Lockheed Martin ACC Selects Information Advantage as OLAP Provider for Data Warehouse EXPRESSway Program

Business Wire, August 26, 1997

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 26, 1997--Lockheed Martin Advanced Concepts Center(TM) (ACC(TM)) announced Tuesday that it has added DecisionSuite(TM) and DecisionCenter(TM) from Information Advantage, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise on-line analytical processing (OLAP) software, to the portfolio of products and services available to its clients through the ACCs Data Warehouse EXPRESSway(TM) program.

Based on the ACCs experience in designing and implementing some of the worlds largest database structures and data warehouse solutions, Data Warehouse EXPRESSway assists organizations with their data warehousing initiatives by helping the enterprise in developing a proof-of-concept demonstration, preparing a long-range data warehousing strategy, and providing knowledge-transfer training for internal staff.

For clients participating in the EXPRESSway program, DecisionSuite and DecisionCenter from Information Advantage will provide the software and a hands-on workshop to rapidly prototype data warehousing solutions.

DecisionCenter provides the level of hands-on experience that the ACC strives to deliver to our EXPRESSway clients. In addition to enabling rapid delivery of a working prototype, DecisionCenter provides an interactive development and knowledge-transfer environment, pointed out Kevin Boettcher, director of strategic partnerships for the ACC.

The Information Advantage environment, product line, and knowledgeable staff meet the exacting criteria established for all Data Warehouse EXPRESSway offerings.

As OLAP applications become more complex and deployed enterprise-wide, education has become a critical factor for success, said Mary Trick, vice president of client services at Information Advantage. The strength of the Data Warehouse EXPRESSway offering lies in its focus on mentoring and training.

DecisionCenter provides an environment for companies to both continue their OLAP and data warehousing application and test those concepts that they have already learned.

About the Advanced Concepts Center

The Advanced Concepts Center is the advanced technology component of Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Technologies (IS&T). IS&T is a premier provider of commercial information technology solutions and an integral element of Lockheed Martin Management & Data Systems (M&DS).

M&DS has a 30-year tradition of providing integrated information solutions and services to a growing government and commercial market. With headquarters in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, IS&T draws on M&DS systems integration expertise in identifying, developing, and deploying strategic information systems.

IS&T provides clients with a full range of open-systems information technology, project management, and consulting services. Clients can leverage IS&Ts depth in leading-edge technologies to better align their business strategy with their technology investment.

As a cornerstone of IS&T, the Advanced Concepts Center provides object-oriented tools, mentoring, and training based on all the major object methods - UML, OMT, Booch, and Objectory. The Advanced Concepts Centers web site is http://www.lmco.com/acc .

About Information Advantage

Information Advantage Inc. develops and markets DecisionSuite, the worlds leading enterprise OLAP software applications and toolset.

DecisionSuite, an award-winning solution, allows everyone in the organization to make more informed decisions with advanced business analysis tools, detect and alert agents, liberal sharing of dynamic information for collaborative decision making, and a suite of personalized applications for executives, professionals, and analysts.

Additionally, WebOLAP - an extension of DecisionSuite - gives users the ability to perform OLAP analysis over the World Wide Web. Information Advantage products have been proven in production environments since 1991 across industries such as retail, insurance, healthcare, telecommunications, government, and manufacturing.

For the second consecutive year, Information Advantage is the only relational OLAP vendor on Open Systems Advisors Crossroads A-List to receive the AA-rating, the highest bestowed. This news release and additional documents concerning Information Advantage can be found in electronic format on the World Wide Web at http://www.p2pr.com .

DecisionSuite and WebOLAP are trademarks of Information Advantage Inc. All trademarks, registered trademarks, and service marks are the property of their respective owners. -0- For more information, contact: Lockheed Martin Advanced Concepts Center 640 Freedom Business Center, King of Prussia, PA 19406 Tel. 610/992-6200 or 800/438-7246, Fax 610/992-6299 e-mail solutions@lmco.com web site: http://www.lmco.com/acc

CONTACT: Lockheed Martin ACC

Paul Mancini, 610/992-6286

paul.mancini@lmco.com

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Al Paul Lefton Company

Grant Evans, 215/351-4210

grantevans@lefton.com

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Information Advantage

Kay Suneson, 612/833-3700

kay.suneson@infoadvan.com

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Phase Two Strategies

Carolyn Holck Brown, 415/772-8415

c_holck_brown@p2pr.com