Hourglass Systems, Inc. is a consulting firm specializing in the design and implementation of complex Decision Support Solutions. Simply stated we help clients turn data into actionable information.

We provide knowledge and experience. Our experience is in the analysis, design, development and implementation of large-scale applications, synthesizing complex business and technical issues into well-architected solutions. Our knowledge is in traditional, current and emerging technologies.

Hourglass is focused exclusively on developing data warehouse and decision support solutions for customers. All our energies and research are targeted in the areas of data warehouse and datamart design, data modeling, decision support project management, front-end evaluation, design and customization, multi-tier systems integration and performance consulting.

We can structure engagements ranging from multi-day "warehouse audits" to multi-year "warehouse advisors."

Our customers are leaders in a variety of enterprises, including consumer goods, manufacturing, financial services, telecommunications, health care and pharmaceuticals. Headquartered in Niskayuna, New York, Hourglass offers services throughout the United States.

Niskayuna Office:
Hourglass Systems, Inc.
St. Joseph Drive
PO Box 9587
Niskayuna, NY 12309

The IT consulting marketplace is dominated by people who understand technology but not business, and people who know business but not technology. Technology does not exist for its own sake. Rather, its purpose is to provide solutions to business problems. Furthermore, while a thorough understanding of a business problem is a prerequisite to solving it, that knowledge alone is insufficient to develop a useful solution. Technology must inform the analytical process and business knowledge must inform the system design process.

At Hourglass, we believe that customers are best served by consultants who have mastered both business and technology. Our people combine extensive industry experience with superior technical capabilities.

Image of MyCn18, the "Hourglass" planetary nebula, located about 8,000 light-years away, taken from the Hubble space telescope.