Comshare releases Commander Decision on new database platforms.EDINBURGH, Scotland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 10, 1997-- Decision Support Applications Now Access Express, TM1, and Essbase Databases In a quick follow-up to last month's announcements of new partner agreements with Oracle and Applix, Comshare (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 ) announced the commercial release of Commander Decision(TM) 1.3. The announcement was made public at today's opening session of the Comshare's European Users Conference. Commander Decision 1.3 is now available including any one of three databases -- today's release of Commander Decision is available with Oracle Express, Applix TM1, or Arbor Software's Essbase database. These multidimensional databases offer Comshare's customized application customers dramatically extended options for enterprise decision support applications. "Comshare has broken new ground in providing customers with high-level, pre-built applications offering a choice of the three leading 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. engines," says Nigel Pendse Nigel Pendse is OLAP analyst and the lead person responsible of The OLAP Report and The OLAP Survey, and is an advisor and speaker on a variety of OLAP related subjects. Previously, he had worked both as a user and then in a variety of roles as a salesperson of business , co-author, The OLAP Report. "We were able to make Commander Decision work with Express and TM1 very quickly because of our work up front with the Comshare Application Architecture(TM) (CAA Caa See CCC. ). The CAA is an architecture that loads much of the application functionality in the application server, so it supports the rapid delivery of applications on new platforms without reinventing the wheel Reinventing the wheel is a phrase that means a generally accepted technique or solution is ignored in favor of a locally invented solution. To "reinvent the wheel" is to duplicate a basic method that has long since been accepted and even taken for granted. ," says Dennis Ganster, Comshare's Senior Vice President of Product Development. "More evidence of the openness of the CAA is that applications using both Express and TM1 are automatically accessible through Commander DecisionWeb(TM), which is our Internet-based browser enhancement to the Comshare Application Architecture." Commander DecisionWeb gives Java-enabled Web browsers The following is a list of web browsers. Historical Historically important browsers In order of release:
Comshare customer reaction to the new partnerships has been favorable. "Conceptually, these new agreements are very interesting. We're a big user of Oracle, and anything that helps us exploit our existing technology is a good development for us," says Comshare customer Richard Cribb, Business Finance Analyst, Transco. "These announcements are good news from our perspective," says Bill Getchell, Director of Financial Analysis and Planning, MicroTouch, also a Comshare customer. "The new agreements should be good for Comshare, and for us, the option to choose from multiple databases could give us additional flexibility some time in the future." Wally Wrathall, Comshare's President and 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. says: "Many of our customers want to base decision support applications on their data warehouses and data marts. Our integration with Oracle Express gives Comshare the benefit of the market's natural evolution to Oracle8's planned support of OLAP." Comshare is working on marketing projects with both Oracle and Applix. TM1's Real-Time OLAP, for example, meets specific requirements of the 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. industry, and joint marketing activities between Comshare and Applix will include a banking seminar in May in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Other joint activities with both companies are in the planning process. As with all its DSS (1) (Digital Signature Standard) A National Security Administration standard for authenticating an electronic message. See RSA and digital signature. (2) (Digital Satellite S applications, Comshare will offer its customers full-service, "whole product" solutions, which includes Essbase, Express, or TM1 bundled with the application. Services include helpline, product training, and implementation services. The next version of Commander Decision will be released in April; its enhancements will include support for disconnected laptop users. The new version will make it easier for laptop users to keep up with critical, enterprise information at home and on the road. About Commander Decision Commander Decision is Comshare's market-leading client/server and Web-based software to speed delivery of customized decision support, like executive information systems and key performance indicator (KPI KPI Key Performance Indicator KPI Kuwait Petroleum International KPI Kiev Polytechnic Institute (Ukraine) KPI Kernel Programming Interface KPI King Pin Inclination (vehicle steering geometry angle) ) monitoring, financial/expense analysis, product and customer profitability Customer profitability (CP) is the difference between the revenues earned from and the costs associated with the customer relationship in a specified period. According to Philip Kotler,"a profitable customer is a person,household or a company that overtime,yields a revenue , and financial and management reporting and analysis. Since its initial release in February, 1996, over 3,000 users have licensed copies of Commander Decision(TM) Desktop. A typical user organization is TransCo, a subsidiary of British Gas British Gas is the name of several companies
About Comshare Comshare is The Decision Support Company. Comshare develops, markets, and supports complete client/server decision support applications. Comshare's software applications are designed to improve business analysis, planning, and operations for effective decision making, enhanced competitiveness, and improved profits. Comshare's application software is popular among major corporations in many industries, with particular concentration in financial services, utilities, manufacturing, energy, services, retail and consumer goods consumer goods Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and industries. One of the top 50 independent software companies, Comshare has over 3,000 customers worldwide, many of which are Fortune 1000 and Financial Times Top 1000 companies. Comshare, Inc. is a Microsoft Solution Provider. Comshare is a registered trademark and Comshare Application Architecture, Commander Decision and Commander DecisionWeb are trademarks of Comshare, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. CONTACT: Comshare, Inc. Marge Cramton, 313/996-8969 or Eiler Communications Larry T. Eiler, 313/761-3399 |
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