SQLstream, Pentaho & SQL Power Unleash Powerful Real-Time Business Intelligence Partnership

Standard SQL + Open Source Mondrian OLAP Server = Scalable & Affordable
Real-Time Solution
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Fresh off the Pentaho Partner Summit, SQLstream, Pentaho and SQL Power announce
a collaborative partnership to deliver actionable, affordable real-time business
intelligence. This easily integrated solution will query, triage and analyze
high volume data feeds such as Twitter, on the wire, then deliver it via
sub-second updates into an executive business intelligence dashboard.

SQLstream's real-time analytics engine bridges the gap between operational
business systems and the data warehouse. Pentaho is the world's most widely
deployed open source business intelligence suite and is based on the open source
Mondrian OLAP server. SQL Power is the premier business intelligence and data
migration consultancy in Canada, specializing in the implementation of cost
effective BI solutions.

"Committed to open-source and open standards, the SQLstream, Pentaho & SQL Power
alliance will break down the barriers that have prevented business leaders from
capitalizing on their data," said Damian Black, CEO of SQLstream. "We do more
than monitor ad campaigns in real-time. SQLstream enables continuous revenue
optimization by enabling ad campaigns to be adjusted in real-time, while at the
same time optimizing pricing, catching fraud, detecting service failure and
recognizing customer disaffection. By processing the data continuously in
real-time, the classic ELT/ETL bottlenecks are removed from the data warehouse."

"Enterprises need more from their data warehouses but can not afford to be
locked into expensive and proprietary architectures," said Lance Walter, Vice
President of Marketing at Pentaho, the open source business intelligence leader.
"Pentaho, SQLstream & SQL Power are dedicated to the open architectures that
have become a non-negotiable requirement for enterprise software."

"In this tough economic climate, now more than ever, companies need real time
business intelligence in order to improve efficiencies and quickly react to
changing market conditions. The integration of SQL Stream's real-time
technology, Pentaho's OLAP technology and SQL Power's Wabit Dashboard
functionality will deliver affordable, real time performance metrics to
progressive organizations around the world," said Sam Selim, President of SQL
Power. "Together, SQL Power, Pentaho & SQLstream can help clients react to new
information and fresh business opportunities in real time, thus improving
performance on key metrics and positively impacting their bottom line."

Both SQLstream and Pentaho executives will be speaking at the 2009 MySQL
Conference and Expo, April 20th - 23rd in Santa Clara, California. On Tuesday at
11:55 a.m., Pentaho (booth #308) will explain "MySQL Data Warehousing." On
Wednesday at 10:50 a.m., SQLstream (booth #117) will present a technical session
on "Eliminating MySQL Bottlenecks with Continuous ETL" as part of the Products &
Services track. To see a demo of the Real-Time Twitter BI application, attend
SQLstream's session or visit SQLstream at booth #117 and have yourself a Red
Bull.

About SQLstream, Inc.

SQLstream is making the real-time enterprise possible, enabling business
decisions based on up to the minute information. Using the industry standard SQL
language, SQLstream executes queries before data reaches the warehouse. Built on
open source technologies, SQLstream enhances existing business intelligence
solutions while maximizing the value received from your organization's data
warehouse when really urgent analytics are required. Founded by Julian Hyde,
author of the open source Mondrian OLAP engine, SQLstream's investors and
advisors include Bob Frankenberg, former CEO of Novell and current Board Member
at National Semiconductor, Dick Watts, former member of Hewlett-Packard's
Executive Committee and Duane Zitzner, former HP Executive. SQLstream is
headquartered in San Francisco, California and is on the web at
http://www.sqlstream.com. SQLstream is a core contributor to the open source
Eigenbase Project at http://www.eigenbase.org.

About Pentaho Corporation

Pentaho Corporation is the commercial open source alternative for Business
Intelligence (BI). Pentaho BI Suite Enterprise Edition provides comprehensive
reporting, OLAP analysis, dashboards, data integration, data mining and a BI
platform that have made it the world's leading and most widely deployed open
source BI suite. Pentaho's commercial open source business model eliminates
software license fees, providing support, services, and product enhancements via
an annual subscription. In the years since Pentaho's inception as the pioneer in
commercial open source BI, Pentaho's products have been downloaded more than
three million times, with production deployments at companies ranging from small
organizations to The Global 2000. For more information, visit
http://www.pentaho.com.

About SQL Power

Founded in 1988, SQL Power Group is a leading Business Intelligence software and
consulting firm. Our proven methodology, highly skilled consultants and our use
of state-of-the-art open source productivity tools have delivered Business
Intelligence solutions of the highest quality to value-oriented clients. SQL
Power's dedication and ingenuity have established us as the premier Business
Intelligence and Data Migration solution provider in Canada. For more
information, visit http://www.sqlpower.ca.

SQLstream, Inc.
Rick Saletta, 415-824-0454 (Americas)
Ronnie Beggs, 415-824-0454 (Europe)
pr@sqlstream.com

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