Ardent Software & Business Objects UK Partner To Deliver Complete Data Warehouse Sols
Ardent Software and Business Objects, two of the biggest names in the data warehousing marketplace, have broadened their working relationship and signed a partnership agreement. Business Objects' UK consultants can now also use Ardent's DataStage ETL tool in data warehousing projects delivered to customers in the UK and throughout Europe. The agreement is designed to increase customer choice and provide Business Objects' consultants with the capability to offer the full range of data warehousing technologies to solve customers' specific data warehousing needs.
Initiative provides customers with low cost data warehousing solutions using integrated and leading edge data management and enterprise decision support tools. The company offers a series of packaged data marts and a range of data warehousing consultancy services which reduce the risks and costs for organisations undertaking data warehousing projects and helps derive swift business benefit. These services are delivered using a Rapid Data Warehouse Methodology and can incorporate extraction, transformation and data management technologies from a range of vendors. With this new agreement, Ardent joins the Business Objects UK Rapid Data Warehouse Initiative.
"This partnership is in direct response to our customers' demands for complete data warehousing solutions. Our consultants are being asked to deliver the complete range of solutions from rapid data marts to complete end-to-end data warehouses, and that means being able to offer both the data access and data extraction, transformation and loading tools. Being able to offer integrated tools ensures quick and efficient implementation and low cost of ownership," said Tony Heyworth, marketing director for Business Objects UK. "Through our participation in Ardent's MetaConnect Cooperative, we now offer the highest levels of integration between our tools that results in excellent meta data sharing which reduces the overall cost of maintenance to customers."
Kim Lewin, Ardent's vice president for Northern Europe, said: "We are delighted to announce the development of our partnership with Business Objects. Business Objects offers the most comprehensive business intelligence tool available in the market today. The combination of DataStage's data warehouse creation and population capabilities and Business Objects' world-class business intelligence solutions will result in a very powerful offering for companies deploying large-scale data warehouses. Business Objects delivers real value to organisations in terms of providing customers the choice of best of breed technology from two market leaders."
The two companies have an established working relationship. Business Objects joined Ardent's MetaConnect Cooperative for enterprise metadata integration in 1998, an initiative designed to ensure that users of decision support and other data management tools directly share metadata throughout the data management environment. Similarly, Ardent is a Business Objects Technology Alliance Partner.
Business Objects is a leading provider of integrated enterprise decision support tools. Business Objects products provide non-technical business users with access to information stored in data warehouses, data marts, and packaged business applications. Business Objects provides a complete suite of decision support tools including query, reporting, online analytical processing, data mining, and DSS administration for both client/server and internet environments. Business Objects has sold more than 1,317,000 licenses to over 8,600 organisations in more than 60 countries worldwide. Business Objects may be reached on the world wide web at http://www.businessobjects.com.
Ardent Software is a leading global data management software company. Ardent develops and markets data integration software for data warehouse and analytical applications, and embedded databases and tools for developing and deploying packaged operational applications. With worldwide sales and service operations, and 1,000 resellers in more than 50 countries, Ardent is one of the top software companies in the world. More than 60,000 customers and 2.2 million users in virtually every aspect of business and government use applications powered by Ardent's products and technologies to solve their complex data management problems. Ardent is headquartered in Westboro, Massachusetts. For more information, visit Ardent's web site at http://www.ardentsoftware.com.