SageMetrics Announces Top-tier Membership in MS DW Alliance

SageMetrics Corporation, a business intelligence service provider for data analysis, announces its acceptance as a Platinum Member of Microsoft's Data Warehousing Alliance. The alliance identifies and promotes companies and products that embrace the standards of Microsoft's Data Warehousing Framework, an open scalable architecture for building business intelligence and analytical applications. As a member, SageMetrics and Microsoft will participate in joint marketing initiatives including speaking engagements, customer case studies, customer referrals, Website listings and marketing literature. SageMetrics will also be involved with design reviews of future versions of Microsoft Windows and Microsoft SQL Server 2000.

"Our Platinum Members are those whose products best support the Microsoft Data Warehousing Framework," said John Eng, SQL Product Manager, Microsoft. "SageMetrics is a natural fit for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 because of its support for open architecture platforms and their extensive business intelligence solution which begins with scalable architecture built on the SQL Server 2000 platform."

SageMetrics' SageAnalyst Suite offers the most comprehensive business intelligence solutions in the industry with incomparable functionality and Web analysis delivered in less time and for less money. Clients employing the ASP solution benefit from an unrivaled depth in analyzing their online and offline databases, without the additional costs associated with hardware, software, and maintenance to scale. Their client base consists of industry leaders such as StarMedia and washingtonpost.com. SageMetrics' work for CareerPath led to the Website's growth from nine to twenty-four million page views in 1999.

"We built our business intelligence solution on the SQL Server 2000 platform because we wanted to deliver a scalable, multi-dimensional solution incorporating OLAP technology functionality," said Kenneth Nwabueze, CEO of SageMetrics. "Microsoft's SQL Server 2000 enables us to deliver on these goals. We're excited to pursue more opportunities with Microsoft, and to continue developing additional business intelligence solutions showcasing the power of SQL Server 2000."

About SageMetrics

SageMetrics Corporation is a leading business intelligence service provider for online data analysis that integrates an unlimited amount of Web-based data with back-end databases from all points of customer contact (including CRM, WAP, IVR, SMS, Interactive Television and HTTP). The SageAnalyst service provides customizable OLAP, Ad Hoc, Web Portal, Interactive Charts and Virtual Site Mapping tools for data collection, analysis and presentation. SageMetrics was founded in 1996 with world headquarters in North Hollywood, California, and European headquarters in London, England. For more information, visit the company Website at www.SageMetrics.com or call toll-free 866-7-BEWISE.

Contact SageMetrics, Mary Mallon, 818-505-6409 x128, mmallon@sagemetrics.com.