May 28, 2002 [Number 223]     Printable version (492k PDF)

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CIT's Software Distribution Project—Open Agreement for Crystal Decisions

Crystal Decisions software products are now available to all of NIH and HHS at deep discounts through CIT's Software Distribution Project (SDP). Crystal Decisions provides reporting, analysis and information delivery products that are Web-based, easy to use, scalable, and interactive.

This agreement includes Crystal Analysis, Crystal Reports, Crystal Enterprise, training and other products.

• Crystal Analysis
  A front-end on-line analytical processing (OLAP) product, Crystal Analysis combines analysis of patterns and trends in large amounts of data with easy interactive publishing on the Web.

• Crystal Reports
  Crystal Reports can be used to create complex reports from diverse data sources and to distribute them for interactive viewing on desktops or browsers.

• Crystal Enterprise
  This customizable Web-based tool organizes information from a wide variety of databases, and distributes powerful, interactive reports to end users via intranets, portals, or the Internet.

By connecting many sources of information, organizing data in interactive formats, and rapidly distributing reports throughout an organization, these Crystal Decisions products help decision-making, improve organizational productivity, and reduce IT costs.

For more information about the Crystal Decisions Open Agreement, including a product catalog and purchasing information, please visit the SDP Web site.