with companies such as Hewlett Packard, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Microsoft, Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP and Sun Microsystems. Brio Technology is based in Palo Alto, California “Palo Alto” redirects here. For other uses, see Palo Alto (disambiguation). Palo Alto (IPA: /ˌpæloʊˈʔæltoʊ/, from Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "high", i.e. , and can be reached at 800/879-BRIO or on the Worldwide Web at www.brio.com. About AppsCo Software Limited AppsCo Software Limited, founded in 1998, is a leading supplier of data mart design and analytic application development tools. AppsCo, a Microsoft Certified Solution Provider (MCSP MCSP Microsoft Certified Solution Provider MCSP Merlin Capability Sustainment Plus MCSP Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists (UK) MCSP melanoma chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan MCSP Master Certified Sales Professional ), develops and markets AppsMart, an analytic application development environment. A patent pending technology, AppsMart enables data mart application builders to design data marts based on vertical market solution templates, and standard methods and processes. Backed by venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] 3i, Vertex Management Group, Scottish Equity Partnership and Grampian Enterprise Limited, AppsCo is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. . AppsCo is based in Surrey, United Kingdom, and has U.S. operations in Bellevue, Washington. More information on the company and its AppsMart solution is available on the Web at www.appsco.com, or by calling 425/451-9777. AppsCo, AppsMart and the AppsCo and AppsMart logos are registered trademarks of AppsCo Software Ltd. Brio Technology, Brio ONE and Brio.Enterprise are trademarks of Brio Technology. Other products mentioned in this document are registered, trademarked, or service marked by their respective owners. Note to Editors: Copies of previous AppsCo press releases and corporate and product information are available on AppsCo's Web site at http://www.appsco.com. |
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