Integra incorporates Panopticon tree-mapping technology with AltioLive

Panopticon Software, the leading supplier of real-time visualisation
solutions to the world's financial markets, and Integra SP with its
Altio, real-time integration software, today announced a strategic
alliance to enable the use of Panopticon's proven visualisation
technology within Integra's AltioLive presentation environment.

This will provide added capability to Integra SP's award winning Rich
Internet Application product.

Panopticon's treemap visualisation solutions are dynamic, interactive
tools used for analysis and data exploration. A treemap from
Panopticon is packed with functionality and controls that enable the
user to do on-the-fly comparisons, slicing-and-dicing of data, look at
aggregates along any dimension, change the characteristic assigned to
size or colour and much more. Panopticon products handle true real
time data updates.

Unlike spreadsheets and pivot tables, Panopticon treemaps instantly
appeal to human curiosity and perceptive ability. The size and colour
of objects is easy and intuitive to understand. They trigger users to
investigate anomalies and outliers in the data sets by appealing not
only to the logical, left part of your brain but also to the right,
artistic part.

Integra SP's AltioLive technology enables companies to build and
deploy rich interactive applications that look, feel and perform like
traditional desktop applications, yet run with the convenience of a
web page in a browser. Based on standard Java and XML, AltioLive can
be deployed on a vast range of platforms and application servers and
easily integrates into existing web and portal architectures.
AltioLive Studio, the development environment, enables applications to
be quickly designed in a zero-code/drag-drop interface, resulting in
reduced time to market while enhancing the end-user experience.

Ben Nathan, Director of Strategic Alliances at Integra SP, says: "This
is a great fit of complementary technologies that will be of major
benefit to new and existing customers. Combining AltioLive's data
delivery and application framework with Panopticon's cutting edge
visualisation technology will even further revolutionise the
end-user's ability to analyse and respond to business issues as they
happen. With respect to web applications - you can't be too rich or
too thin. AltioLive just got richer."

Martin Porter, Business Development Director UK at Panopticon, adds:
"We are moving treemaps to the next level by combining Panopticon's
visualisation solution with AltioLive's data delivery. We see clear
value in being able to offer this to the financial community."

Both AltioLive and Panopticon's solutions are generic and can be
applied to any information. While the respective technologies have
independently shown a high ROI in the financial sector, both products
have been deployed across a vast range of industry sectors and
application areas.

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