Kalido unveils appliance

Kalido reports it has licensed and will directly sell a custom-built Netezza TwinFin data warehouse appliance engineered and optimized for the Kalido Information Engine and its new industry analytics and reporting solutions. The agreement expands an existing partnership announced in March 2009.

The Kalido KONA Information Appliance addresses specific business information needs in various industries enabling enterprises to more effectively manage key performance indicators for their critical business operations. It further claims the pre-built, customizable solutions can start delivering business benefits in 30 days and that KONA is the only information appliance with a completely integrated MDM solution.

The KONA Appliance is an end-to-end analytics and reporting solution containing industry-specific business information models and all required hardware and software for data storage, data sourcing and integration; master data management and governance; and analysis and presentation.