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Jan. 11, 2000 / Vol. 4, No. 2

The On-Line Executive Journal for Data-Intensive Decision Support

IN THIS ISSUE:

DM PRIVACY DEBATE DIVIDES EXPERTS
HOW DM TECHNOLOGY SELECTS BOX OFFICE HITS
IRS MAKES USE OF NEW DM TOOLS

Questions about the data collection practices of a subsidiary of Amazon, the Internet's largest retailer, have erupted in a confrontation between a respected computer security expert and a renowned Internet pioneer.

Three professors' mathematical model for choosing films can do between 30% and 120% better at the box office than movie exhibitors' own choices, according to a study in a journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences(INFORMS).

Been cutting corners on your income tax return? Claiming more in charitable deductions than you gave away? Understating income from your business? By the middle of the decade, it will probably be much tougher to shortchange Uncle Sam, or state tax agencies, for that matter, than it is today.

MicroStrategy Partners with African IT Integration Firm
MicroStrategy Incorporated announced a partnership with Dimension Data Holdings in an attempt to bolster Dimension Data's e-business and customer relationship management (CRM) product offerings and extend MicroStrategy's presence in the South African marketplace.

Microstrategy Announces Two-for-One Stock Split
MicroStrategy Incorporated software's Board of Directors has approved a two-for-one split of the Company's common stock, in the form of a stock dividend.

Plaut Partners With The World Bank
Plaut Consulting Inc. revealed that it has helped develop a data warehouse solution for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), part of an internal organization dedicated to fighting poverty.

SPSS Inc. Ships QI Analyst Enterprise 4.0
SPSS Inc. is now shipping QI Analyst Enterprise 4.0, a new SPC product that helps manufacturers leverage their data and experience to solve business problems.

"The standard that we're attempting to uphold is that if a government agency were to come and subpoena us and ask, 'Where was an individual going on the Web before he bombed the federal building?' we'd be able to say, 'We don't know.'"

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Jan. 11, 2000 / Vol. 4, No. 2

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