TopTier Software and Seagate Software Partner to Create Comprehensive Enterprise Information Portal Solutions.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 1999-- Seagate to Integrate Patented TopTier Technology; TopTier to Integrate Seagate Crystal Reports TopTier Software Inc., a leading supplier of Enterprise Information Portal See corporate portal. (EIP (1) (Enterprise Information Portal) See corporate portal. (2) (Extended Instruction Pointer) The program counter on x86 CPUs. ) solutions, today announced a strategic partnership agreement with Seagate Software Seagate Software was an international software corporation headquartered in Scotts Valley, California. It was a majority owned subsidiary of Seagate Technology, the largest independent disc drive and related components company in the world. , a leading provider of business intelligence reporting The preparation and conveyance of information by any means. More commonly, the term is restricted to reports as they are prepared by the collector and as they are transmitted by the collector to the latter's headquarters and by this component of the intelligence structure to one or more solutions. The strategic alliance will marry components of Seagate Crystal Reports with TopTier's breakthrough Enterprise Integration Portal(TM) technology, extending TopTier's patented Point of View Navigation(TM) to end users familiar with the de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, reporting environment -- Seagate Crystal Reports. Seagate Software has been named a TopTier OnePlus Partner. "Seagate Software has established a tremendous user base and distribution mechanism for its systems reporting management and business intelligence software through innovative agreements with companies like Microsoft," said Paul Steinberg, vice president of business development for TopTier Software. "This relationship will enable users to extend their investment in Seagate Software and Microsoft technologies into the world of Enterprise Information Portals. Users of TopTier's Enterprise Integration Portal will benefit from best-of-breed technologies and implementation." TopTier Software's second generation Enterprise Integration Portal solution provides end users a simple yet powerful way to personalize, collaborate, access, query and report on the information they rely on every day. The patented technology converges established technology categories such as reporting, business intelligence, enterprise application integration and Web-enabling line-of-business applications while providing an exclusive, unique and powerful way to integrate, navigate and simplify many of the core applications and processes found in medium to large enterprises. "Seagate Software and TopTier's strategic partnership will add enormous value for Baan and other ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. customers," said Tony Wind, vice president of product management for Seagate Software. "By leveraging our mutual resources, we can bring our world-leading, attractive reporting solutions to millions of Baan application customers around the world." Seagate Crystal Reports is a world leading desktop reporting and analysis solution with more than 4 millions seats shipped. It lets users create presentation-quality reports from virtually any database, carry out flexible analysis and formatting capabilities and perform advanced interactive reporting over the Web. Seagate Crystal Reports is the easiest and most powerful way to extract and present information from data. About Seagate Software Seagate Software, a subsidiary of Seagate Technology (company) Seagate Technology - A major manufacturer of hard disk drives, founded in 1979 as "Shugart Technology" by Alan F. Shugart and Finis Conner. That name is on the original patents for the 5.25" hard disk drive. , Inc., develops tools and applications for Business Intelligence and systems and storage management that enhance the availability, access and analysis of information. Its award-winning solutions include Seagate Backup Exec, Seagate Crystal Reports, Seagate Crystal Info, Seagate Holos Holos is an influential OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) product of the 1990s. Developed by Holistic Systems in 1987, the product remained in use until around 2004. Conception The Holos product succeeded an older generation of mainframe products such as System-W. , Seagate Desktop Management Suite and Seagate WinINSTALL. Seagate Software has established strategic relationships with Microsoft, Novell, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Hewlett-Packard Company, Informix, Oracle, Netscape, PeopleSoft, Compaq and other industry leaders, and markets its products worldwide, through distributors, value-added resellers, systems integrators, retailers, and OEMs. Seagate Software's home page address on the World Wide Web is http://www.seagatesoftware.com. Seagate Technology, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :SEG n. 1. (Bot.) Sedge. 2. The gladen, and other species of Iris. 1. A castrated bull. ) is a leading provider of technology and products enabling people to store, access, and manage information. Seagate is committed to providing best-in-class hardware and software products to help people get their information when, where and how they want it. With nearly $9 billion in revenues for its 1997 fiscal year, Seagate can be found around the globe and on the World Wide Web at http://www.seagate.com. About TopTier OnePlus Partner Program The OnePlus Partner Program offers ISV (Independent Software Vendor) A person or company that develops software. It implies an organization that specializes in software only and is not part of a computer systems or hardware manufacturer. OEMs, SIs and VARs better ways to make enterprise information systems more responsive and efficient by simplifying the end user experience of searching and accessing enterprise-wide data. The OnePlus Partner Program makes a total business solution by combining TopTier's Enterprise Integration Portal solution and patented Point of View Navigation technology plus each partner's experience to deliver a profitable and differentiated offering to mutual customers. About TopTier Software Inc. TopTier Software builds Enterprise Information Portal solutions that provide end users a simple yet powerful way to access, analyze, query and report on the information they rely on every day. TopTier's patented technology converges established categories such as reporting, business intelligence, enterprise application integration and Web-enabling line-of-business applications. TopTier Software provides an exclusive, unique and powerful way to integrate, simplify and navigate many of the core applications and processes in medium to large enterprises. Incorporated in 1996, TopTier Software is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. with headquarters in San Jose. TopTier Software currently sells its products and services through a direct sales force, licenses its technology through ISVs and OEMs, and works with a growing network of top systems integrators and VARs. For more information about TopTier Software, call 408/360-1700, or visit us on the Web at www.toptier.com. Note to Editors: Enterprise Integration Portal, Drag and Relate, HyperRelational, Point of View navigation, and TopTier are trademarks or registered trademarks of TopTier Software Inc. in the United States and elsewhere in the world. All other names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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