VantageSource To Resell Gentia Software's Business Intelligence Environment and Associated Analytical Applications

Business Wire, June 9, 1998

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 9, 1998--

VantageSource to provide Gentia's technology as part of

enterprise-wide analytical application solutions

Gentia Software today announced it signed a reseller agreement with VantageSource LLP that will make Gentia's Business Intelligence (BI) environment and associated analytical applications available to VantageSource's customers.

VantageSource, which is a member firm of Andersen Worldwide SC and is affiliated with Arthur Andersen, will offer Gentia's products to customers deploying data warehouses and large-scale analytical applications. VantageSource works with Arthur Andersen, one of the Big Six global professional services organizations, to bring together comprehensive business and technology solutions that meet clients' needs. VantageSource will initially provide Gentia's BI environment and applications to customers in the U.S. and Canada. In the future, the two companies plan to extend the relationship to the U.K., Europe and South Africa.

"This partnership will significantly increase Gentia's access to organizations that need analytical applications to help them manage their business. The combination of Gentia's analytical and performance management applications with the consulting expertise of VantageSource and its affiliates in designing and building analytical applications, will provide customers with a more accurate way to measure and manage their business performance," said Win Burke, vice president of strategic alliances at Gentia Software.

Gentia Software's BI development environment, Gentia 4.0, enables companies to rapidly build BI systems for enterprise-wide deployment, such as strategic feedback and performance management applications. These systems enable organizations to analyze and monitor information so they can make accurately informed business decisions.

About VantageSource

VantageSource and Arthur Andersen are Authorized Business Partners for many leading computer hardware and softwarone contact for both business consulting and technology implementation, Arthur Andersen and VantageSource, together, bring the "total solution" to bear in meeting AA clients' business and technology needs. VantageSource is also the5 customers includes JP Morgan and Company, Citibank, Volvo, McDonald's Restaurants, Heineken Export Group, Fortis, Swiss Reinsurance and Sun Microsystems. The company h KEYWORD: MASSACHUSETTS

INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMED COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS

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