Cognos Selects Birdstep's RDM Server Database Technology for Business Intelligence Products.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 2002 Birdstep Technology today announced that Cognos has renewed its four-year contract to deploy Birdstep's RDM RDM Ring Deutscher Makler (German Realty Association) RDM Red Mage (Final Fantasy, gaming) RDM Remote Device Management (protocol used in theatre lighting equipment) Server database technology. Cognos (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :COGN)(TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :CSN CSN Crosby, Stills, and Nash (band) CSN Centrala studiestödsnämnden (Swedish: state education grant and loan program) CSN Confédération des Syndicats Nationaux (French) ), the world leader in business intelligence (BI), delivers software that helps companies improve business performance by enabling effective decision-making at all levels of the organization. A forerunner in defining the BI software category, Cognos delivers the next level of competitive advantage -- Corporate Performance Management (CPM) -- achieved through the strategic application of BI on an enterprise scale. Cognos delivers its products to more than 20,000 customers globally. Birdstep's RDM Server is deployed in modules within Cognos' BI product family, such as the Cognos Upfront. "Birdstep's RDM Server performs well and is widely deployed on many of our customer's machines around the world," said John Vandervay, vice president of foundation services for Cognos. "Rather than build our own database, Birdstep saves us time and resources by providing a high performance, reliable solution that can be easily embedded in our BI products." RDM Server is an embeddable client/server database management system that is optimized for providing high-speed access to business-critical information. It offers a cost-effective, scalable and near-zero maintenance solution for developers of embedded applications in diverse industries and markets such as financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , telecommunications and e-business applications. "Developing a proprietary database requires a significant investment in development time, engineering resources and funds," said Hans-Arne L'orange, chief executive officer of Birdstep. "Our customers come to us to avoid a costly development process for the design, implementation and verification of sophisticated database systems." About Birdstep Technology Birdstep Technology was founded in Oslo, Norway in 1996 and is traded on the Oslo Stock Exchange Oslo Stock Exchange An exchange founded in 1819 and trading stocks, bonds, and stock options that is considered the options market of Norway. (OSE OSE - Open Systems Environment ) under ticker "BIRD". The company has approximately 80 employees in Oslo and Seattle. Birdstep's small footprint, high performance database technologies combined with its wireless roaming and access software enables companies to build innovative solutions for embedded systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. and the Mobile Internet Refers to gaining access to the Internet using a lightweight, handheld device. See Mobile IP, PDA, smartphone and mobile TV. . Birdstep makes your information accessible anytime, anywhere, on any device and on any infrastructure. For more information, visit www.birdstep.com. About Cognos Cognos, the world leader in business intelligence (BI), delivers software that helps companies improve business performance by enabling effective decision-making at all levels of the organization. A forerunner in defining the BI software category, Cognos delivers the next level of competitive advantage -- Corporate Performance Management (CPM) -- achieved through the strategic application of BI on an enterprise scale. For more information, visit www.cognos.com. |
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