Sage Communications announces consulting partnership with Tandem Computer's Telecom Division

Business Wire, May 1, 1995

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 1995--Sage Communications Corp. of Scottsdale, Ariz. and Tandem Computers Inc. of Cupertino, Calif., Monday announced a partnership agreement to deliver high-end decision support and data warehouse consulting and implementation expertise worldwide.

With the formation of this alliance, Sage Communications will be opening its first international office in London during May, to be staffed initially by the Managing Director of Sage International, John Puhl, formerly with AT&T GIS.

As a Tandem Alliance Partner, Sage will complement Tandem's pioneering parallel processing solutions with consulting and support personnel to aid in decision support planning, data sourcing and categorizing, modeling, piloting, and system design and implementation. For public carriers and service providers who have incorporated decision support solutions into their business models, the Tandem platform employs an array of unique architectural features that greatly accelerate throughput for small to complex system queries.

Steve Gordon, Sage Vice President of Sales and Marketing, said, "Sage is extremely pleased to partner with Tandem because it has a valuable twenty year technology track record and can solve critical, large-scale decision support data warehouse problems today. Sage encounters many users facing terabyte-sized database problems, and Tandem has the answer they have been waiting for."

"This new partnership links us to a proven decision support solutions provider whose knowledge of and success in the telecommunications industry is outstanding," said Jim Murphy, Tandem Communications Division's director of decision support systems. "As users around the globe continue to reap the benefits of our massively parallel Himalaya commercial servers, we will work closely with Sage's consultants and design experts to bring strategic and tactical know-how to our mutual customers."

Tandem Computers Inc. (NYSE:TDM) is the leader in continuously available, open, parallel processing, reliable client/server solutions, decision support systems, and enterprise networks. The company manufactures, markets, and provides services and systems ranging from the desktop to the data center, as well as software to deliver complete customer solutions. Tandem, founded in 1974 and headquartered in Cupertino, is a Fortune 500 company with offices worldwide.

Sage Communications Corp. comprises the largest independent knowledge base of decision support specialists with practical experience in communications companies. Founded in 1994, Sage consultants have implemented solutions at US regional bell operating companies, US IXC carriers and numerous independent and international communications companies.

CONTACT: Sage Communications Corp.

Lorraine Scheiman, 602/905-2321

or

Tandem Computers Inc.

Bob Major, 408/285-6176