IDC Ranks Silvon No. 1 In Revenue For Packaged Data Marts - Company Business and Marketing - Brief Article

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor, July 17, 2000

A report recently published by IDC, a leading research and analyst firm serving the IT industry, ranked Silvon as the leading vendor in terms of 1999 software license and maintenance revenue for the packaged data mart market, consisting of software products that combine support for data warehouse generation and management, data access, and information analysis in a single solution.

The report, entitled "Information Access Tools Market Forecast and Analysis, 2000-2004" ranked Silvon first in overall market share in the packaged data mart segment, which showed aggressive growth of almost 80 percent from 1998. Expected growth of the worldwide packaged data mart market was forecasted by IDC to reach $674.5 million by 2004.