Software AG announces Data Mart package; Dmart offers low cost, easy-to-use, scalable data access solution for business users

Business Wire, April 15, 1996

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 15, 1996--Software AG, one of the world's largest independent software companies, today at DB/Expo announced Dmart, its low-cost, data mart package. Dmart bundles ESPERANT, an easy-to-use query and reporting tool, and ADABAS D, a low-cost, high-powered database, with consulting and educational services that can deliver a working data mart within 10 days.

Data marts store data that has been tailored to a specific group of users or applications on a single database where it can be quickly analyzed, speeding up the decision making process. Typically, data marts are driven by business units such as marketing, customer information systems, finance or sales departments, which require an easily available, consistent and ready-to-use format for data access. "With Dmart, departmental users have a data mart package that is available today to deliver easy data access to solve their business problems," said Mike Schiff, director of Software AG's Data Management Program. "Unlike other data mart products, Dmart comes with a services component that includes data modeling to ensure that the data content will satisfy users' information requirements. In addition, our services package customizes the design so that users populate the data mart with the data they need, enabling them to immediately address their decision support requirements."

Software AG's ADABAS D provides an ideal database for data marts, as it offers a high level of functionality at a low cost, and can be administered and maintained by end-users. Introduced in the US in August 1995, ADABAS D is the only relational database management system (RDBMS) designed with data distribution built-in, not added on. ADABAS D is a fast, high-performance database, recently achieving record-setting results in an SAP/DEC Alpha benchmark test. Easy to use, ADABAS D efficiently utilizes system resources and is portable across Windows NT, UNIX and OS/2 platforms. Additionally, ADABAS D's ODBC interface makes it open to the most popular desktop tools, and with its OfficePlus client product, allows for seamless integration with the Microsoft Office suite of products. For query and reporting, Dmart uses ESPERANT, an award-winning tool featuring expert technology that allows business users to access data without learning SQL. ESPERANT displays queries as clear English sentences, guiding end-users through an intuitive process that transparently joins data from multiple sources into a single query. SQL Expert, ESPERANT's powerful, rule-based system, assures query accuracy and protects users from generating incorrect information. Using ESPERANT's Executive Desktop function, users can build icons for frequent queries and instant, point-and-click accessibility.

Dmart is available now. Pricing for a fully-implemented system starts at $25,000, and includes software and 10-days of on-site consulting, data modeling and training services. ADABAS D requires a Windows NT, UNIX or OS/2 server; and ESPERANT requires a 386 (or faster) IBM-compatible PC, MS-DOS 3.3 and Microsoft Windows 3.1.

For more information, call (800) 843-9534 ext. 150, or access http://www.sagus.com.

Software AG

Software AG, founded in 1969 and headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, is the 10th largest independent software company in the world with annual revenues of $552 million. Software AG markets its products and services in 80 countries worldwide. Software AG Americas, based in Reston, Virginia, markets the company's database, application development, Internet and middleware products to Fortune 500 companies and federal, state and local government agencies. -0-

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Software AG, (703) 391-6946

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