Knosys Announces the Complete ProClarity Product Family

Knosys Inc announced at the Microsoft Enterprise 2000 launch event that it would be releasing a full suite of ProClarity products in conjunction with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and Commerce Server 2000. The entire ProClarity product family is built from the next generation ProClarity Analytical Platform 3.0 to fully exploit the analytical functionality of SQL Server 2000 and Commerce Server 2000.

Knosys will release a full suite of ProClarity products this fall that are optimized and designed specifically for Microsoft .NET Enterprise Servers. The new products will be available world wide on October 30, 2000 unless otherwise noted:

• ProClarity Analytical Platform 3.0
• ProClarity 3.0 OLAP Client
• ProClarity 3.0 for Microsoft Excel 2000
• ProClarity 3.0 Power Pak (includes ProClarity 3.0 OLAP Client and ProClarity 3.0 for Microsoft Excel 2000)
• ProClarity 3.0 for Microsoft Commerce Server 2000, available November 30th
• MapInfo MapX Plug-In for Knosys ProClarity 3.0

"Having a complete, integrated suite of products to meet the analysis needs of an entire enterprise - from executives, to analysts, and front-line decision makers is significantly extending the value Knosys brings to its customers," said Clay Young, vice president Marketing of Knosys Inc. "The entire suite of products is built from the powerful COM-based ProClarity Analytical Platform and as such, delivers an exceptional level of customizability and extensibility - dramatically increasing deployment options."

The ProClarity Analytical Platform 3.0 represents the foundation of the ProClarity product family and the best means for embedding advanced analytic functionality into custom analytical applications. It has been designed around the Microsoft COM architecture standard and features 31 components, 2200 APIs and 2600 pages of developer documentation. The ProClarity Analytical Platform provides the ultimate set of 'building blocks' that can be used to significantly reduce development and deployment time of highly scalable custom analytical applications.

"Knosys is offering a set of user tools and a platform for building highly customized analytical applications," said Steve Murchie, group product manager for SQL Server at Microsoft. "The range of these products gives customers a complete solution for leveraging the analysis capabilities in SQL Server 2000 and Commerce Server 2000."

The ProClarity OLAP Client provides intuitive desktop access to powerful analytic and visual exploration capabilities that significantly reduce the time to informed decision-making. The ProClarity OLAP client has the valuable added benefit of being able to install its analytic components within the Microsoft Office 2000 applications. ProClarity for Microsoft Excel 2000 provides an integrated analytic toolset running natively inside Excel to enable decision-makers to develop powerful personal decision models and build and distribute highly formatted management reports. The ProClarity Power Pak combines the exceptional analytic and visual exploration capabilities of the ProClarity OLAP Client with the powerful reporting and decision modeling of ProClarity for Microsoft Excel 2000. ProClarity for Commerce Server 2000 is fully integrated into Commerce Server Business Desk and helps organizations analyze the effectiveness of their e-business enterprise. MapInfo MapX Plug-In for ProClarity provides ProClarity users with powerful geo-spatial mapping analysis functionality.

Knosys Inc

Founded in 1995, Knosys is a privately held company headquartered in Boise, ID, with European headquarters in the Netherlands. Knosys provides award-winning component-based analytical decision support solutions and intuitive data visualization technology built specifically for the Microsoft .NET platform, including SQL Server 2000 and Commerce Server 2000. Knosys is a Microsoft Certified Solution Provider and Microsoft Data Warehousing Alliance 2000 Partner. Clients include companies such as AT&T, Compaq, Ericsson, GE Capital, Hewlett Packard, L'Oreal, Nabisco, Nordstrom and Pfizer. Platform OEM customers include: Best Software, Changepoint, Great Plains, Infinium and Manugistics. For more information visit the Web site at www.knosysinc.com.