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Founded in 2001, MARVELit is lead by a team of open source and Business Information experts

Rick Mortensen,
Stephen Greenlee, CTO
Caryn Maresic, Vice President Product Development

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MARVELIT "OPENREPORTS DASH" APPLIANCE WITH BUNDLED HARDWARE/SOFTWARE WILL MAKE OPEN SOURCE BI SOLUTION INSTANTLY AVAILABLE TO SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES

First business intelligence appliance with out-of-the-box dashboard and reporting will support up to 50 users without requiring additional or upgraded equipment

San Diego, Calif., December 7, 2005 — MARVELit, a leading provider of Open Source Business Intelligence (BI) software solutions, today announced the development of OpenReports DASH, the first BI appliance with out-of-the-box dashboard and reporting functionality targeting small to medium-sized businesses (SMB) with business analytic needs. These businesses often find current BI software solutions too expensive and complex, often with impractical vendor-specific upgrade and maintenance requirements more appropriate to an enterprise-sized business. MARVELit's OpenReports DASH appliance, available First Quarter 2006, fills the SMB gap by bundling MARVELit OpenReports PORTAL BI software, database software and JDBC connectivity to pre-existing databases, along with optimized hardware and unlimited support services in a simple plug-and-play interface.

"OpenReports DASH is the first turnkey appliance in the BI industry to target businesses at a very affordable price point that includes unlimited technical support," states MARVELit CEO Rick Mortensen. "Most BI applications currently available are developed for large-scale enterprise needs, with complex installation and integration cycles required before it can be used. OpenReports DASH allows businesses to simply plug it into their network for immediate use."

The benefits of appliance-based BI include:

Affordable, fixed-price solution
Avoidance of lengthy implementation and integration timelines
Preconfigured software and hardware instantly ready for use
Operating system software preconfigured for security and ease of maintenance
Simplified maintenance and support
Seamless access to common SMB and open source applications
Fast, simple client implementation for Value-Added Resellers (VARs) and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs)
When hosted by MARVELit, all relevant upgrades and patches will be installed with no additional cost. If it is hosted at the customer's location, then those same patches and upgrades will be free of charge but either automatically downloaded online or simply installed by the customer via CD. Additional appliances provide redundancy and scale.

Upcoming appliance product offerings to be launched in 2006 will include a search engine database appliance that will provide access to relational data (RDBMS) via a simple text search. Like the OpenReports DASH appliance, each additional appliance will mirror the same plug-and-play installation with minimal integration needs.

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