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The Bottom Line

In this section, we summarize how installing THOR can benefit your bottom line. All ideas here are based on information presented throughout this paper.

Ease of integration into your network

THOR can seamlessly integrate into an existing LAN system. This translates into maximum immediate benefits with maximum retention of current investment, and minimal network reconfiguration or data distribution.

Ease of administration

THOR provides a variety of tools and technologies that eliminates some administration tasks while speeding up most others. THOR also incorporates a number of features to ensure a high RAS standard. This leaves system administrators with more time to support users, improve reporting capabilities, and plan for future DBMS requirements-tasks worth more to your business and more to your bottom line.

ODBC/SYBASE compatibility

THOR's full support for ODBC and SYBASE compatibility benefits your bottom line in several ways.

Compatibility enables you to migrate existing applications with a minimum of rewriting.
Compatibility lets programmers pick up where they left off in implementing applications, rather than making them start again in a new language.
SYBASE compatibility ensures that any administrator with SYBASE experience already knows a good deal about how to administer THOR.
You won't have to hire a system administrator who needs to learn a whole new system from scratch.

Near-linear scaleability

THOR's unique hardware and software design ensures that you can add processing power only as you need it, and get full value for your investment. Buying more than you need in anticipation of future needs is expensive, and keeps your capital tied up for long periods of time. With THOR, this expense is incurred only when your DBMS needs grow beyond your current capability, and only to the extent required.

In conclusion

In summary, THOR was designed to address and resolve some of the most pressing issues facing database managers and administrators today. As you continue your reading and research in this important area of your business, we hope you will compare THOR to every other system you review. We are confident that THOR will come out on top.

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