Knowledge Relay and Talend Announce OEM Partnership

Partnership Enhances Leading Business Intelligence Solution with Unmatched Application Support and Performance of Talend's Open Source Data Integration Offering

LAS VEGAS, Nevada – TDWI CONFERENCE – February 19, 2008 - Knowledge Relay LLC, a leading provider of business intelligence (BI) visualization and reporting software and Talend, the first provider of open source data integration software, today announced that they have entered into a strategic OEM partnership. The partnership enables Knowledge Relay's Enterprise Visualization Suite (EVS) to work in concert with Talend's data integration technology to provide a comprehensive solution to manage the flow and exchange of BI information throughout the enterprise.

Competitive pressure to have agile and high performance operations requires enterprises to derive significant insight from their operational data as well as close monitoring of the key performance indicators across all enterprise applications and databases. Successful execution to this end, requires the fluidity of data throughout the organization's information systems. The data integration capabilities provided by Talend's open source solution allow synchronization and loading of all types of operational data into the Knowledge Relay EVS Business Intelligence solution. Knowledge Relay EVS customers will benefit from Talend's proven scalability and performance while obtaining a complete BI information flow from a single source.

“When seeking a partner in the data integration market, we found that Talend offers a solution whose reliability, scalability and performance is completely compatible with Knowledge Relay's BI solution and mission” said Steven Mauss, president and COO of Knowledge Relay. “Business Intelligence and the corresponding flow of the right information to the right people at the right time is a central function of the enterprise. Our clients need to be able to easily integrate and transform their data and communicate with other essential applications and databases. We are pleased to have established a strategic partnership that allows our clients and resellers to couple our robust visualization and reporting tool, EVS, with such a flexible and comprehensive ETL tool like Talend.”

“We are proud to welcome Knowledge Relay, one of the leaders in the Business Intelligence visualization marketplace, as a strategic OEM partner” said Vincent Pineau, vice president of Talend's North American operations. “Knowledge Relay is embedding Talend's data integration technology within their Enterprise Visualization Suite, enabling their customers to experience the reliability and performance that enterprises require; synchronization of enterprise information to remain efficient and competitive. They will further benefit from the advantages that accompany a market-tested united offering. Ultimately, this partnership illustrates the power and flexibility that can be offered by the collaboration of two market specialists to enhance the overall productivity of everyone in an enterprise, from the back-office to the executive suites.”

About Knowledge Relay

Knowledge Relay is a leading provider of business visualization and reporting solutions. Knowledge Relay technology is the foundation of EVS, the industry's first comprehensive BI visualization software that enables companies to provide up-to-the-minute business information to thousands of operational workers, even at the project detail level, empowering decision-makers across the organization to spot emerging trends, immediately take action when problems arise and positively affect their company's bottom line. Knowledge Relay customers include Boeing, Exelon, Energy Northwest, Northrop, PG&E and others. Knowledge Relay is a privately held company based in Cypress, California. For more information about Knowledge Relay, please visit www.knowledgerelay.com.

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