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Tristam Wallace
Harpell
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Christophe Peron
QueryObject Systems Corporation
516-228-8500 x129
cperon@queryobject.com

Ron Margulis
RAM Communications
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ADUSA, Inc.
630.663.8800
jperez@adusainc.com

 

QueryObject, ADUSA Partner to Bolster Retail Supply Chain Effectiveness

Highly scalable Internet analytical suite added to distribution, logistics, e-commerce/e-business,
and mobile/wireless-based CRM and distributed workforce automation solutions

ROSYLN HEIGHTS, N.Y. & LOMBARD, Ill. – October 10, 2001 – QueryObject Systems Corporation (QueryObject) (AMEX: OBJ), a leader in analytical infrastructures for the information economy, today announced that it has partnered with ADUSA, Inc., an industry-leading retail, supply chain and logistics consulting company, to deliver highly efficient Internet-based data analysis capabilities to ADUSA’s current and prospective clients.

As partners, QueryObject will participate with ADUSA in selected joint sales and marketing activities on a worldwide basis, offering analytical components from QueryObject’s technology that complement ADUSA’s solutions in supply chain management, distribution, logistics, retail, e-commerce/e-business, industrial engineering, kiosk and mobile/wireless-based CRM and distributed workforce automation.

QueryObject's unique analytical data structure is optimized for access to and distribution of high-volume business data over the Internet. The integration of ADUSA’s retail and supply chain expertise and technology-based solutions will enable companies to gain detailed insights into their business to drive profitable growth, provide timely, Web-based information to executives and decision makers, enabling improved customer relationships. ADUSA’s Analytic Data Solutions group will help retailers and their supply chain partners develop a customer-focused Category Management Process by providing the ability to analyze multiple data sources such as POS, shipment, and frequent shopper information. These analytics provide actionable feedback on market basket, loyalty, P&L, and more, in easy-to-use queries, over vast amounts of data, in seconds.

"A partnership between QueryObject and ADUSA signals a user-sensitive awareness on the part of both companies that traditional and Internet architectures should extend each other over numerous dimensions of the business," said Bill Dupre, vice-president, Willard Bishop Consulting. "The integration of ADUSA’s expertise across multiple industries with QueryObject’s software will give enterprises exceptionally high-capacity, bandwidth conserving data marts, and the flexibility to report and analyze on their contents using browsers or full-client desktop, based on the changing needs of the enterprise."

"ADUSA and QueryObject have teamed to provide intelligent solutions that allow customers to embrace e-business and the flexibility of the Web, optimize business performance and accelerate time-critical decision-making for employees, customers and suppliers," said Eric Ginn, president and CEO, ADUSA. "QueryObject’s open data structure is a high performance data mart that can be integrated with ADUSA’s cost-effective consulting solutions. Its ability to concurrently support both Web-server and client-server implementations over the Internet will be of significant interest to companies looking to offer a range of business intelligence out to all classes of knowledge workers across their extended enterprise."

"This is an important alliance for us," said Robert Thompson, CEO, QueryObject. "ADUSA is a pioneer in the integrated solutions market and is a recognized leader in the retail industry, where data integration and analysis are critical to the bottom line. Their customized solutions are a natural complement to QueryObject’s Internet-optimized analytical data structure. We look forward to jointly developing market opportunities."

About the QueryObject System®
The QueryObject System (QOS) enables data intensive organizations to achieve a competitive advantage by rapidly analyzing large amounts of critical business data over the Internet.

QOS is the first true data structure for the information economy, employing extremely efficient, highly distributable multi-dimensional data sets that:

  • work on Internet scale data volumes and numbers of users
  • act at Internet velocity, with fast data mart builds, and query at the speed of thought
  • can be analyzed over both server-centric and distributed network caching Internet architectures, utilizing the patent-pending QueryObject™ Distributed Replication Server
  • support any industry standard analysis tools while maintaining data privacy and security

This can be achieved while enhancing the efficiency of existing BI infrastructure and maintaining data security and privacy.

About ADUSA, Inc.
ADUSA, Inc. is a leading provider of expert technical consulting and software integration services to the retail and distribution industries. The company also specializes in strategic consulting, information technology and industrial engineering. Its approach of bringing consulting excellence to a project guarantees cost-effective solutions, and an ongoing relationship founded on value and customer satisfaction. ADUSA personnel have decades of systems implementation experience in the logistics industry, and are focused primarily on the retail and wholesale grocery sectors. ADUSA is headquartered in Lombard, IL, with other offices throughout the country. For more information, visit the ADUSA site at http://www.adusainc.com/.

About QueryObject Systems Corporation
A publicly held company headquartered in Roslyn Heights, N.Y., QueryObject Systems Corporation (QOSC) (AMEX: OBJ), was launched with a clear mission – to build analytical data marts that would become critical infrastructure components for the information economy. QueryObject Systems’ unique technology radically improves analytical and business intelligence applications for firms competing in data-intensive industries such as e-business, telecommunications, retail, healthcare and insurance, and financial services. In addition, it helps companies make sure that their applications are able to effectively meet the demands of the Internet and e-business. QOSC’s scaleable, Web-based analytical technologies are available worldwide through a network of authorized distributors.
For more information about QueryObject Systems Corporation and its technologies, visit the company’s Web-site at http://www.queryobject.com.


QueryObject System is a registered trademark and QueryObject, QueryObject Analyzer, internetQueryObject, iQO, QueryObjectexchange and QOxchange are trademarks of QueryObject Systems Corporation.. All other trademarks and registered trademarks referenced in this document are the property of their respective holders.
The discussion in this press release regarding QueryObject Systems Corporation contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which are intended to be covered by the safe harbors created hereby. Investors are cautioned that all forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainty, including without limitation, the Company’s development as a software products company, and the ability of certain partnerships to aid in that growth; the capability of the company’s products to perform as optimized analytical data marts; and the ability of the company’s products to support the performance of other business intelligence tools. Although the Company believes that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements contained herein are reasonable, any of the assumptions could be inaccurate, and therefore, there can be no assurance that the forward-looking statements included in this press release will prove to be accurate. In light of the significant uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking statements included herein, the inclusion of such information should not be regarded as a representation by the Company or any other person that the objectives and plans of the Company will be achieved.

 

 

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