| Name: | Julie Andrews | Jay Chaudhry | Karen O'Brien |
| Company: | Alexander Communications | IQ Software | Pyramid Technology |
| Voice: | 404/897-2300 ext. 322 | 770/446-8880 | 408/428-9000 |
| Email: | jandrews@cis.compuserve.com | jayc@iqsc.com | kobrien@pyramid.com |
Atlanta (February 8, 1996) - IQ Software (NASDAQ: IQSW), a leading supplier of award winning client/server data access tools, today announced a strategic alliance with Pyramid Technology, a Siemens Nixdorf Informationssyteme AG (SNI) company, a leader in open enterprise systems, to participate in Pyramid/SNI's Smart Warehouse program. As a result of this agreement, IQ Software and Pyramid Technology/SNI, will cooperate on marketing and sales activities, including sales force training and seminars to provide more complete and integrated business solutions for Fortune 1000 data warehouse users.
“By working with Pyramid/SNI, we will help unleash the power of data warehousing to empower end-users,” said Jay Chaudhry, senior vice president of IQ Software. “IQ Software’s leading-edge business intelligence tools, coupled with Pyramid/SNI's high performance and scaleable enterprise servers, will provide superior solutions for IT professionals and business users at all levels of the organization.”
"Pyramid/SNI's Smart Warehouse program brings together leading technology companies to offer our customers access to complementary solutions from reliable, experienced data warehouse providers," said Boyd Pearce, vice president of marketing at Pyramid. "We are delighted to work with IQ Software, a company recognized as a leader in this area. IQ Software's comprehensive suite of end-user decision support tools, with its three-tier architecture, provide the scaleability and manageability required to support enterprise-wide deployments."
IQ Software's powerful line of client/server based solutions include:
Pyramid/SNI's Smart Warehouse transforms critical business functions such as customer service, marketing, product development and inventory management into significant competitive advantages. By providing companies with highly scaleable and open, front-line data warehousing solutions tailored to their specific needs, Smart Warehouse enables dramatic improvements in business operations.
This agreement, another in a series of important IQ Software partnerships with data warehousing and systems market leaders, is designed to provide comprehensive solutions that facilitate large-scale deployment of data access, analysis and reporting solutions. In addition to participating in strategic alliances with Pyramid/SNI, IQ Software works closely with Data General, Oracle, Red Brick, Sinper, Sybase, Unisys, and USoft.
About Pyramid Technology
Pyramid Technology -- A Siemens Nixdorf Company -- is a leading provider of scaleable enterprise servers delivering the industry's most complete range of UNIX solutions from the desktop to the data center. Together with parent company, Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems, Inc., the companies have a presence in 58 countries and more than 130,000 UNIX systems installed worldwide. Pyramid and Siemens Nixdorf's combined mid-range systems operations represent over $1.9 billion in sales worldwide and make the combined company one of the largest providers of systems in the mid-range UNIX server market. Pyramid provides premier strategic services for business-critical environments complemented by a full suite of professional programs and support tools that help customers successfully implement scaleable enterprise computing. Additional information is available on Pyramid's World Wide Web site at http://www.pyramid.com/.
About IQ Software
Founded in 1984 in Norcross, Georgia, IQ Software is the market leader in providing client/server data access solutions that deliver business intelligence to business users. IQ Software solutions are used worldwide by more than 1.5 million users to retrieve timely and accurate information to make better business decisions. IQ Software offers a complete software suite for end-user data access and reporting that includes IQ/Objects, IQ SmartServer, Intelligent Query, and IQ Access. Its products are sold by a direct sales force in North America and Europe, complemented by more than 900 software application developers and vertical market resellers. International distribution is handled by over 50 distributors and by its international subsidiaries.
For more information, IQ Software can be reached at:
3295 River Exchange Drive, Suite 550
Norcross, GA 30092 1-800-458-0386.
Internet: sales@iqsc.com or on the World Wide Web at http://www.iqsc.com
Intelligent Query, IQ/Objects and the IQ Software logo are registered trademarks of IQ Software Corporation. IQ and IQ SmartServer are trademarks of IQ Software Corporation. Pyramid is a registered trademark and Smart Warehouse is a trademark of Pyramid Technology. All other brands and products referenced herein are acknowledged to be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.