Kalido Expands Customers' Platform Choices with Addition of SQL Server Support; Additional Support Extends Data Warehouses Built with Microsoft SQL Server 2000.Business Editors/Technology Writers LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 2001 Kalido Ltd., a provider of information integration solutions, today announced the availability of KALIDO 6.1 with Microsoft(R) SQL Server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. (TM) 2000 support. Kalido incorporated support for SQL Server due to demand from customers and the scalability of the database. The increased functionality will enable customers to use KALIDO for all information-integration projects, including e-commerce, enterprise performance management, 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. ) and enterprise data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse . "KALIDO 6.1 is a significant step in our strategy to provide organizations with open and flexible information integration," said Andy Hayler Andy Hayler, data warehousing innovator, entrepreneur, writer, and food critic, is known for leading the creation of the dynamic data warehousing architecture within Royal Dutch Shell that he later commercialized as the KALIDO Active Information Management software product of , 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. of Kalido Ltd. "KALIDO on SQL Server 2000 increases our value to customers who wish to use Microsoft platforms." KALIDO 6.1 and 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. 2000 deliver an end-to-end federated Connected and treated as one. See federated database and federated directories. warehouse providing a coherent view of enterprise information that readily adapts to business change. KALIDO complements SQL Server solutions utilizing SQL Server services, yet cutting in half database implementation effort and slashing the ongoing maintenance burden. META Group verified that in a KALIDO data warehouse ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). study, KALIDO saved 35 percent on implementation costs and 55 percent on maintenance costs, and implementation was 33 percent faster than custom-build solutions. "Microsoft SQL server 2000 and KALIDO technologies work in synergy to integrate information across the enterprise," said John Eng, Lead Product Manager, SQL Server from Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, . "KALIDO compliments SQL server solutions providing a rapid and scalable federated approach to business intelligence." KALIDO federated warehouses take advantage of all of the features of SQL Server 2000, providing pre-built, highly-optimized stores that can be easily accessed for business use. Major benefits of KALIDO include: -- Builds and maintains warehouses -- Controls reference data for multiple perspectives and standardization -- Generates and maintains data-marts for use in business analytics -- Faster implementations with less effort than traditional approaches -- Independence from intense business change Additionally, KALIDO's unique reference and repository suite provides a central and collective view of all corporate data, offering multiple perspectives to support both strategic and tactical insights. KALIDO partners with industry leaders worldwide such as Acuma, Aexis, ACTA, Business Objects, Cognos, Information Builders, Microgen Kaisha and Origin to help maximize existing strategic technology investments. "Royal Dutch Shell Royal Dutch Shell plc is a multinational oil company of British and Dutch origins. It is one of the largest private sector energy corporations in the world, and one of the six "supermajors" (vertically integrated private sector oil exploration, natural gas, and petroleum product is expecting time and budget savings as a result of using Compaq solutions and KALIDO," said Iain Stephen, Compaq UK Business Manager, Industry Standard servers. "We support moves by data warehousing solution providers to offer expanded platform choices, such as this new version of KALIDO on SQL Server. These will make Compaq even more attractive to our large corporate customers." About Kalido Kalido Ltd., a software venture from the Royal Dutch Shell Group of Companies (Shell), provides Information Integration solutions for reference data management and federated data warehousing. Kalido Ltd has worldwide operations in US, Europe and Australia providing sales, high-level consulting, technical support and training. KALIDO works closely with large system integrators for the deployment of the global projects. KALIDO has been implemented in 120 sites in over 85 countries worldwide with multi-national companies such as Shell, Unilever and Philips. For more information on the company, visit us on the web at http://www.kalido.com. |
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