SPARKS, Md. & SAN MATEO, Calif., August 27, 2007 -- Systems Alliance, Inc., a regional systems integrator providing high-value IT and business consulting services and Greenplum, developer of the world's fastest, most scalable database software for business intelligence, today announced a reseller agreement to increase Greenplum’s focus and capability in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States. The newest member of Greenplum’s Global Partner Program, Systems Alliance will resell and provide implementation and delivery support for the Sun Data Warehouse Appliance, powered by Greenplum.

“With a rock-solid reputation, growing footprint among the region’s enterprise clients and strong relationship with Sun, Systems Alliance has what it takes to help Greenplum achieve greater focus and success in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern US,” said Bill Cook, CEO, Greenplum. “We’re very pleased to announce this partnership and first customer win, and look forward to building our relationship with the Systems Alliance team.”

The Sun Data Warehouse Appliance integrates Greenplum’s massively parallel, shared-nothing database with general-purpose servers and storage from Sun to enable unmatched load and query performance for business intelligence workloads. Available in configurations from the low terabytes to a petabyte of usable capacity, the Sun Data Warehouse Appliance beats all competing solutions on price/performance and leads the industry in space and energy efficiency.

“A common theme among Systems Alliance enterprise clients is the need to increase efficiency and adapt to change,” said Ric Hughes, president and CEO, Systems Alliance. “When it comes to data warehousing, with Sun and Greenplum we can address this challenge from two dimensions: first by reducing the cost, complexity and effort of delivering data warehousing infrastructure; second, by empowering client decision makers with the data needed for enabling business innovation.”

Hughes added, “Based on hands-on experience with early clients, we are extremely impressed by the performance and market potential of the Sun Data Warehouse Appliance – and are very pleased to announce our partnership with Greenplum.”

About Greenplum

Headquartered in San Mateo, California, Greenplum develops the world's fastest, most scalable database software for Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing. Greenplum Database, the company's breakthrough database product, enables companies to analyze terabytes of information faster and more cost effectively than traditional data warehouse solutions. The company sponsors The Bizgres Project (www.bizgres.org), a community effort designed to make PostgreSQL the most robust open source database for data warehousing and BI. For more information about Greenplum, visit www.greenplum.com.

About Systems Alliance, Inc.

Systems Alliance, Inc., founded in 1993, is a Maryland-based company that provides business and technology consulting services to leading corporate and public sector clients, including Condé Nast, Johns Hopkins Institutions, Random House, Inc., Baltimore County Government, Loyola College in Maryland, and the Maryland State Department of Transportation. To learn more, visit http://www.systemsalliance.com.

Contacts 
Systems Alliance, Inc.
David Schreiber, 410-584-0595 ext. 203
news@systemsalliance.com
or
Greenplum, San Mateo
Duncan Lord, 650-286-8012
news@greenplum.com