Sagent Technology and USinternetworking Partner to Deliver First Outsourced Web-Based Data Marts

Business Wire, July 22, 1998

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 22, 1998--Sagent Technology, Inc., provider of the leading turnkey solution for bringing data marts to the Web, and USinternetworking, Inc. (USi), an Internet Computing Services(SM) (ICS) company, today announced a partnership to deliver data mart-based decision support solutions over the Internet based on a fixed monthly subscription price model.

These data mart solutions will offer rapid return on investment, low risk, and predictable price/performance at a fraction of the cost of deploying an inhouse system. The new partnership is targeting the web-enabled data warehousing segment of the emerging market for branded outsourcing services, which overall is expected to grow to a $21.1 billion business by 2001, according to Forrester Research, Inc.

Combining Sagent's turnkey decision support product, the Sagent(R) Data Mart Solution, with Sagent's comprehensive Professional Services and USi's global network of mission-critical Internet data center facilities, makes advanced data warehousing possible for a broader segment of the market than ever before.

Organizations can now focus on their competencies, rather than the technical issues associated with deploying a decision support effort. Only Sagent and USi supply a tightly integrated software solution, specialized knowledge, and world-class technical infrastructure, that takes taking the concept of turnkey functionality to a new level.

"Sagent and USi are offering a unique capability -- a fast, simple way to implement data marts without the risks, up-front costs, and 'headaches' of in-house IT projects," said Ken Gardner, president and CEO of Sagent Technology. "Just finding the scarce design and implementation expertise can be a barrier to IT implementations. Sagent and USi remove that barrier and also provide a sophisticated, reliable hosting infrastructure. If you have a PC with a modem connected to a phone line, we can do the rest. It really is that simple. And using Sagent's pre-built data mart templates, development is fast."

"The USi/Sagent partnership represents something revolutionary in the information technology marketspace," said Chris Poelma, senior executive vice president and chief technology officer at USi. "By combining USi's robust data center infrastructure and telecomputing capability with Sagent's applications and domain expertise in delivering turnkey data marts, implementations that have historically taken years to complete are compressed into tightly packaged 30 and 60 day deliverables."

About Sagent Technology, Inc.

Sagent Technology was founded in June 1995 to make business data more usable by bringing it closer to decision-makers. The Sagent solution lets organizations bring data marts to the Web quickly and cost-effectively with a turnkey offering that includes best-of-breed products and comprehensive professional services.

Sagent is a privately-owned company that was co-founded by Ken Gardner and John Zicker. Its customers include Nations Bank, Home Savings of America, JP Morgan, MCI, Bell South, ValueRX, Jiffy Lube and Eddie Bauer. The company has strategic relationships with Oracle Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, ADP, Advent, Unisys, and Ralph Kimball Associates. Sagent is funded by Crosspoint Venture Partners, El Dorado Ventures, Greylock Limited Partnerships, and U.S. Venture Partners.

About USinternetworking, Inc.

USi is an advanced Internet Computing Service(SM) (ICS) company headquartered in Annapolis, MD, to serve businesses' demands for improvements in the management of their information technology operations.

The ICS portfolio of communication services cost-effectively delivers leading packaged application software -- such as web-enabled customer service systems, sales force automation intranets, supply chain management extranets, and electronic commerce gateways -- seamlessly integrated with specialized Internet communications.

USi implements and supports ICS and maintains total responsibility for ensuring every aspect of the service is working at an optimum level for customers. The USi Global Network was engineered specifically to provide the highest performance delivery for web-based content and information to users worldwide.

Through an integration of the computing platform and the routed infrastructure, the USi Global Network is the most advanced in the world and connects the Internet backbones of North America, Europe and Asia. USiView(SM), a proprietary network management system, monitors and proactively manages the entire network end-to-end. For more information, USi's website can be found at www.usinternetworking.com.

Editor's note: Sagent's web site is located at www.sagenttech.com. Sagent is a registered trademark of Sagent Technology, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

CONTACT: USinternetworking, Inc.

Joanne Hellebrand, 410/897-4532

joanne.hellebrand@usinternetworking.com

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Lori Evans, 650/595-8776

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