Sagent Unveils UNIX Strategy for the Sagent Solution; Sagent Ships High Performance Data Load Server for Sun Solaris

Business Wire, Sept 20, 1999

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 1999--

Sagent Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGNT), a leading provider of Internet business intelligence solutions, today announced plans to extend the Sagent product line to the UNIX platform. Sagent is delivering on this strategy by also announcing the immediate availability of the Sagent Data Load Server for Sun Solaris(R).

Scheduled for release in the first half of 2000, a new version of the Sagent Solution will be the first Internet business intelligence system offering end-to-end UNIX support. As part of this strategy, Sagent is making its powerful Data Load, Data Access, and WebLink servers available on Solaris. The Sagent Solution is a leading end-to-end system built on an integrated, multi-server architecture. The Data Load server enables users to acquire information stored in corporate data sources, process it, and load it into a data warehouse. Data Access and WebLink servers allow users to then view reports and analysis, enabling quick and easy access to this business-critical information over the Web.

The Sagent Data Load server allows Solaris customers to take advantage of the company's proprietary high-performance technology for extracting, transforming and loading large volumes of data from disparate data sources. The Data Load Server simplifies the creation of data stores by leveraging Sagent's data flow technology. This intuitive technology provides a powerful, visual-programming environment to import data from multiple sources, perform complex transformations and load data into multiple targets for simple, fast organization of information.

"With today's offering of the Sagent Data Load server for Solaris, the Solaris enterprise user base can now take advantage of the powerful Sagent Data Load technology for their complex data movement projects," said Ken Gardner, president and CEO, Sagent Technology. "We are committed to deliver an end-to-end solution running on the Solaris platform. The Sagent Solution available in both the UNIX and NT environments will further enhance the value of our customers' data warehouse investments by allowing them to efficiently integrate corporate data across heterogeneous platforms."

Sagent Professional Services Group is also offering customers consulting and training programs to ensure successful deployment of the Sagent Solution in the UNIX environment.

About Sagent Technology

Founded in 1995, Sagent Technology (Nasdaq: SGNT) is a leading provider of Web-based enterprise intelligence software and services for competitive enterprises. The company's Sagent Solution is a comprehensive, single-source software platform for acquiring, organizing and distributing information to all levels of business users over the Web and throughout the enterprise. Sagent has provided competitive enterprise intelligence solutions to such market leaders as JP Morgan, MCI, BellSouth, Jiffy Lube, Barnes & Noble, Sony Online Entertainment, Pharmaceutical Care Network (PCN), Boeing Credit Union, and AT&T. The company has several strategic relationships, including Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq: MSFT), Compaq (NYSE: CPQ), ADP (NYSE: AUD) Advent (Nasdaq:ADVS), IBM (NYSE: IBM), USinternetworking, and Ralph Kimball Associates. Sagent is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and can be reached at www.sagent.com.

Sagent is a registered trademark of Sagent Technology, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.