New Levels of Scalability With IBM DB2 Version 8
SAN MATEO, Calif., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- E.piphany, Inc.
(Nasdaq: EPNY), a full-suite provider of customer relationship management
(CRM) solutions, today announced that E.piphany Marketing and Analytics
software products now have enhanced support for IBM's DB2 Universal Database,
Enterprise Server Edition Version 8, providing new levels of scalability for
the world's largest and most demanding data management environments. The
announcement was made in conjunction with today's launch of the
E.piphany 6.5 CRM software suite.
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"Companies that market to and provide service for millions of customers
face extraordinary challenges managing the extreme volumes of data necessary
for success in today's integrated customer interaction environments," said
Michael Trigg, vice president of Product Marketing and Product Management at
E.piphany. "These data management issues can over-burden IT departments, and
often present a substantial barrier to effective marketing for large
organizations. The E.piphany Marketing software solution has a long history of
working in the most demanding customer data environments, and that leadership
is significantly enhanced with support for IBM's newest database."
The enhanced support of DB2 Universal Database Version 8 allows E.piphany
Marketing software applications to provide highly efficient query performance
against the largest customer databases. E.piphany Marketing and Analytics
applications take advantage of the partitioning and clustering capabilities of
DB2 Universal Database Version 8, and combine with IBM's DB2 database software
to provide customers with the ability to incrementally scale to match growing
needs. E.piphany Marketing applications also leverage the DB2 Universal
Database Version 8 bulk data load utility to provide the fastest performance
in data loading.
"IBM has always been known for our leadership in providing customers with
the most scalable and reliable database technology," said Tony Rummans, vice
president of Business Development, IBM Data Management Solutions. "The
combination of E.piphany software solutions and DB2 Universal Database
provides customers with the assurance they need to run the most demanding
business environments."
Built on the industry's most modern, J2EE service-oriented architecture,
the E.piphany 6.5 software suite delivers a new family of CRM applications
that blend marketing, sales and service functions, enabling businesses to
deliver a consistent, positive customer experience across the enterprise. The
release of the E.piphany 6.5 software suite also introduces the E.piphany
Customer Relationship Backbone, which offers enterprises the ability to unify
customer data, customer intelligence, and customer-centric business processes
across all departments, divisions, and systems.
Pricing and Availability
The entire E.piphany(R) E.6(TM) product suite will be available
concurrently as part of the release of the E.piphany 6.5 software suite.
General availability of the E.piphany 6.5 software suite is scheduled for
November 14, 2003. The E.piphany E.6 software products are sold as a
perpetual license with pricing typically starting at $250,000. Pricing is
based on the number of user seats and the size of the customer base.
About E.piphany
The E.piphany(R) E.6(TM) CRM software suite enables global organizations
to align touchpoints, processes and technologies around the customer. Built on
the industry's most advanced, service-oriented architecture, the
E.piphany 6.5 software solution creates benefits that cross departments and
geographies, and result in rapid, measurable ROI. With the
E.piphany 6.5 suite of Marketing, Sales and Service software solutions, every
customer interaction is driven by real-time intelligence, enabling businesses
to better understand their customers and optimize every interaction from both
a revenue generation and customer retention viewpoint. More than
460 companies, including nearly 40 of the Fortune 100, use E.piphany software
products to enhance their customers' experiences while, at the same time,
realizing the companies' business objectives. With worldwide headquarters in
San Mateo, CA, E.piphany serves customers in more than 40 countries worldwide.
For more information, visit us at http://www.epiphany.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding the
release of E.piphany software products with enhanced support for IBM's DB2
Universal Database software Enterprise Server Edition Version 8 database and
results that may be achieved using such products. The success of the products
described above and the future operating results of E.piphany may differ from
the results discussed or forecasted in the forward-looking statements.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: delays in the
product development cycle; compatibility of the E.piphany software products
with the other software programs; delays in market and customers' acceptance
and implementation of the E.piphany software products; risks associated with
new versions and new products; existence of errors or defects in products;
significant current and expected additional competition; and the need to
continue to expand product distribution and services offerings. These factors
and others are described in more detail in the Company's public reports filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, such as those discussed in the
"Risk Factors" section included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K,
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and in the Company's prior press releases.
E.piphany assumes no duty to update any statements made in this press release.
NOTE: E.piphany and the E.piphany logo are registered trademarks and E6
is a trademark of E.piphany, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of
their respective owners.
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