Prism Solutions launches web page

Prism Solution's website launch coincided with our initial public offering in mid-March. www.prismsolutions.com (Note: The site is optimized for Netscape 2.0+ and Microsoft's browser. For now at least other browsers may yield less-than-perfect viewing.) The Prism website contains the following sections. * Corporate Information ' describes the company's position in the data warehouse market and the industry recognition Prism has received, and lists the management team, worldwide offices and current job openings. In addition, there is a section profiling Prism's 30 data warehousing white papers, called "Tech Topics," written by Prism co-founder Bill Inmon and other industry experts. Designed to provide education on data warehouse strategies and techniques, the Tech Topics can be purchased using the Web site order form. * Value of a Data Warehouse ' discusses what a data warehouse is and how it enables better information management, analysis and decision making. Observations on the business benefits of data warehousing by industry analysts from Aberdeen Group, Gartner Group, IDC and META Group are included. There are also examples of customers' business applications in different vertical industries and their testimonials about the return on investment provided by Prism products. * What's New ' includes the full text of press announcements made since the beginning of 1996, allowing users to find the latest news about the company, future products, services and partnerships. * Events ' contains details about upcoming data warehouse seminars, conferences and trade shows in which Prism will be participating, along with information about the 1996 Prism User Conference. * Products ' provides an overview of Prism's entire product line, including: Prism Warehouse Manager, which automates the extraction, integration and mapping of legacy and operational data to a data warehouse; Prism Directory Manager, which integrates business and technical meta data into an information directory for the warehouse; the Inmon Generic Data Models, which provide templates for data warehouse design; and Prism's extensive consulting services. * Services ' describes Prism's comprehensive consulting services for data warehouse implementation ' including its data warehouse methodology and readiness assessment program ' as well as educational offerings and training courses. * Alliances ' profiles Prism's business partners and describes how their products and services complement the Prism product line to provide complete data warehousing solutions for customers. * Bill Inmon ' a special section with information about Bill Inmon and his role in the data warehouse market, upcoming seminars where he will be speaking, and a list of his books that are available for purchase from Prism. * For More Information ' lists Prism's offices worldwide, along with an 800 number to call for more information.