Hummingbird Announces Alliance with Newtec Consulting

Hummingbird Ltd, a world-leading enterprise software solutions company, announced an alliance with Newtec Consulting Inc, a full-service ERP and Business Intelligence solutions provider. Under the terms of the agreement, Newtec Consulting will integrate Hummingbird's leading business intelligence solution, BI/Suite 6.0, into Newtec's SmartMart Enterprise Data Warehouse System. Newtec's clients will benefit from access to a scalable business intelligence solution that demonstrates enterprise-strength query, reporting, and OLAP functionality.

Newtec's SmartMart technology enables systems to deliver both Ad-Hoc and On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP) reports, giving end users complete flexibility to create meaningful reports. BI/Suite enhances the Newtec SmartMart Enterprise DataWarehouse by providing unprecedented Web-based scalability and performance. In addition, BI/Suite, an integral part of Hummingbird EIP (Enterprise Information Portal) solution, allows organizations to generate advanced ad hoc queries and reports over the Web to make faster, more informed decisions.

"Our alliance with Hummingbird, a business intelligence leader, further enhances our ability to provide a distinctive product for our customers," said Tammy Lentini, Business Development Manager of Newtec Consulting Group. "Newtec's SmartMart Enterprise DataWarehouse will utilize the Hummingbird BI/Suite to leverage the power of its capabilities, furthering our commitment to offer a revolutionary Business Intelligence system."

"We are very pleased to join forces with Newtec," said Sami Hero, senior director of product marketing, Hummingbird. "The integration of BI/Suite into Newtec's SmartMart Enterprise DataWarehouse will offer a single robust enterprise query and reporting solution that meets the diverse needs of our clients. Through this alliance, Hummingbird's BI/Suite will now be accessible to Newtec's ERP and CRM users."

About Newtec Consulting Group Inc

Newtec is a full-service ERP and Business Intelligence solution provider servicing the continental United States and Canada with expansion efforts underway to include international customers in Europe and Puerto Rico. Newtec's unique object-oriented SmartMart design provides the flexibility to grow and change with organizational needs over time, thus producing a custom Enterprise Datawarehousing Solution. Newtec also delivers technical and functional expertise for SAP, PeopleSoft and GEAC product lines.

About Hummingbird EIP

Building on core Hummingbird technologies, Hummingbird EIP (Enterprise Information Portal) is a fully customizable Web-based workspace that provides a single point of access to all business-critical information and resources, including structured and unstructured enterprise data. Beyond access, Hummingbird EIP enables users to quickly process, filter, and act upon information from any enterprise source.

About Hummingbird

Hummingbird develops enterprise software solutions that provide access to all business-critical information and resources, aggregated and categorized through a single user interface. Hummingbird offers these global enterprise solutions through the desktop and the Web with Hummingbird EIP (Enterprise Information Portal); the cornerstone product of the firm's e-Business solutions. Integrated within Hummingbird EIP are the firm's proven technologies for host access, data integration, reporting and analytics, and document and knowledge management. The company offers its solutions, along with related consulting, education, and support services, in more than 50 countries around the world. For more information, please visit www.hummingbird.com.

Contact Dave Paolini, PR Director, Hummingbird Ltd, 416-496-2200 x7618, david.paolini@hummingbird.com or Tammy Lentini, Business Development Manager, Newtec Consulting Group Inc, 508-634-7872, tlentini@newtec.net.