Software Information Systems Announces Strategic Partnership With Netezza, an IBM® Company

Solution Set Provides Workload Optimized Systems for Data Analytics

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Jun 22, 2011, 08:15 ET

LEXINGTON, Ky., June 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Software Information Systems (SIS), a leading technology solutions provider, has announced a strategic partnership with Netezza, an IBM® company, to offer workload optimized systems that provide integrated software, servers and storage for analyzing and monitoring vast amounts of complex data.

Netezza has transformed the analytics and data warehouse landscape with an innovative platform that combines appliance simplicity with industry-leading price performance. The company's pioneering approach to advanced analytics has resulted in technology solutions that perform monumental processing challenges with blazing speed, without barriers or compromises. For end users and their organizations, this translates into unsurpassed business intelligence, even as demands for information escalate.

Netezza's powerful data warehousing capabilities and SIS's 'best in class' software and consulting methodologies offer an unparalleled combination for customers, particularly at a time when organizations of all sizes are looking for ways to gain more insight from their business information. The partnership between the two companies will enable customers to implement data analytics solutions that can help them identify trends, predict outcomes, chart the most appropriate course of action and realize a competitive advantage.

"Success in any enterprise depends on having the best available information at your fingertips," said Steve Sigg, chief executive officer of SIS. "Our strategic partnership with Netezza will enable customers to gather disparate information from multiple sources quickly and easily to gain insight into the data. This type of 'intelligence on demand' is critical in today's competitive environment, allowing managers to react quickly to fluctuations in business and make more informed decisions."

About Software Information Systems
Software Information Systems (SIS) is a leading technology solutions provider serving more than 1,300 customers nationwide. The company offers hardware, software, technical services and consulting services and represents premier IT vendors. Founded in 1982, SIS is headquartered in Lexington, KY and has additional offices in Louisville and London, KY, Cincinnati, OH, Indianapolis, IN, Charleston, WV. and Troy, MI. The company was recently ranked the #1 Best Place to Work in Kentucky by the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and the Kentucky Society for Human Resource Management. For more information, visit www.ThinkSIS.com.