Indias Kosmic Technology Group Chosen as Certified International Distributor by Canadas Databeacon Inc.

Kosmic Technology Solutions, a division of the Kosmic Group of Companies, has tied up with Databeacon, Inc. of Ottawa, Canada in a partnership that will enable a new class of business intelligence tools to be available in the Indian market to serve the needs of small and medium businesses. Kosmic will be announcing the availability of the Databeacon Smart Client 1.1 family of data analysis and reporting products for the Indian market at separate launch events in Chennai and Mumbai this week. The announcement seals Kosmics partnership as a Databeacon Certified International Distributor. Smart Client is featured and priced for management and business analysts in mid-market companies or departments of larger organizations typical of India that are seeking lower TCO (total cost of ownership), easy integration with existing I.T. infrastructure, faster adoption of self-serve explorable reports for better decisions making across enterprises.

(PRWEB) February 23, 2005 -- We have never seen a new partner as aggressive and market-ready as Kosmic Technology solutions," said Hans Galldin, Databeacons President and CEO. Nor have we seen an I.T. landscape as dynamic as Indias is right now. We believe that as small and medium businesses in India brace up to compete with best of breed organizations worldwide, our partnership with Kosmic will be a chief catalyst in transforming how Indian SMBs manage their business intelligence and make decisions that power their growth."

Databeacon Smart Client is available in a standard as well as professional edition, priced at levels that are significantly lower than other competing products. Completely compatible with Microsofts .NET Framework, Smart Client software offers multiple report views to ensure 100% adoption of self-serve explorable reports, unparalleled support for Windows desktop tools, and no-touch deployment. Further the suite of products is interoperable and supported across multiple server platforms and data sources, thus enabling seamless integration into existing IT datacenters.

According to analyst group AMI Partners, there are approximately 46,000 Indian mid-market companies with between 100 and 999 employees. Between them, these companies spent $2.91 billion on I.T. in 2004. Mid-market enterprises want fast, effective and affordable ways to serve the needs of Web-based users," said K.Muthiah, Director, Finance and Marketing, Kosmic Group. Databeacons no-touch smart client deployment of explorable reports is a great example of the kind of innovative products Kosmic Technology Solutions is introducing to deliver more value to Indian customers."

"We're most excited by Databeacons report viewer, called Databeacon Player," says Muthiah. "Leveraging Microsoft .NET, Databeacon Player offers an analytical reporting interface within the framework of a multimedia player that both business and professional users find easy to use and make keener decision with. Its an evolutionary breakthrough converting vast pools of data into usable information that can be utilized to form better decision chains that enhance an organizations strategic and tactical ability to get a leg up on the competition

In a recent study entitled, Profiling the Analytic End User for Business Intelligence, Forrester Research states that the vast majority (86 percent) of analytic end users are consumers of information, rather than producers of analysis. According to Keith Gile, Senior Analyst at Forrester, the key to a successful implementation is targeting the solution to the appropriate end user constituency. Like it or not, many business and casual users will be forced to produce their own reports. As this occurs, the lines blur between business users and casual users, encouraging departments to select the tools best suited to address the immediate needs of the producers within those departments," says Gile.

Databeacon Smart Client Professional and Smart Client Standard 1.1 use Databeacons Client OLAP Reporting Environment (CORE) to combine the best of rich client and thin client systems. Combined with the .NET Framework, Databeacons CORE technology vastly improves Web-based reporting and analysis experiences, while eliminating server loads and providing automatic end-user software upgrades.

The Databeacon Smart Client 1.1 product family extends its Latin-1 (ISO8859-1) language localization support to CJK (Chinese-Japanese-Korean) support, allowing Asian language users to apply advanced analytical capabilities to local language data.

Databeacon Smart Client Standard -- Databeacon Smart Client Standard 1.1 offers instant-on" deployment of reporting and data analysis from a Microsoft or Linux Web server to any PC with the .NET framework installed. Also included are three viewers designed to ensure 100% adoption: Databeacon Web Reporter for casual use information consumers, Databeacon Player for more frequent data explorers, and Databeacon Insight for power analysts and report designers.

Databeacon Smart Client Professional -- Databeacon Smart Client Professional 1.1 includes all the features of Databeacon Smart Client Standard along with an Application Program Interface (API) that provides a scripting language for creating custom data profiles. It also enables custom portal development and tight integration with existing system interfaces.

About Kosmic
Kosmic Technology Solutions is part of the Kosmic Group of Companies and has established itself in the field of software development and deployment for the past several years. With an international presence around the world, Kosmic has emerged as a leader in the areas of enterprise applications, embedded systems, and integrated business solutions.

About Databeacon Inc.
Founded in 1995, Databeacon Inc. is the award-winning developer of Databeacon Web Reporting and Data Analysis software. With more than 1,100 customers around the world, Databeacons corporate headquarters are in Ottawa, Canada, with more than 110 reseller and OEM/ISV partners located in 27 countries.

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