Visual Numerics Launches Partners Program

Visual Numerics Inc, a Boulder, Colo.-based developer of Web enabled data visualization, numerical analysis and enterprise software solutions, announced at JavaOne that it has launched Information Discovery Through Partnership, a formal program for companies interested in combining their expertise with that of Visual Numerics to create more complete business intelligence (BI) solutions.

"Visual Numerics brings data visualization and numerical analysis technology to BI solutions," said Don Kainer, the company's vice president of marketing and product development. "Industry leaders have partnered with us because our tools integrate easily into their BI offerings and the corporate information networks of their customers. Furthermore, our technical services group has built solutions for corporations worldwide supporting a wide variety of information exchange architectures. Simply put, we complement other business intelligence tools and offer a variety of partnership options for potential partners."

Visual Numerics is a leading provider of Web-enabled solutions for analyzing complex business intelligence (BI) data using visualization, statistics and mathematics. The company believes its success in the BI marketplace will be strengthened through strategic partnerships that combine Visual Numerics' core competencies and those of industry partners to provide the most comprehensive BI solution for customers.

"The success of our customers depends upon the availability of complete BI solutions," Kainer said. "As such, today's announcement reflects Visual Numerics' commitment to establishing partnerships with industry leaders that contribute to the best customer solution."

Partnership categories include the following:

1. Marketing Partners - Marketing partners provide products that complement, interoperate with, and add value to Visual Numerics' products. The combination of these products will more fully meet customer needs. Visual Numerics own consultants, a Visual Numerics Consulting Partner or the customer's internal systems integrator can combine them as part of a complete solution built around Visual Numerics software. In addition, by exchanging information among each company's corporate contacts and field personnel, both organizations increase the marketplace awareness for these solutions.
2. Consulting Partners - Consulting Partners are primarily systems integrators that are experts in business intelligence implementations. They rely on Visual Numerics' proven technology as the data analysis and visualization component of the solutions they deliver. Consulting Partners may work in conjunction with Visual Numerics' own consultants or they may work independently delivering these solutions.
3. Value Added Reseller Partners - VARs integrate Visual Numerics' tools with their product offerings to provide maximum customer value. By combining Visual Numerics' reputation for proven analysis and visualization software with their own expertise, VARs provide a more complete product offering for their customers.
4. OEM Partners - OEM Partners are software providers that embed Visual Numerics' products within their software solutions. By using Visual Numerics' analysis and visualization "building blocks," OEMs can build solutions that fully leverage their expertise.
5. Hardware Partners - Hardware Partners provide infrastructure for the information discovery environment of Visual Numerics' customers. By supplying world-class servers and desktop systems, these partners empower Visual Numerics' customers to discover the most information from their data.

Privately held Visual Numerics provides data visualization and numerical analysis software to major corporations, academic institutions, and research laboratories worldwide. For more information, visit the company's Website at www.vni.com.