Comshare Announces New Value-Added Reseller for Leading Performance Measurement Application.ANN ARBOR Ann Arbor, city (1990 pop. 109,592), seat of Washtenaw co., S Mich., on the Huron River; inc. 1851. It is a research and educational center, with a large number of government and industrial research and development firms, many in high-technology fields such as , Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 30, 1998-- JDA Software JDA Software Group, Inc. is a demand and supply chain partner to the world’s leading retailers, manufacturers and suppliers and is located in Scottsdale, AZ. History Jim Armstrong, co-founded the U.S.-based JDA Software in 1985. to Resell Comshare Decision for Retail-Specific Performance Measurement Application Comshare(R), Inc. (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 :CSRE CSRE Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity CSRE Closed System Respirator Evaluator ), a leading supplier of financial analytic applications Analytic Applications are a type of business application software, used to measure and improve the performance of business operations. More specifically, Analytic Applications are a type of Business Intelligence solution. for management, planning and control, announced today that JDA Software Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:JDAS) has become a value-added reseller A value-added reseller (VAR) is a company that adds some feature(s) to an existing product(s), then resells it (usually to end-users) as an integrated product or complete "turn-key" solution. for Comshare's performance measurement application, Comshare Decision(TM). JDA JDA Japan Defense Agency JDA Joint Development Agreement JDA Janne da Arc (band) JDA Joint Duty Assignment JDA Jerusalem Development Authority JDA Jovian Detention Authority (gaming) , to which Comshare sold its Arthur retail applications, is an international provider of enterprise retail solutions. It has licensed Comshare Decision as part of the JDA application, Arthur Performance Analysis, for performance measurement on retail databases. Comshare performance measurement key to retail analytics. Comshare's applications are built upon an open architecture that supports a choice of database technologies for applications. It is this architecture that enables JDA's Arthur Performance Analysis to work with the Arthur offerings on its relational database relational database Database in which all data are represented in tabular form. The description of a particular entity is provided by the set of its attribute values, stored as one row or record of the table, called a tuple. . "We are very excited about this new relationship with JDA," explains Scott LaBute, Director, Alliances and Partnering for Comshare. "The JDA application contains Comshare's analytic software combined with JDA's retail experience." "Comshare's performance measurement expertise shows in their applications," says Greg Morrison, Vice President, Managing Director of JDA Arthur. "Comshare Decision provides the ease-of-use and extremely powerful analysis necessary for true performance measurement applications. It is the basis for Arthur Performance Analysis. And with the large size of retail databases, Comshare's Guided Analysis(TM) will be a key component of the Arthur Performance Analysis application." For a six month period, JDA will also be able to resell Comshare Decision for use with the Arbor Essbase multidimensional database See OLAP. versions of JDA's Arthur Planning and BOOST Sales and Margin Planning products in certain other countries. About Comshare Alliances and Partnering. Comshare formed the Alliances and Partnering program to seek new business partners and value-added resellers of its financial analytic applications for management, planning and control. "We know that for this to be an effective new sales channel, we have to invest the proper resources and execute our Alliances and Partnering plan well," says Dennis Ganster, Comshare's President and Chief Executive Officer. "We are committed to that and to building this area of our business." "We have distributors in countries around the world that resell our applications, but none that do the kind of thing JDA will be doing - specializing in a vertical industry, and creating and marketing a specific application based on Comshare software," concludes LaBute. "My mission is to fuel Comshare's growth through new channels. The JDA agreement is an excellent beginning. It is the first of what will be a long list of VAR relationships." -0-
-- Interested Value-Added Resellers should contact Scott LaBute,
Director, Alliances and Partnering, at 1-734-995-8454, or send
e-mail to slabute@comshare.com.
About JDA Software Group, Inc. JDA Software Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:JDAS) is a global provider of integrated retail software products and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. for more than 540 clients worldwide. Designed to Optimize the Retail Enterprise, JDA's solution addresses the requirements for the entire retail supply chain: from the corporate level with merchandising, merchandise planning Merchandise Planning is a strategic and systematic approach used by retailers, particularly in fashion and non-food areas. It is aimed at maximising return on investment, through planning and monitoring sales, margins and inventory in order to increase profitability. and allocation, decision support and financial systems; to the distribution level with warehouse management and logistics systems; and finally, to the store level with point-of-sale and back-office applications. Founded in 1985, JDA employs more than 1,000 associates operating from 22 offices. With headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix /ˈfiːˌnɪks/ (English: Phoenix, Navajo: Hoozdo, lit. "the place is hot", Western Apache: Fiinigis) is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. , the company has offices in major cities throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. as well as internationally in Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, South Africa, Singapore, and Australia. JDA's Web site can be found at http://www.jda.com. About Comshare Comshare is a leading provider of financial applications for management planning and control, including financial consolidation and reporting, enterprise budgeting, and performance measurement. These complete client/server and Web-based analytic applications are based on an open architecture, utilizing market-leading databases, such as 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. , Oracle, and Arbor Essbase. Comshare's applications incorporate innovative data visualization and Guided Analysis capabilities designed to improve decision-making for enhanced competitiveness and improved profitability. A strong customer orientation, application expertise, and commitment to the best technologies have made Comshare one of the top independent software companies, with customers around the world, many of which are Fortune 500 and Financial Times Top 1000 companies. Comshare, Inc. is a Microsoft Certified Solution Provider. For more information, call 1-800-922-7979, e-mail info@comshare.com, or visit Comshare's Web site at http://www.comshare.com. Comshare is a registered trademark. Comshare Decision and Guided Analysis are trademarks of Comshare, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.
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