AppsCo Achieves Partner Status In Microsoft Alliance

AppsCo, a UK-based provider of data mart design and analytic application development solutions for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0, announced it has achieved Partner status in the Microsoft Data Warehousing Alliance (DWA) 2000. Achieving Partner status, the highest level possible, indicates that AppsMart conforms to the highest level of support for Microsoft's Data Warehousing Framework and ensures it is fully integrated with Microsoft SQL Server 7.0, Microsoft Office 2000 and the Microsoft Windows NT platform.

AppsMart, which AppsCo introduced to the U.S. market last month, was certified under Microsoft's Data Warehousing Build and Management Tools category, consisting of solutions that are primarily focused on data movement and transformation from source databases into a data warehouse. Using AppsMart it is possible to start your design using an analytic application template, iterate the application design to meet your requirements, and deploy the solution to Microsoft SQL Server 7.0. AppsMart includes features for star schema design and deployment, automatic population of the data mart with sample data and OLAP Services cubes, data transformation services (DTS), as well as Microsoft Office2000 reports and documentation.

In addition, AppsMart features integration with Microsoft Repository, a component of SQL Server 7.0 that provides life-cycle management services to store and share software components along with their descriptive information. AppsMart's tight integration with Microsoft Repository ensures it can be integrated with leading business intelligence and OLAP tools to provide high-end and data mining over those capabilities provided by those in Microsoft Office 2000.

"AppsCo has worked diligently to achieve an extremely high level of integration with Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and Office 2000, said Andrew Hoover, group industry manager of business intelligence and data warehousing for Microsoft. "AppsMart greatly reduces the time and cost associated with data mart and analytic application development, enabling small to medium sized companies that previously lacked the expertise or budget to rapidly implement powerful data warehousing solutions on SQL Server 7.0 that provide significant business value and a quick return on investment."

For more information, visit http://www.appsco.com.