Windward "Arrow" – a Straight Shot to Supreme Report-Generation Power

Boulder, CO, February 6, 2007 – Windward Studios®, today announced the release of its newest offering, the Windward “Arrow” – a unique reporting product which, by operating through a portal interface, allows for report production and information sharing directly from a browser. Unlike traditional reporting engines, this turnkey product can be installed in less than five minutes and operated completely independent of programmers from start to finish. The addition of the Arrow provides even greater ease to the Windward platform, already recognized as the most user-friendly, advanced reporting tool available.

The Arrow portal is the complete reporting package: a website that provides simple report design, generation, and scheduling, as well as straightforward report management and distribution. The Arrow is also the first product to enable business users to design reports and access their data without taxing IT resources. In fact, the user-friendly capabilities of this revolutionary product will free IT groups entirely from involvement in report generating tasks. This direct access allows users to independently manage reports on their own timelines, thus preventing the waste of substantial, expensive IT labor normally needed for installation and data tagging.

“Unfortunately, report generation and management has often been seen as a complicated process and a hassle to whomever gets stuck with the responsibility,” commented Windward’s Founder and President, David Thielen. “We’re really hoping to change that experience with the launch of our portal. With the Arrow, reporting is simple, easy, direct, and even enjoyable – becoming just the sort of task anyone at your company is willing to take on.”

According to Thielen, Windward designed the Arrow to increase independent user access while maintaining all of the functionality of a developer-installed and administered solution. The Arrow allows any end user to manage reporting on a very sophisticated, very comprehensive tool that lies completely outside the development environment. An authorized user can simply “drop in” the tool, select data sources, and configure, produce and share reports with other authorized users without the need for developer assistance. As the industry leader in straightforward enterprise reporting tools on the market today, Windward incorporated thousands of hours of customer experiences into the Arrow design and functionality in order to significantly advance report generation efficiency and information sharing.

The Windward portal installs within minutes and leads users through a step-by-step set up process of data connection, report creation, management, and scheduling. There is no software to learn, no complex instructions to abide by, because like the Windward Reports Engine, the Arrow uses Microsoft Word as a design tool. With this user-friendly interface, documents can be generated in a wide array of outputs – making multi-form documents, charts and graphs available now at your finger-tips.

To get your first taste of reporting independence, you can purchase a copy of the Windward Arrow directly from Windward Studios by contacting our sales team at 303-499-2544. Information about this product is also available on our website at www.windwardreports.com.

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About Windward Reports ®
Launched in 2002, Windward Reports is the only full-featured, robust J2EE/.NET reporting engine to use Microsoft Word as a layout tool, putting the power of report design and generation in the hands of the end user. Technical and non-technical users alike can easily and securely create reports in Word, as there is little to no learning curve for most users. Also unique, Windward Reports integrates in hours, offers affordable use-based pricing, and offers “prompt, fantastic” technical support via a 24/7 support forum and support contracts.

Windward Reports works by merging any XML, SQL, or custom data source – or any combination thereof – with a Microsoft Word template. IT feeds data into the template to create a what-you-see-is-what-you-get report that can be generated in PDF, .RTF, HTML, WordML, .XLS, SpreadsheetML, .TXT, or multipart-MIME-email format. Available as a Java library, Windward Reports runs as a standalone application or in an enterprise computing environment. Windward Reports developer and production systems are available for purchase or free trial at www.windwardreports.com.

Windward Reports’ user group spans 65 countries and all continents except Antarctica. User applications include financial statements, inventory reports, product-usage reports, purchase orders, invoices, training certificates, timesheets, and licenses. Other applications include reporting to meet requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley, Patriot Act, HIPAA, Health Level Seven, Gramm-Leach-Blailey, Basel II, and other U.S. and international acts and accords affecting financial services, real estate, government, and insurance industries and the consultants and integrators serving them.

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For Immediate Release
Press Contact: Lisa Harris
VP, Marketing
303-499-2544
lisah@windward.net