The cooperation between TARGIT and Microsoft, which has lasted through many years, is now extended further. The fact is that TARGIT is among the first business intelligence suppliers in Denmark to support the coming Microsoft SQL Server 2005, and this will open the door to more shared customers in the enterprise segment.

Hjørring, September 19, 2005 – TARGIT and Microsoft is now communicating a joint strategy for the rapidly growing business intelligence market. A close cooperation through many years has contributed to the fact that the two companies to a considerable extend is sharing sales channel and customers in Denmark, and this have made TARGIT and Microsoft initiate an even more intense effort in the market for enterprise solutions.

When Microsoft this November launches SQL Server 2005, TARGIT will be one of the first to support the new server. It contains significant improvements which, especially towards business intelligence customers, will result in increased performance, improved user-friendliness, and improved scalability. Exactly these elements are by TARGIT and Microsoft considered very central in the area of business intelligence because the quantity of data continues to grow explosively. In addition, the quick and easy access to see patterns in the large quantities of data, and the opportunity to analyze data across different types of business systems, are by modern companies considered to be business critical management tools.

With the release of SQL 2005, TARGIT launches a new version of its business intelligence platform, TARGIT Analysis Suite, which is exploiting the advantages of Microsoft’s server to the fullest. With that, the two companies will be able to present a complete solution that especially addresses the business intelligence market’s need for affordable solutions with the newest technology and functionality.

“Up until now, Microsoft and TARGIT has worked very closely together, and the fact that we are now able to enter the market with a complete business intelligence solution based on Microsoft SQL Server 2005, I consider a very interesting stepping stone for us – both in Denmark and in our many foreign markets. TARGIT Analysis Suite has taken the position as the group solution for several large Danish companies, and when Microsoft simultaneously chooses to concentrate their efforts on that part of the market, it is yet another trump card for us”, says Flemming Madsen, Senior VP of Sales at TARGIT who’s customers include Dansk Supermarked, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the County of Southern Jutland.

”TARGIT’s business intelligence solution has been implemented as an integrated part of Navision 4.0 and Axapta 4.0 and our goal is that business intelligence will be inextricably connected to SQL Server 2005, which by the way is the first SQL server launch from Microsoft in five years. The method is low cost and fast implementation, and the joint sales channel of Microsoft and TARGIT will prepare the way for this”, says Carsten Fetterlein Hansen, product manager in Microsoft.

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About TARGIT

TARGIT was founded in 1986 with the current CEO, Morten Sandlykke, as one of the founding partners. Today, TARGIT is the largest developer of business intelligence in Denmark and the core product, TARGIT Business Intelligence Suite, is distributed by more than 250 business partners around the world. The first business intelligence-product from TARGIT was based on the idea of user-friendliness, flexibility, and simple implementation; core values which have since characterized TARGIT’s solutions. TARGIT is Microsoft Gold Certified Partner within the competencies ISV/Software Solutions and Data Management Solutions.