MONTREAL, March 12 - SAND Technology Inc., an international provider of intelligent enterprise information management software, today announced that Procter & Gamble Company has chosen SAND/DNA for SAP BI for a pilot project to evaluate the benefits of NLS (nearline storage) to more efficiently and cost-effectively manage their multi-terabyte SAP NetWeaver BI® 7.0 data warehouse.
"SAND/DNA's high data compression rates, minimal administration requirements and integration with SAP BI are the main reasons we are evaluating SAND to complement our SAP environment," said Maria Gracia Pasquale Director, P&G Global Business Services.
"Our pilot with SAND is about exploring opportunities to lower costs of data storage over the long term," added Yazdi Bagli, Associate Director, P&G Global Business Services.
"We are very pleased to have the opportunity to work with P&G on this pilot project," said Robin Carr, VP Sales of North America for SAND Technology. "This project will further highlight that SAND/DNA enables companies to reduce total cost of ownership and supports their efforts to more efficiently manage rapidly growing data warehouses."
About SAND Technology
SAND Technology provides Data Management Software and Best Practices for storing, accessing, and analyzing large amounts of data on-demand while lowering TCO, leveraging existing infrastructure and improving operational performance.
SAND/DNA solutions include CRM analytics, and specialized applications for government, healthcare, financial services, telecommunications, retail, transportation, and other business sectors. SAND/DNA has achieved "Certified for SAP NetWeaver" status and SAND Nearline Integration Controller has achieved "Powered by SAP NetWeaver" status.
SAND Technology has offices in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Central Europe.