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Sand Technology Announces Contract With U.S. Drug Enforcement

Sand Technology announced that, through its partner Soza & Company Ltd of Fairfax, VA. it has entered into a Proof of Value program with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The program is scheduled to be completed in September.

"The Sand Analytic Server will allow the DEA to transmit critical information to field agents fast," says Frank Guglielmo, SOZA vice president, Enterprise Engineering. "By integrating the data into a single format designed specifically for fast and easy analysis, field agents can, on a self-serve basis, access information they were unable to retrieve in the past, eliminating infrastructure costs and delays. Best of all, the Sand Analytic Server works with existing systems. It is both fast to set-up and preserve and enhance system investments made to date."

"The Sand Analytic Server is an appropriate solution for many law enforcement and Homeland Security applications where the ability to act promptly is hampered by the data being locked into disparate systems, often hosted by different agencies," adds George Wicker, president of Sand Technology Corporation. "The Sand Analytic Server works with existing systems but stages the data in an integrated way that is fast to set-up, is fast to revise, and provides fast answers."

About the Sand Analytic Server

The Sand Analytic Server is designed to take virtually unlimited volumes of data from a variety of sources ­ data warehouses, operational systems, legacy or third-party databases ­ and integrates and stages it as a fully indexed analytical cache that business users can quickly and easily access and analyze.

It presents a unique "business view" of data that accelerates the process of implementing analytic applications using existing architectures, and, without extensive involvement from data management staff, rapidly and easily updates to accommodate business changes. It also robustly supports fully 24x365 operation without consuming extensive IT resources. The Sand Analytic Server delivers on the promise of analytics the speed of business by providing fast business value and rapid return on investment.

About Soza & Company Ltd

Established in 1969, Soza & Company Ltd is a $106-million firm delivering total solutions in information technology, management consulting, and financial services to Federal, state, and commercial clients. It is headquartered in Fairfax, VA.

For more information on SOZA, visit www.soza.com.

About Sand Technology

Sand Technology Corporation, a Delaware Corporation with offices in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area, helps leading organizations cope with data overload by giving them rapid access to the information they need to make the right business decisions.

For more information on Sand Technology, visit www.sand.com.