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OLAP pioneers Sinper Corporation and Metapraxis form strategic partnership.


WARREN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 1995--Sinper Corporation, a pioneer in on-line analytical processing (database) On-Line Analytical Processing - (OLAP) A category of database software which provides an interface such that users can transform or limit raw data according to user-defined or pre-defined functions, and quickly and interactively examine the results in various dimensions  (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. ) and the technology leader in multidimensional databases, and Metapraxis, creator and marketer of innovative financial performance measurement and management systems in the U.K. and the U.S., jointly announced that they have formed a technology and marketing partnership.

"Through our open application programming interfaces, both companies will gain complementary solutions for our OLAP products in the worldwide Fortune 2000 market we both serve," said Manny Manny may refer to:

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 Perez, president of Sinper, the developer of the TM/1(TM) product line, including the revolutionary multidimensional spreadsheet A spreadsheet that provides a view of data in more than two dimensions. For example, a 3D spreadsheet provides x, y and z axes. See multidimensional views.  introduced in 1984.

"Our products, TM/1 Perspectives(TM) and TM/1 Spreadsheet Connector(R) and EKS EKS Elektromagnetik Dr. Scheuerer KG (German solenoid manufacturer)
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 and Empower from Metapraxis are complementary," said Perez. "EKS and Empower provide a powerful graphical front end to Sinper's OLAP data engine, and give our users both a graphical and a spreadsheet interface to enable them to better meet their financial analysis, reporting, and decision support needs."

Nigel Penny, 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 Metapraxis, said, "this is our first relationship with another OLAP vendor, and supports our strategy of providing graphical analysis capability to the widest possible audience. Managers and analysts need to combine data from multiple sources to support business decisions. They also need to present the information in a way that clearly delivers the business messages. The addition of TM/1 products to the data sources that EKS and Empower support means users can now use the high speed, volume capabilities of TM/1 and immediately present and analyze the results using the Empower management library."

Sinper's TM/1 Perspectives and TM/1 Spreadsheet Connector are technology leaders in high speed, high volume multidimensional databases and provide powerful and cost effective open systems that allow spreadsheets or other analysis tools to slice-and-dice, drill down, and consolidate throughout the multidimensional database.

Metapraxis offers Empower and EKS (Enterprise Knowledge Server) to a similar Fortune 2000 user base. Empower and EKS provide for graphical analysis of corporate data with a business issue focus and utilize a template approach to simplify ad-hoc analysis and reporting. Metapraxis is headquartered in Kingston upon Thames Kingston upon Thames, outer borough (1991 pop. 130,300) of Greater London, SE England. Mainly residential, it has light engineering works and manufactures electronic equipment. It also contains one of the largest shopping centers in outer London. In the 10th cent.  in the U.K., with American headquarters in New York City New York City: see New York, city.
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Additional information is available from: Richard Hu, vice president of Sales and Marketing, Sinper Corporation, 513 Warrenville Road, Warren, N.J. 07059, 908/755-9880; or Dennis Pereira, U.S. Business Development Manager, Metapraxis Inc., 900 Third Avenue - 38th Floor, New York New York, state, United States
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TM/1, TM/1 Perspectives are trademarks, and Spreadsheet Connector is a registered trademark, of Sinper Corporation.

EKS and Empower are trademarks of Metapraxis Inc. of the U.S. and Metapraxis Ltd. of the U.K.

CONTACT: Progressive Strategies Inc., New York

Marlena Villafane

212/260-0800, marlenav(at symbol)pipeline.com
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