Ardent Software SA, the data management and e-analytical software company, has announced a value added reseller agreement with Associated Computer Solutions (ACS).
Samantha Blignaut, director of the business intelligence (BI) division of ACS, a Siltek company, says, "the addition of Ardent products to our BI offering extends our range of services and products to include Datastage. It will open new opportunities as it offers unmatched functionality and cuts data warehouse development time."
ACS is well-known for its financial, distribution and manufacturing software, ACS Embrace. With an established customer base, the BI division was started two years ago as the need for business intelligence applications was recognised by ACS as a strategic necessity. Since then, ACS-BI has extended its customer base to non-Embrace users, becoming a serious contender in the BI industry.
Denzil de Klerk, product manager at Ardent Software SA comments on the opportunities presented, "ACS has the opportunity to cross-sell to its existing customer base and with its experience in several markets it is ideally placed to service new customers very well."
Blignaut points out that ACS has the advantage of the complete infrastructure necessary to support BI customers. "With ACS` fifteen years experience in the IT industry we have the training facilities, customer helpdesk and considerable business and technical expertise. Ardent`s Datastage adds to our competencies. It makes it easy to transfer data from any source to any target database, with specialised data warehouse design, data extraction and automation of data transfer. Ardent will be backing us with international support and training."
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