Sybase partners with Manthan Systems

Sybase Inc (NYSE: SY), a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure and mobile software, today announced its partnership with Manthan Systems, a leading Solution provider of business intelligence (BI) and analytics solutions for the Retail Industry.

Anand Sri Ganesh, Marketing Director, Manthan Systems, said, “Through this symbiotic relationship, we will bring greater value to retailers who prefer the Sybase IQ database platform for their data warehousing needs with ARC – a retail-specific best-of-breed business intelligence solution that can be deployed rapidly and cost effectively.”

Built on an enterprise retail data model, the ARC solution provides cross functional analytics for every retail function, and empowers users at all levels with the right kind of analytics. With a deep understanding of the diversified nature and business processes in the retail sector, the ARC data model variants are also made to accommodate the specific sectors of the retail industry like food & grocery, fashion & lifestyle, mass merchandise formats as well as specialty retail segments.

“Retailers have found ARC’s ability to be deployed quickly and cost effectively to be a major advantage in their highly competitive environment”, he further added.

“With Sybase’s winning IQ Datawarehousing solution and Manthan’s ARC retail business intelligence and Analytical suite; customers can optimize and enhance their current IT investments, link together the valuable data resources already in place, and extend the reach of business-critical information to users on the front lines, giving them agility and productivity edge across all areas of their business,” commented Mehul Rajparia, Asia Pacific Channels Director, Sybase.

About Sybase, Inc.,
Sybase is the largest global enterprise software company exclusively focused on managing and mobilizing information from the data center to the point of action. Our open, cross-platform solutions securely deliver information anytime, anywhere, enabling customers to create an information edge. With Sybase software solutions, customers can optimize and enhance the investments they already own, link together the valuable data resources already in place, and extend the reach of business-critical information to users on the front lines—giving them a financial, agility and productivity edge across all areas of their business. For more information, visit www.sybase.com.


About Manthan Systems:

Manthan Systems is a provider of specialized business intelligence solution to the retail and consumer goods industries. Manthan helps retailers capture and process data that can be leveraged to improve planning, monitor results, anticipate changes and mine opportunities. Manthan understands retail business practices and their technology underpinnings, having worked with a wide range of retailers and consumer goods companies, including Woolworths Germany, Haggen Supermarkets, Game Stores Group, Castorama, Ecco Sko, and McDonalds. Manthan’s flagship product - ARC - is a retail data warehouse and integrated BI suite specifically architected for retail. Being a specialized product exclusively built for retail, ARC dramatically reduces the deployment lifecycle and total cost of ownership by cutting down the time needed to customize a business intelligence platform to unique BI needs of the retailer.
For more information about Manthan Systems, please visit www.manthansystems.com.


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