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Crystal Decisions announces global xSP partnerships

By PR Connections
Johannesburg, 24 May 2001

Crystal Decisions, an information infrastructure company that is a market leader in reporting, analysis and information delivery, today announced 12 partnerships with leading service providers (xSPs). Crystal Decisions` world-class technologies are attracting service providers who want to offer their customers market-leading reporting, analysis, and information delivery technologies.

"Partnering with Crystal Decisions gives us a comprehensive platform for developing an integrated reporting and analysis solution for accessing data across these applications," said Lorenzo Martinelli, vice president of account management, sales and marketing for AristaSoft Corporation, a vertical service provider of integrated application outsourcing for select high-tech electronics companies. "Our high-tech customers require access, reporting and analysis of this data in order to improve decision-making, identify opportunities and manage performance."

"We evaluated a number of ebusiness intelligence vendors as prospective partners," said David Pinkert, vice president of product management for The TriZetto Group, Inc, the leading ASP focused solely on the healthcare industry. "Crystal Decisions is a clear leader both in terms of technology and understanding our ASP business model. They have a clearly defined program that meets our requirements for adding valuable best-of-class solutions to our core healthcare services. They are committed to serving the xSP market. Their commitment will speed the delivery of these solutions to our customers."

Crystal Decisions offers a global Crystal xSP Partner Program for xSP vendors looking to provide their customers with Crystal Decisions` market-leading reporting, analysis and information delivery technologies including Crystal Reports and Crystal Enterprise. The new program offers two levels of partnership - Certified and Authorised - and is designed to support xSP solutions in areas such as Financials, HR, CRM, e-business, ERP, SFA, SCM, Oracle, Lotus and Data Warehousing. The program has been specifically tailored for service providers who build or host high-quality business solutions. Crystal Decisions xSP partners benefit from the program`s flexible pricing model, superior technical, sales and marketing support and access to expert product training, certification and services.

"The Crystal xSP Partner Program gives service providers a clear competitive advantage needed to distinguish themselves in a rapidly expanding xSP market," said John Fraissinet, vice president of channel sales and marketing at Crystal Decisions. "By providing xSPs with a highly customisable Web-native infrastructure to access data systems and distribute secure, interactive, reports, we can increase productivity and reduce costs for the xSP, their customers and partners."

Crystal Decisions retains strong partnerships with xSP vendors worldwide that are delivering winning solutions to customers with the help of Crystal Decisions:

For more information

For additional information or to speak with an xSP Alliance representative, phone 1-800-877-2340 (North America) or 1-604-681-3435 (International), or visit the Crystal Decisions Web site at www.crystaldecisions.com/partners/programs/xsp.asp

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Crystal Decisions, formerly Seagate Software, is a privately held Seagate company owned by a group of investors that include Silver Lake Partners and Texas Pacific Group. Crystal Decisions is an information infrastructure company, which provides award-winning reporting, analysis, and information delivery solutions. The company`s world-class products are used by millions of customers in thousands of companies worldwide and include, Crystal Analysis, Crystal Enterprise, Crystal Reports and Holos. Crystal Decisions can be found on the Web at www.crystaldecisions.com

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