WESTMONT, Ill. – November 30, 1999 – Silvon Software, Inc. today announced that it has joined Microsoft's Data Warehousing Alliance 2000 Initiative and will supporting new technical specifications for the Microsoft® Data Warehousing Framework, – an open architecture for data warehouse solution development. Silvon DataTracker, the core element of Silvon’s Business Intelligence Application Suite, is being enhanced to support Microsoft’s OLE DB for OLAP and to incorporate the common infrastructure and interoperability benefits of Microsoft's Repository 2.0 and Open Information Model (OIM).
"Microsoft’s Data Warehousing Framework promotes solution interoperability, which is a key component of the business intelligence applications that we deliver to our customers on Microsoft SQL Server 7.0," said John Hughes, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Silvon. "Establishing an open platform enables our clients can to gain more from the solutions we offer in the areas of Customer Relationship Management, Product Profitability Analysis, Category Management, Vendor Management and Trade Funds/ Promotion Management. Microsoft’s Data Warehouse Framework helps us deliver faster, more robust business intelligence applications that offer a low cost of ownership to our customers."
"Silvon’s Application Foundation will leverage the Microsoft Data Warehousing Framework and be a great gain for Silvon’s customers by delivering greater application functionality to a wider number of end user decision makers, tighter integration with enterprise solutions, and gains the benefits of being on a scalable platform like Microsoft SQL Server 7.0," said Andrew Hoover, Group Industry Marketing Manager, Microsoft Business Intelligence/Data Warehousing Division. "We are pleased that Silvon has embraced and will be extending the technology behind our Data Warehousing Framework for the benefit of our mutual customers worldwide."
The Data Warehousing Framework is a set of services provided in SQL server 7.0 that vendors integrate into their applications to become members in Microsoft’s expanded Data Warehousing Alliance program. The Microsoft Data Warehousing Framework consists of technologies such as the Microsoft Repository, OLE DB, Data Transformation Services and OLAP Services. By integrating with the Microsoft Data Warehousing Framework customers are able to integrate data warehousing tools from multiple vendors to create custom solutions.
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Silvon Software is a global supply chain-focused business intelligence solutions provider headquartered in the western Chicago suburb of Westmont, Illinois. For the past 12 years Silvon has been delivering multi-platform analytic applications to enterprises within the manufacturing, wholesale/distribution and retail industry segments. These applications are driven by the Silvon DataTracker application foundation, which stores and maintains large volumes of data in an efficient, highly scalable format for enterprise-wide access and viewing by business users and decision makers. Silvon DataTracker is currently installed in more than 1,200 sites worldwide and supported by a network of OEMs, value-added resellers and independent distributors.