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MICROSOFT ACQUIRES DUNDAS TECHNOLOGY
FOR SQL SERVER 2008
"Dundas is the charting technology of Reporting Services"
ORLANDO, FL (June 4, 2007) - Dundas Data Visualization, a leader in
the advanced data visualization market, today announced Microsoft Corp. has
acquired Dundas's data visualization technology, which will be part of the final
feature set for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services.
The Dundas products to be incorporated into SQL Server 2008 include Dundas Chart
for Reporting Services, Dundas Gauge for Reporting Services and Dundas Calendar
for Reporting Services. The announcement comes from Bob Muglia, Microsoft's
Senior Vice President, Server and Tools Business, during his keynote address at
today's Tech•Ed conference.
"Dundas is now the charting technology of Reporting Services," said Troy
Marchand, President of Dundas Data Visualization. "We're delighted and proud
that Microsoft has chosen Dundas's intellectual property as a critical part of
their SQL Server 2008 plans."
Marchand stressed that Dundas's current and new customers can benefit from this
arrangement immediately, as Dundas will continue to sell and fully support the
Reporting Services products for "quite some time." In addition, current users of
Dundas's Reporting Services technology have a straightforward migration path to
SQL Server 2008, which ensures today's work will be usable in the future.
"By working with Dundas technologies today, customers can take full advantage of
the upcoming data visualization capabilities that will be part of SQL Server
2008," he explained. "Migration of reports using Dundas components to SQL Server
2008 will be seamless, so work done today can be easily reused after release. In
other words, customers who use the products now can get up to speed with them in
preparation for the next version of SQL Server."
SQL Server 2008, which will be released next year, is a complete
enterprise-class offering that builds upon the success of SQL Server 2005 and
delivers increased functionality to a comprehensive range of applications from
the desktop to the data center.
Tech•Ed 2007 is the premier annual conference for Microsoft's IT professionals
and developers. Running June 4-8 at the Orange County Convention Center in
Orlando, Florida, Tech•Ed 2007 provides technical training, information and
resources to the Microsoft community.
About Dundas Data Visualization
Founded in 1992, Dundas Data Visualization is a world leader in data
visualization solutions for Microsoft technologies. The company's outstanding
success is reflected in its numerous industry awards and in the rapid adoption
of Dundas Technologies by Fortune 500 companies around the globe.
For more information, please contact:
Ed Worsfold
Director of Marketing
Dundas Software Ltd.
416-467-5100 x158
edw@dundas.com
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