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CAN DATA MINING REVEAL VITAL TRENDS THAT AREN'T THERE?
WWW VISUALIZATION DATA MANAGEMENT GETS A BOOST
DATABASE UPSTART AIMS AT ORACLE

 

WHEN WHAT IS MISSING IS WHAT IS INTERESTING
By Ed Colet

Executive Editor-at-Large Inderpal Bhandari presents a guest editorial by Virtual Gold's Acting Director of Research:
 

Data analysis is concerned with the discovery and examination of trends and patterns that are present in the data. There are various ways to achieve this objective, but all share the fundamental notion that patterns to be examined are present in the data. In this column, I discuss the notion that what is not in the data can be interesting -- and in certain situations more useful to know. But what does it mean to ask an end-use r/data analyst to examine a pattern that is absent? And how can what is missing in data be brought to the attention of the data analyst? And does this notion go against current approaches to data analysis?
 

vFINANCE.COM AND THOMSON WEALTH ID ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP

vFinance.com, a Web-based "Financial Opportunity Exchange" and Thomson Financial Wealth Identification have forged a strategic partnership that will change the way early-stage companies and entrepreneurs find Angel investors online.
 

AVS, CON EDISON TO CO-DEVELOP WEB VIZ DATA MNGMNT

Advanced Visual Systems Inc, a global provider of data visualization technology announced that together with the Consolidated Edison Company of New York Inc (Con Edison) they will develop a Web-based visual data management system.
 

DATABASE UPSTART AIMS AT ORACLE
by Dennis Mendyk

Start-up Clustra Systems is expected this week to unveil the latest step in its plan to convince the world that the best database technology for electronic commerce does not have an Oracle label on it.
 

COGNOS ANNOUNCES 'CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE' FOR BI APPS

Cognos, a strategic vendor of enterprise business intelligence solutions for e-business, announced the first of a series of Centers of Excellence focused on providing customized products for strategic sectors.
 

ISI'S INTELLIGENT TRAVEL AGENT PROGRAM READY

Artificial intelligence researchers from the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute have developed the first practical "smart" office software for online business travel planning. The new software combines intelligent information agent technology and advanced planning algorithms to plan entire trips automatically.
 

MACROMEDIA SHARES CLOSED LOOP MARKETING VISION

Macromedia Inc announced that Stephen Elop, senior vice president and general manager at Macromedia, spoke to cross-industry executives at the Giga Information Group "Customer Relationships in an e-World" conference in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
 

THE BANK OF NAGOYA LTD SELECTS SAGENT SOLUTION

Sagent Technology Inc, a leading provider of Real-time eBusiness Intelligence solutions, announced the deployment of a comprehensive business intelligence solution for sales analysis by The Bank of Nagoya Ltd, a leading Japanese retail bank.
 

I.B.M.-QWEST DEAL ON INTERNET DATA CENTERS
by Seth Schiesel

In a move to expand its ability to manage Websites and software applications for corporate customers, IBM intends to announce that it has struck a multibillion-dollar deal with Qwest Communications International Inc.

BroadVision to SAP Integration System Announced
BroadVision Inc, a worldwide supplier of personalized e-business applications, announced the BroadVision to SAP Integration System by STC. This is BroadVision's first out-of-the-box solution, utilizing STC's e*Gate technology.

eBay Selects Business Objects e-BI Solution
Business Objects, a leading provider of e-business intelligence (e-BI) solutions, announced that eBay, a leading online personal trading community, has selected Business Objects as the e-BI solution for eBay's customer insight, corporate data warehousing and data mart applications.

Cognos Launches e-Applications for J.D. Edwards
Cognos, a leading strategic vendor of enterprise business intelligence (BI) solutions for e-business, announced it is the first BI vendor to offer packaged e-Applications to extend the value of J.D. Edwards' OneWorld and WorldSoftware solutions.

IBM Delivers DB2 OLAP Server for OS/390
IBM once again reasserted its dominance in the business intelligence market with the general availability of DB2 OLAP Server for OS/390 -- bringing sophisticated analysis capabilities to the thousands of e-businesses that rely on IBM's S/390 servers.

Delano Ships Knowledge Management Server
Delano Technology Corporation, a provider of interaction-based e-business solutions for the enterprise, announced the release of the Delano Knowledge Management Server.

Delta Air Uses Documentum Products For Website
Documentum, a provider of Internet-scale content managementsolutions for powering e-business applications, announced that Documentum products are key enablers in Delta Airlines' newly redesigned Website.

