Informix and HP Announce Sysix as First Implementation Partner in Certified Data Warehousing Program

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Informix Corporation, a technology leader in enterprise database-powered solutions, has announced Sysix Technologies as the first implementation partner in its Informix/HP Certified Data Warehousing Program (CDW). Sysix, a full-service integrator for IT solutions, will offer pre-tested and pre-configured data warehousing solutions, reducing costs and streamlining the delivery of data warehousing architecture design and implementation for its customers. This partnership is a significant milestone for Informix and HP, reaffirming their commitment to delivering successful data warehousing implementations.

Key Takeaways:

  • Sysix becomes the first implementation partner in the Informix/HP Certified Data Warehousing Program (CDW), offering pre-tested and pre-configured data warehousing solutions.
  • CDW aims to save time and money for customers by reducing the complexity, cost, and risks of data warehousing implementation, design, and upkeep.
  • Sysix participation in CDW offers customers an unprecedented data warehousing performance guarantee, extended when customers work with Sysix as their "one-stop-shop" data warehousing integrator and provider of CDW components.
  • CDW combines pre-tested and pre-configured data warehousing features with Sysix's expertise, allowing businesses to focus on optimizing their data warehouse to reduce costs, increase revenues, and enhance profitability.
  • Sysix's participation in CDW is expected to cut implementation time for their consultants by a significant amount, eliminating hundreds of hours in building, designing, installing, and maintaining data warehouses.
  • Sysix brings a proven track record of successful data warehouse configuration, testing, and implementations to the CDW program, with extensive Informix Red Brick Warehouse experience and status as a HP OpenWarehouse partner.
  • As a CDW partner, Sysix can deliver complete end-to-end data warehouse solutions, leveraging Informix Decision Frontier Solution Suite, which includes world-class database engines, data-extraction, transformation, and loading tools, and a complete ROLAP environment for multidimensional data analysis and administration.
  • CDW includes other key components such as Seagate Crystal Info, HP's high-performance UNIX system and NT enterprise servers, high-availability products, and scalable storage solutions.
  • Sysix Technologies is a full-service system integrator and consulting firm, celebrating its 11th year in business, with services including Data Warehousing, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Applications, and Electronic Commerce.

Statistics:

  • 11 years of experience as a full-service system integrator and consulting firm
  • Customers in 40 states, several installations in Europe and Canada
  • Elimination of hundreds of hours in building, designing, installing, and maintaining data warehouses
  • Reduction of costs and streamlining of data warehousing architecture design and implementation
  • Data warehousing performance guarantee extended to customers working with Sysix
  • Combination of pre-tested and pre-configured data warehousing features with Sysix's expertise to optimize data warehouse performance
  • Sysix qualified as a UNIX and NT "Master Level" reseller by Hewlett-Packard

Sources:

  • Informix Corporation press release, May 26, 1999
  • Sysix Technologies press release, May 26, 1999
  • Informix news releases available at Business Wire's NewsOnDemand fax service: 1-800-356-0851