Sand Technology's New Government Unit Underway

Sand Technology's newly-formed Government marketing unit has already begun making its mark, announced Sand's Chief Operating Officer George Wicker. "Significant Phase 1 projects are under way in U.S. and Canadian federal government agencies, with initial orders valued at over $500,000 already in implementation," Wicker reports. "And, the positive experiences from earlier installations at the National Security Agency in Maryland and Human Resources Canada in Ottawa are filling the pipeline of government opportunities for our Nucleus product."

"Ever since the U.S. Census Bureau became the first organization to utilize a computer decades ago, governments have been relying on sophisticated systems to handle massive amounts of data," explains Mario Meroni, Sand Technology Vice President of Business Development-Government. "Today, all government agencies are challenged to deliver information directly and safely to their citizens while protecting the data from hackers, and Nucleus has a unique, powerful solution that allows them to do so."

"Nucleus is easily implemented, scales up exceptionally well, and continues to provide breathtaking performance to thousands of concurrent users," Meroni continues. "Whenever we demonstrate Nucleus, we get the contract. Nucleus is quick to set up, operates at lower cost and provides information that others find difficult to deliver."

Sand develops and markets the revolutionary and award winning Nucleus data warehousing solution which is available for the 64-bit Unix and the 32-bit Microsoft Windows NT and 95/98/2000 platforms, as well as IBM's iSeries AS/400 and xSeries eServers. The Nucleus solution extends enterprise applications based on leading Data Base Management Systems, including Oracle, IBM DB2 and Microsoft SQL Server.

About Sand Technology

Sand Technology, with offices in the United States, Canada and the UK, provides high performance, scalable software solutions for data mining, data marts, data warehouses and online analytical processing (OLAP). Sand's Nucleus product suite brings patented technology to the business user, empowering more timely and accurate decision making. Nucleus is being used in the Retail, Finance, Healthcare, Transportation, Telecommunication, Manufacturing, Government and Insurance sectors to support strategic corporate initiatives including: e-Business; CRM (Customer Relationship Management); SAP" reporting; SCM (Supply Chain Management); risk analysis and management; new business; product trend and profitability analysis; fraud detection; emerging markets; competitive analysis, and quality control. Sand Technology has commercial relationships with IBM, Oracle, Compaq Computer Corporation, Microsoft, Brio Technology, and Information Builders. For more information, visit www.sandtechnology.com.

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