DynCorp Wins Medical Integrity Program Contract
DynCorp, an information technology and outsourcing solutions firm, has announced that its Healthcare Information Technology Services (HITS) business unit has won a contract to provide statistical analysis services in support of the Medical Integrity Program (MIP).

Cognos' Announces EnterpriseService Portal (ESP)
Cognos, a leading vendor of enterprise business intelligence solutions for e-business, announced the Cognos EnterpriseService Portal (ESP), a new concept in total customer service. Cognos ESP will be implemented in stages throughout calendar year 2000, with the first phase available in May.

Hyperion Ships Essbase OLAP Server 6
Hyperion announced the general availability of Hyperion Essbase OLAP Server 6, the new version of Hyperion's open, cross-platform, enterprise OLAP server. The new version delivers enhanced performance, scalability and sophisticated analytics to help thousands of corporate decision makers.

FileTek Announces StorHouse/MS SQL Server 7 Integration
FileTek Inc announced that its StorHouse family of products can now transparently connect to, and integrate with, Microsoft SQL Server 7. SQL Server 7 in combination with StorHouse will enable Microsoft Windows users to access data stores of virtually unlimited size through a single, transparent familiar interface.

Harland Acquires Modelware Americas
John H. Harland Company is expanding its presence in the area of business intelligence for financial institutions with the acquisition of Modelware Americas, a leader in the emerging field of data stores and data marts.

HP-MIT Libraries Announce Digital Archive
Hewlett-Packard Company and the MIT Libraries announced a $1.8 million joint project to build a digital archive at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that could serve as a model for other universities.

Interelate Adds CRM Analytics Experts to Team
Interelate, a business analytics application service provider (ASP), has announced the addition of key hires that significantly augment the company's consulting expertise in customer relationship management (CRM) analytics, data warehousing, market segmentation and IT systems planning.

Oracle Announces the Latest Release of JDeveloper
Oracle Corp, a major provider of software for ebusiness, announced the latest release of Oracle JDeveloper with Business Components for Java. This latest version offers end-to-end support for Extensible Markup Language (XML), a foundation technology for business-to-business exchanges.

Musicland Deploys Macromedia ARIA and LikeMinds
Macromedia Inc announced that Musicland Stores Corporation, will deploy Macromedia ARIA and Macromedia LikeMinds to provide a rich, personalized online customer shopping experience across four retail Web sites to foster increased brand loyalty.

MicroStrategy Announces Alliance with Intelligroup
MicroStrategy Incorporated, a worldwide provider of Intelligent E- Business software, and Intelligroup Inc, a leading global Application Services Provider (ASP), announced a strategic ASP alliance.

Datawatch Announces Monarch V5 - Monarch V5 Pro
Monarch V5 Standard Edition allows PC users to easily access, extract, and manipulate data from any existing computer-generated report. Monarch V5 Professional Edition adds ability to import and join data from databases.

NARUS and Whitecross Join Forces
NARUS Inc, a pioneer and leading provider of Internet Business Infrastructure (IBI) solutions and WhiteCross Systems Inc, a leading Application Service Provider for business intelligence solutions, announced an alliance to bring hosted IBI applications to Internet Protocol (IP) service providers.

QueryObject Systems Announces QueryObject Server
QueryObject Systems Corporation announced the beta program for a new release of its QueryObject Server for the Linux operating system. The QueryObject System transforms high volume business data into a highly compact and portable format - a QueryObject - that is hosted on the QueryObject Server for Internet access or distribution.

Royal Bank Signs Agreement With Information Builders
Information Builders, a global leader in the combined Web reporting and enterprise integration solutions known as i-business, announced an enterprise agreement with Royal Bank of Canada that gives the bank broad access to Information Builders' offerings of enterprise integration and business intelligence products.

Sand's Nucleus Chosen by HR Development Canada
Sand Technology Inc announced that its Nucleus Exploration product has been selected by one of the largest Canadian government agencies -- Human Resource Development Canada (HRDC) -- for use as their first major analytic data mart.

Informix Announces Subaru Using Ardent DataStage
Informix Corp, a technology leader in the software infrastructure for the i.Economy, announced Subaru of America Inc is using Ardent DataStage as a key component in its business intelligence infrastructure.

SAFECO Implements Trillium Software
With the help of Trillium Software, a Harte-Hanks division, SAFECO, a leading insurance and financial services provider that prides itself on customer service, is implementing a customer data quality solution that is helping them improve client relationships.

UK Post Office Adopts IntelliCorp LiveModel
IntelliCorp, a provider of eBusiness and CRM solutions for the SAP community, announced the successful use of LiveModel at the UK Post Office to reduce costs and accelerate R/3 implementation time.

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