Golden, Colo, November 12, 2007 -
AWhere,
Inc (AWI) today announced that their geovisual business intelligence
software, AWhere, will utilize the spatial enhancements of SQL Server
2008 to provide customers with better data management and faster
visualizations. AWhere customers already leverage the spatial component
of their business data and with the spatial enhancements in SQL Server
2008 they will be able to handle relational and spatial data with one
pass to the database and consume the results within AWhere,
dramatically speeding up advanced queries and tasks.
"Our AWhere
mapping software currently works well as the business link between SQL
Server 2005 and Microsoft Virtual Earth," said John Corbett, CEO of
AWhere. "But with the new spatial enhancements of SQL Server 2008, we
can focus our product development on the user experience: how our
customers visualize and interact with location-based information."
"Microsoft
places a great deal of importance on our partner ecosystem. AWhere’s
new solution aims to increase queries and tasks by utilizing the
spatial enhancements in SQL Server 2008,” said Kim Saunders, senior
director of SQL Server marketing at Microsoft Corp. “By taking
advantage of the latest SQL technology, AWhere helps deliver faster,
more insightful solutions to our joint customers."
A free 10-day trial of a fully functional version of AWhere and the Virtual Earth add-in are available at: www.awhere.com.
About AWhere
AWhere
is geovisual business intelligence software that creates maps from
spreadsheet or database data and then has the ability to “mash it up”
with data from; weather and scientific studies, U.S. Census, on-line
mapping services i.e. Virtual Earth™, etc. AWhere features a short
learning curve, an affordable price point, and the ability to share
data mashup maps as “interactive” My Maps™ with other members of a
team. Designed for the non-GIS specialist, AWhere is used by sales and
marketing, consumer products goods, business intelligence, science and
government professionals."
About AWhere, Inc.
AWhere
develops geovisual software and solutions that leverage the location
component found in data, the “where”, of what was bought, sold or
occurred. Spreadsheet and database data visualization leads to better,
faster decisions. AWhere is sold directly and thru partners.
http://www.awhere.com
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