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Panorama Software Announces Strategic North American Partnership With Hitachi Consulting

Industry Leaders in Business Intelligence and IT Consulting Deliver Enterprise Class Performance Management Solutions

ORLANDO,FL, September 29th, 2004 – Panorama Software, a prominent partner in delivering business intelligence (BI) solutions built on the Microsoft platform, today announced at the 2004 PASS (Professional Association for SQL Server) Community Summit, a systems integrator partnership with Hitachi Consulting, the business and IT consulting arm of Hitachi, Ltd. Together, Panorama Software's industry leading expertise in business intelligence and Hitachi Consulting's business process consultation and system integrator capabilities will help customers significantly improve business performance.

"Hitachi Consulting is very well recognized for its track-record and ability to add repeat value to clients," said Mike Delgado, Director, Sales and Alliance, Panorama Software. "For Panorama, this relationship continues to support our partner ecosystem as we are always looking for the right companies to collaborate with to meet the needs of our customers. Panorama will leverage Hitachi Consulting's BI and Microsoft's platform technologies to reinforce our ability to provide customers with complete end-to-end solutions."

The alliance with Hitachi Consulting compliments Panorama's portfolio of BI applications and offerings. Additionally, Hitachi Consulting will now be able to strengthen their value proposition by leveraging Panorama's suite of BI applications to better assist their clients with business needs. "Panorama is recognized as a premier provider of BI solutions," said Carr Krueger, VP National Business Intelligence Practice, Hitachi Consulting. "But, more importantly, it continually differentiates itself by developing innovative solutions for the Microsoft platform which in turn adds value to Hitachi Consulting's customers. Together, we have tight integration with Microsoft, which leads to stellar expertise and results for customers."

"Panorama Software is recognized as an experienced and high-performing BI solutions provider in the industry," said Peter McKiernan, Lead Product Manager in the Platform Strategy Group at Microsoft Corp. "Panorama's partnership with Hitachi Consulting highlights two companies that are dedicated to the Microsoft platform and are driving greater customer value through their combined offering, enabling customers to achieve improved performance and better business results."

The strength of both companies' relationship with Microsoft will help to accelerate growth and build new relationships with customers looking to take advantage of the combined service offering.

About Panorama Software

Panorama Software helps global organizations unlock the hidden value of their information assets to improve business performance and results. Panorama extends the Microsoft Platform through integrated business intelligence and corporate performance management solutions. With Panorama decision makers at all levels and functions can easily analyze data, quickly create and distribute reports, and proactively measure performance. Companies gain a greater understanding of their business and make better decisions. These informed decisions improve profitability, increase revenues, reduce costs and time to market and mitigate competitive risks.

Panorama, a leading innovator of business intelligence solutions, supports customers worldwide in industries such as financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, healthcare, telecommunications and life sciences. Panorama has more than 150 partners in 30 countries, and maintains offices throughout North America and EMEA. More information is available at www.panorama.com.

About Hitachi Consulting

Hitachi Consulting is Hitachi, Ltd.'s (NYSE: HIT) global business and IT consulting company. Hitachi Consulting serves Fortune 2000 companies across many industries throughout the United States. The company is focused on working with its clients to understand their needs and to enable and implement key business strategies. Hitachi Consulting delivers practical solutions to generate demand, ensure supply and help the client manage their enterprise effectively. The company is committed to delivering measurable results and to effectively transferring knowledge to optimize the client's investments.

To find out more about how Hitachi Consulting can inspire your next success, please call 1.877.664.0010 or visit us at www.hitachiconsulting.com.

 

 

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