Cognos(TM) Query and Reporting Product Optimizes Power and Functionality In
Red Brick DecisionScape(SM) Environment
Enables Quick Access to Detailed Data for Powerful Decision-Making
LOS GATOS, Calif., June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Red Brick(R) Systems, Inc.
(Nasdaq: REDB), The Data Warehouse Company(R), today announced support for
Cognos(TM) Impromptu(R) 5.0, a major upgrade to Cognos' core query and
reporting product. Impromptu 5.0 provides more power for report authors. The
product now offers the unique ability to create systems of reports geared to
enterprise reporting applications, with a powerful combination of sub-reports
and report-to-report drill through.
Impromptu 5.0 highly leverages the advanced data warehousing functionality
available to Red Brick DecisionScape(SM) customers and partners. Red Brick
DecisionScape, a comprehensive, integrated environment of products, services,
methodology and partnerships for decision support, includes Red Brick's unique
RISQL(R) functionality which extends industry-standard structured query
language (SQL) to enable complex, sophisticated analysis of the detail data in
Red Brick Warehouse, Red Brick's flagship relational database management
system designed for data warehousing. Accurate results are returned quickly
without reducing query complexity or sacrificing performance. Business
analysts using Impromptu 5.0 and Red Brick DecisionScape products have the
advantage of a highly flexible query and reporting environment that accesses
the most detailed data in small, highly complex to enterprise-wide data
warehouses.
"Cognos has been recognized for its strong leadership in the business
intelligence tools market," said John Reid, senior director of Business
Development at Red Brick. "The added features and functionality in Impromptu
5.0 represent continued support for data warehousing customers who demand a
market window for competitive advantage. This can only be accomplished
through quick, accurate responses to complex queries of their corporate data.
Cognos' ability to extend Red Brick's strengths is a natural fit to the Red
Brick DecisionScape environment, and helps in the delivery of successful
decision support solutions for our customers and partners."
"Companies today want to work with leaders who partner to deliver
complete, best-of-breed solutions," said Paul Hill, vice president, Strategic
Alliances and Business Development. "Our inclusion in the Red Brick
DecisionScape environment delivers unique value to data warehousing customers.
Red Brick's support for our new version of Impromptu is a tremendous
endorsement of the product's unique strengths."
Red Brick offers world-class, server-integrated products in conjunction
with leading expertise and partnerships to assist its customers in successful
decision support projects. Its innovative technology and deep industry
knowledge have attracted renowned companies worldwide in retail, consumer
packaged goods, healthcare, telecommunications, finance and other markets.
Cognos Impromptu is the rich query and report authoring tool for the
Impromptu product family, expanded to include Impromptu Web Reports, a managed
reporting environment for intranet applications, and Impromptu Web Query, for
data exploration and online navigation of data in an intuitive, interactive
way.
About Cognos
Cognos is the leading strategic supplier of enterprise business
intelligence tools, allowing users to easily extract critical information
through data access, reporting, analysis and forecasting. Cognos products
consistently deliver the highest productivity gains to the user, the most
manageable solution to the administrator, and the fastest return on investment
(ROI) to the enterprise. Cognos also develops, markets and supports software
tools for enterprise application development. Founded in 1969, Cognos is a
publicly held company with offices around the world. U.S. operations for the
company are headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts. For more information,
visit Cognos' World Wide Web site at http://www.cognos.com.
About Red Brick
Red Brick Systems, Inc. is a premier provider of data warehousing
solutions. Through Red Brick DecisionScape, a comprehensive, integrated
environment of products, services, methodology and partnerships, Red Brick
helps its customers and partners improve the quality, speed and accuracy of
their business decision-making. Red Brick's leading expertise and innovative,
server-integrated technology deliver scalable decision support solutions for
data warehousing, data marts, OLAP and data mining. Red Brick is based in Los
Gatos, Calif., with 290 employees worldwide and FY97 annual revenues of
approximately $43 million.
Information about Red Brick is available on the World Wide Web at
http://www.redbrick.com. News releases and corporate background information may also
be retrieved by fax. For an index of available materials, please call
800-758-5804, and enter PIN #105756.
NOTE: Red Brick, the Red Brick logo, RISQL and The Data Warehouse Company
are registered trademarks and Red Brick DecisionScape is a service mark and
trademark of Red Brick Systems, Inc. COGNOS and IMPROMPTU are registered
trademarks of Cognos Inc. Other products mentioned in this document are
registered, trademarked, or service marked by their respective owners.
SOURCE Red Brick Systems, Inc.
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CONTACT:
Carolyn Hughes of Red Brick Systems, Inc.,
408-399-7216, or chughes@redbrick.com
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