Decisionism & Walker Sign Software Bundling Agreement
Decisionism Inc., a leading supplier of software and services for the rapid deployment of analytical applications and reporting solutions, and Walker Interactive Systems, Inc., a leading provider of financial, operational and analytic software applications, have announced the signing of a reseller agreement. Under the agreement, Decisionism's Aclue Decision Supportware product will be packaged with Walker's Horizon Analytic Applications to create the first end-to-end solution for data acquisition, rapid application deployment and enterprise performance management and planning.
Collecting financial data from multiple financial and operational systems presents financial managers with a maze of complex time-intensive procedures. Walker's Horizon series addresses the financial management challenges, and with the addition of Decisionism's Aclue Decision Supportware, there is now a rapid solution to bring it all together into a world-class performance measurement and management solution.
"The combination of these two products brings a new level of completeness and ease of implementation to the packaged analytical applications market," said Gordon Rapkin, Decisionism's president and CEO. "The complementary strengths of Aclue and Horizon will enable quicker, more consistent deployment of planning, forecasting, financial consolidation and reporting, and ultimately performance management, across the enterprise."
"We believe that our new partnership with Decisionism will benefit both companies, but will deliver the greatest benefits to our customers," said Paul Lord, Walker's senior vice president of marketing and product development. "Ease of integration and access to financial and operational data are key requirements of today's customer. We are confident that our combined technologies provide a unique solution to the marketplace."
Aclue Decision Supportware enables the rapid creation, delivery, and management of analytical applications that share consistent, synchronized corporate data. Aclue gathers and transforms data from multiple financial and production systems as well as data warehouses, and delivers highly focused views of this corporate data to drive analytical applications such as Walker's Horizon suite. Both Horizon and Aclue support Oracle Express, Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 OLAP Services, and Hyperion Essbase.
Walker's Horizon series of analytic applications provides a comprehensive suite of integrated analytical applications for enterprise financial management and planning. Horizon blends the flexibility and power of On-line Analytical Processing (OLAP) technology with accounting integrity and controls. Horizon includes: Reporting and Analysis, Planning and Forecasting, and Financial Consolidation.
Walker Interactive Systems, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, is a leading, global provider of financial, operational and analytic software applications that help companies better manage business performance. The Walker family of packaged applications and vertical industry solutions, combined with integration and consulting services, are utilized by Fortune 500 and mid-market organizations in industries including banking and financial services, paper, retail, transportation and utilities. For more information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.walker.com or call 800-PICK-WALKER.
Headquartered in Boulder, Decisionism Inc. is focused on the mission of helping its customers to re-engineer their decision making processes using advanced technologies. Decisionism markets its product, Aclue Decision Supportware, to Fortune 1000 and mid-size organizations that are seeking to rapidly deliver analytical applications that require accurate, consistent, and timely information from across the enterprise.
Decisionism customers span a variety of industries and include major sites such as Adlink, AirTouch International, Bank of America, Circle International, Fluor Daniel (a subsidiary of Fluor), Gilroy Foods (a division of ConAgra), IBM, Nissan Motor Co., Nordstrom and U S WEST Information Technologies. Decisionism sells Aclue and its support, training and consulting services directly to end user organizations, and through selected value-added resellers, systems integrators and business partners. Decisionism is a privately held company financed by a group of leading institutional venture capital investors. Additional information about the company and product is available from Decisionism's Web site, http://www.decisionism.com or by calling (303) 938-8805.