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March 13, 2012

WCI Consulting Joins Amazon Web Services Solution Providers Program

Business intelligence firm teams with AWS to enhance cloud-based BI offerings

DALLAS, March 13 — WCI Consulting, a leading business intelligence (BI) consulting firm, today announced that it has joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Solutions Provider Program to help AWS and WCI customers design, build and manage cloud-based business intelligence solutions on the AWS platform.

The AWS Solution Provider Program enables consultants such as WCI Consulting, as well as other systems integrators, interactive agencies and channel partners, to broaden their suite of offerings and expand their customer base while driving new revenue streams. The program supports member organizations' operational and IT requirements as they migrate their businesses and their customers to a cloud computing environment.

"By joining the AWS Solution Providers Program, we now have access to a wide variety of tools and technologies that will help us develop cloud-based business intelligence systems on the AWS platform," said Marty Carney, chief executive officer for WCI Consulting. "This enhanced capability will give our clients, as well as other companies using the AWS platform, the option to quickly and cost-effectively deploy online BI tools to serve their business needs."

For more information about WCI Consulting and its business intelligence services and offerings, visit www.wciconsulting.com.

About WCI Consulting

Headquartered in Dallas, WCI Consulting focuses on mastering the technology and tools essential to business intelligence and applies the most effective and appropriate solutions to help clients turn data into valuable business information. More information is available online at www.wciconsulting.com and www.instantaccessbi.com.

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