US-based database and systems development company InterSystems has entered the South African market after clinching several multimillion-rand deals with government departments and private businesses.
"InterSystems has embarked on a global expansion programme as demand for its products has increased," says Henry Adams, country manager for the international company whose flagship product Cach'e, has over 4 million installed licence users and over 80 000 supported systems in 88 countries.
Cach'e is a post-relational database offering a fusion of objects and SQL (structured query language) data in a multidimensional engine which runs on most major platforms, including Windows, OpenVMS, Linux and Unix. Cach'e`s unified data architecture supports a full range of object modelling paradigms and can expose Cach'e objects as Java, ActiveX, or C++ objects, boosting productivity by allowing developers to use familiar tools. This reduces time to market for developers, offering an increased return on investment.
"The decision to open in SA was clinched when partners in this country closed several major deals, including the Western Cape Department of Health and the Department of Water Affairs, among others," Adams says.
Addressing the concerns of the South African market required some strategic thought, says Adams, who has over 20 years` local and international IT experience and who was head-hunted to lead the South African office.
"For example, we have already set up a training centre and started with a skills development programme and there are many competent developers who are looking for international exposure," Adams says. South African developers who want to use an already established international marketing network to acquire a global market are invited to contact InterSystems at its Rivonia office.
A single-user, time unlimited fully functional version of Cach'e is available at no charge from www.intersystems.com or on CD by request.
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Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, InterSystems Corporation (www.InterSystems.com) is the leading provider of high performance database systems for Web applications, with over four million users worldwide.
InterSystems` flagship product, Cach'e, is a post-relational database with a multidimensional data and application server offering ultra-fast and massively scalable objects and SQL. Cach'e features breakthrough rapid development technology for building objects and object applications. InterSystems is the database software leader in the healthcare sector, with Cach'e in use at the majority of major hospitals and labs around the world.
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