SAN JOSE, CA – April 25, 2005 — Tensoft, a leading developer of packaged solutions for the fabless semiconductor industry and a Gold Certified Microsoft partner, today announced a worldwide OEM partnership with Temtec to deliver self-service analytics in combination with its Microsoft Analysis Services-based business intelligence solution. Under the agreement, Tensoft will include Temtec’s Executive Viewer as a module within its Fabless Semiconductor Manufacturing (FSM) application. Tensoft also announced two launch customers for the new analytics module: UPEK, Inc., a privately-held biometric authentication solutions company launched as a venture-backed spin-off from STMicroelectronics in 2004, and Ramtron, a publicly-held manufacturer of nonvolatile ferroelectric random access memory (FRAM) and FRAM-enabled analog and mixed-signal products.
“Fabless semiconductor operations have unique business analysis requirements”, says Bob Scarborough, Tensoft’s CEO. “To understand their operations and to manage them proactively, executives need a BI solution that includes detailed data from Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), and Supply Chain Management (SCM) systems. We designed the FSM analytics module to integrate back-office data so it can address our industry-specific needs.” One of Tensoft’s target markets is focused on fabless manufacturers who use Microsoft Business Solutions applications such as Great Plains. “Although our customers generate high revenue per employee, they run lean IT operations and look to suppliers like us to provide cost-effective, flexible, low-maintenance solutions” said Scarborough. “The combination of Executive Viewer’s API and the self-service approach to analysis and reporting allows us to deliver analytics within an FSM dashboard, yet also enables our customers to extend the solution themselves as they discover new business requirements. The ROI doesn’t stop when we’ve finished the installation.”
Dave Henry, Vice President of Business Development for Temtec USA, commented: “We’re at the beginning of a significant build-out of business intelligence in the mid-market. An increasing number of ISVs are embedding analytics within their solutions. By combining the cost, performance and functionality advantages of the Microsoft BI platform with Temtec Executive Viewer, ISVs can offer a self-service BI solution that meets their customers’ TCO expectations. Tensoft is at the leading edge of this trend within their industry.”
About Temtec
Temtec provides self-service analytical and reporting software giving non-technical users the ability to analyze business critical information at the speed of management thinking for better informed decision-making. Its key product, Executive Viewer, has been designed to optimize user access to information stored on multi-dimensional OLAP databases and includes connectivity to Hyperion Essbase, IBM DB2 OLAP Server, Microsoft Analysis Services, Applix TM1 and SAP Business Warehouse. Temtec is a Preferred partner of Hyperion and a Gold Certified partner of Microsoft. Temtec has a worldwide customer-base of over 400 organizations in 50 countries. Temtec’s offices are located in The Netherlands, USA, United Kingdom, and France providing personalized support in English, French, German, Spanish and Dutch. Further information, as well as a live demonstration of Executive Viewer, is available at www.temtec.com.
About Tensoft
Tensoft, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, provides innovative software products and services to its high tech customers in the Silicon Valley area and elsewhere. Founded in 1996, Tensoft delivers results tailored specifically to each customer’s needs. Tensoft partners with established firms in the U.S., Canada, and Europe to re-sell and provide local support for its products.