Informix and HP Extend SAP Business Information Warehouse Solution with Cognos.BASEL, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 5, 1999-- Pre-Tested, Certified End-to-End Warehouse Technologies Reduce Business Deployment Costs and Risk Informix(R) Corporation (Nasdaq:IFMX IFMX Informix Corporation ) the technology leader in enterprise database-powered solutions, announced the addition of Cognos(R) (Nasdaq: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) ) as the newest member to the Certified Data Warehouse program (CDW CDW - data warehouse ). A joint program from Informix and Hewlett-Packard Company, the CDW program is designed to reduce the risk and cost for organizations to implement business intelligence solutions. Cognos' award-winning 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. application, PowerPlay(R), now joins the CDW program and is pre-tested and certified to run with Informix's Dynamic Server(TM) database, and the HP 9000 model and HP NetServer systems. Together, the three companies target SAP's Certified Business Information Warehouse(TM) Program (SAP BW), to offer customers additional analytic capabilities on top of SAP BW. PowerPlay is an ideal front-end client for SAP BW, offering industry-leading OLAP analysis and reporting capabilities in a web or non-web environment, along with unmatched deployability. Introducing Cognos to the solution means SAP BW customers can now get an end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. , from hardware to software and database to 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. . "We are fundamentally focused on helping customers get the most out of their corporate data, and certifying an end-to-end SAP BW solution," said Charlie Chang, senior vice president and group executive, i.Intelligence, Informix. "Now, with Cognos PowerPlay added to the CDW program, customers can gain additional advantage from their data with advanced analytical capabilities and improve their return on investment." Cognos PowerPlay is integrated and tested with SAP BW running on the HP and Informix CDW platform, providing advanced business reporting and analytics for SAP BW users. The combined solution is being demonstrated this week at the SAP BW Congress in Basel, Switzerland, the first meeting of its kind for SAP BW users. In addition Cognos, Informix and HP will be demonstrating the solution via Web-based seminars and other marketing initiatives in the coming months. "Business Intelligence capabilities can mean the difference between success and failure in today's highly competitive global economy," said Patrick O'Leary Patrick O'Leary may refer to;
"Informix and HP have jointly invested in the CDW program, with the goal of providing to our customers the best environment for deploying business intelligence solutions quickly and easily," said Jennie Grimes, intelligence solutions manager for HP's Business Critical Computing Business Unit. "We are pleased to bring Cognos' additional functionality to our SAP BW customers so that those needing Web-based extended analytic capabilities can now take advantage of Cognos PowerPlay in a pre-tested, pre-certified environment." Additionally, Informix and HP are teaming with select system integrators that have expertise in delivering maximum value from a customer's SAP R/3 investment. Implementation services range from creating custom SAP R/3 business intelligence solutions tailored to a customers particular needs, deploying turnkey SAP BW solutions, to extending SAP BW solutions with Cognos PowerPlay. Initial implementation companies include ESI (Edge Side Includes) A markup language for Web pages that enables elements of a Web page to be dynamically assembled in servers distributed throughout the Internet. , Sysix, and Ernst &Young. Availability The extended SAP BW solution, consisting of Informix Dynamic Server 7.3, HP 9000 and HP NetServer systems, Cognos PowerPlay and SAP BW is tested, certified, and available today. Each component is delivered by their respective sales organizations or participating business partners. Pricing is available through the respective vendor's local sales office. About Informix Informix Corporation, based in Menlo Park, California Menlo Park is a city in San Mateo County, California in the United States of America. It is located at latitude 37°29' North, longitude 122°9' East. Menlo Park had 30,785 inhabitants as of the 2000 U.S. Census. , provides innovative database solutions that assist the world's major corporations to attain competitive advantage. Informix is widely recognized as the technology leader for corporate computing environments ranging from small workgroups to very large parallel processing parallel processing, the concurrent or simultaneous execution of two or more parts of a single computer program, at speeds far exceeding those of a conventional computer. applications. Informix's database server, application development tools, superior customer service, and strong partnerships enable the company to be at the forefront of major information technology solution areas including data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse , high performance OLTP (OnLine Transaction Processing) See transaction processing and OLCP. OLTP - On-Line Transaction Processing , and Web/e-commerce. For more information, contact the sales office nearest you or visit our Web site at www.informix.com. The following are trademarks of Informix Corporation or its affiliates, one or more of which may be registered in the U.S. or other jurisdictions: Informix(R) and Informix Dynamic Server(TM). Informix news releases are available at no charge through Business Wire's NewsOnDemand fax service. To immediately receive an index of available releases, call 1-800-356-0851. |
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