SAND Expands Presence to Australia

MONTREAL, Feb. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SAND Technology Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SNDTF), provider of leading column-based database software today announced its continued expansion in the Australian market.

"The column-oriented analytic database market continues to grow in Asia Pacific and around the world. SAND is the most advanced and largest independent player in the market. Having a local presence in Australia is a tremendous benefit to our customers," said Mike Pilcher, COO of SAND.

Leading the Australian expansion is Chris Butchers who comes to SAND with over 25 years experience in the software industry. He began his career in customer support with Hewlett Packard and has worked with major corporations worldwide. Chris holds an MBA from Deakin University, Melbourne.  "There is great opportunity worldwide for SAND's column store database technology," said Chris, "and we are seeing increased demand in Australia."

About SAND Technology

SAND is the world's most advanced massively parallel, column-oriented database software, accelerating the largest user populations, the biggest data, and the most complex analytics. SAND also provides cost-effective nearline data access designed to lower TCO and improve operational performance for SAP NetWeaver BW, IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, SAS, and more. SAND Technology has offices in the United States, Canada, Western and Central Europe, and Australia and can be reached online at www.sand.com.

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