(openPR) - Leading Analyst Firm has named EXASOL in their Report 2011 for “Data Manage-ment” and “Integration”: the analyst company honors innovative and impactful new vendors with the title of “Cool Vendor”

Nuremberg, Germany, April 27, 2011 – Gartner Inc. list EXASOL in the Cool Vendors in Data Management and Integration*, 2011 report. Gartner included the Nuremberg-based company based on the evaluation of its database EXASolution.

EXASOL‘s relational high-performance database EXASolution offers innovative capabilities in the rapid analysis and evaluation of data. EXASOL shows its strength particularly when deployed in Business Intelligence solutions or in Enterprise Warehouse applications in corporations of all industries.

The Cool Vendor Report by Gartner Inc. is published every year, has an excellent reputa-tion in the industry and is renowned for its independent assessments. In the Cool Vendor Report, Gartner wants to present unusual and innovative companies as well as groundbreaking solutions that have caught the analysts‘ attention during the past six months. To be named a “Cool Vendor“, Gartner analysts expect innovative and new ser-vices and products for unresolved challenges that can be used in daily business.

“The addition to the Cool Vendor Report 2011 we believe underlines our power of innova-tion. We feel this strongly affirms our commitment to offer solutions to our customers that help them to fully tap the potential of their data, which translates into significantly driving their business forward”, says Steffen Weissbarth, CEO of EXASOL AG.

*Gartner, Inc., Cool Vendors in Data Management and Integration, 2011, Donald Feinberg et al, April 18, 2011.

About the Gartner Cool Vendor Selection Process:
Gartner is a registered trademark of Gartner, Inc. or its affiliates. The Gartner listing does not constitute an exhaustive list of vendors in any given technology area, but rather is designed to identify interesting, new and innovative vendors, products and services. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
Each year, Gartner identifies a Cool Vendor as a company that offers technologies or solutions that are: innovative—enabling users to do things they couldn’t do before; impactful—have, or will have, business impact (not just technology for the sake of technology); and intriguing— have caught our interest or curiosity in approximately the past six months.

About EXASOL AG
EXASOL AG, based in Nuremberg, is developing a data management system capable of rapid data analysis and evaluation. By implementing EXASOL solutions, business processes are optimised and a firm basis for decision-making is created, giving companies a sustainable competitive edge. EXASolution is a relational high-performance database, which was specifically developed for enterprise warehouse applications and business intelligence solutions. The database is put to use by businesses in all industries for time-critical, complex analyses, extensive data research, planning and reports. EXASolution allows easy integration into existing IT infrastructures, requiring a minimum amount of administrative maintenance and low capital and operating costs (TCO). Companies such as XING, Sony, Olympus, IMS Health, Semikron, intelliAd, Ratepay, Webtrekk and xplosion rely on EXASOL technology made in Germany. For more information, please visit www.exasol.com.

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