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INT'L CAPRI RESOURCES ANNNOUNCES NEW SEARCH TECHNOLOGY
The Company's (International Capri Resources Ltd.) search technology is a revolutionary new way of locating information on the Internet. Its proprietary concept-based search technology focuses on results relevancy and brings a degree of order to the mayhem of the Internet.
 
FIVE DOTCOMS SELECT ORACLE8i OVER MICROSOFT SQL SERVER
Oracle Corp, a provider of software for e-business, announces that five rapidly growing dotcoms have either replaced Microsoft SQL Server with Oracle8i or have selected Oracle8i over Microsoft SQL Server to meet heavy demands on their sites.
 
HUMMINGBIRD ANNOUNCES GENIO MINER DM SOLUTION
Hummingbird Genio Miner is a unique data mining solution that integrates data acquisition and cleansing with state-of-the-art algorithmic models. This revolutionary architecture provides more precise results by improving the quality of the source data and facilitating access from heterogeneous sources.
 
i-Beacon.com SELECTS FABER CONSULTING'S SERVICES
i-Beacon.com of Oakland, Calif, announced that it selected the services of Faber Consulting, LLC to assist in the Web architecture of its premier analytic product line, BeSelect.com, aimed at the $120 billion pharmaceutical market.
 
MICROSOFT RELEASES SQL SERVER 2000 BETA 2
Microsoft Corp announces the worldwide availability of SQL Server 2000 beta release 2, giving customers the opportunity to start testing the next version of Microsoft's award-winning database.
 
AlphaServ.com RELEASES NETWORK QUERY LANGUAGE 1.0
The NQL Solutions Internet division of AlphaServ.com announced the availability and pricing of the full-release version of its Internet software programming language, Network Query Language (NQL) 1.0.
 
MICROSTRATEGY OPENS NEW PACIFIC TECHNOLOGY CENTER
MicroStrategy Incorporated, a leading worldwide provider of Intelligent E- Business software, announces the opening of a new Pacific Technology Center in Carlsbad, Ca. The Pacific Technology Center is MicroStrategy's first software development organization outside of its Northern Virginia headquarters.
 
SUN AND KEY SOFTWARE VENDORS AT RETAIL SYSTEMS 2000
Continuing its strategy to drive leading-edge technology into the retail industry, Sun Microsystems Inc, and its industry software vendors are demonstrating advanced technology at the Retail Systems 2000 show from April 17-19 at the McCormick Place in Chicago.

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Informix Joins EMC's E-Infostructure Developers Program
Informix Corp announces it has joined EMC Corporation's E-Infostructure Developers Program and is integrating its Ardent DataStage software with EMC Enterprise Storage systems and software to provide real-time data movement over disparate platforms, including mainframe, UNIX and Windows NT.

UC Berkeley Extension Career Night On Data Warehousing
UC Berkeley Extension hosts a career night on data warehousing next month. The free session is a great way for prospective students to learn about Berkeley Extension's certificate program in data warehousing, as well as individual courses.

Business Objects Joins Lawson Software EAA
Business Objects, a leading provider of e-business intelligence (e-BI) solutions, announces Lawson Software selected Business Objects for membership into the Lawson Enterprise Analytic Alliance.

Compaq Sets New Oracle Applications Standard Benchmark
Compaq Computer Corporation has once again demonstrated the power and scalability of ProLiant NT platforms by setting a new record on the Oracle Applications Standard Benchmark.

Factiva Accelerates Searches and Downloads for BI News
Digital Island Inc, a leading Global e-Business Delivery Network, announces that Reuters Business Briefing from Factiva is using its content delivery service to provide subscribers with excellent performance when accessing business-critical news and information.

Dirig Releases Proctor 1.7 for Applications Management
Proctor 1.7 adds Application Data Mining, which allows users to retrieve specific performance information directly from leading e-Business applications, including Apache Web Server, Oracle, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft IIS, and Microsoft SQL Server.

EMC Corp Unveils a Range of New Storage Systems
A storage equipment leader, EMC Corp said an Internet-fueled explosion of e-mail and other corporate data has led data storage to replace computer processor power as the main focus of new spending among business technology buyers.

Exodus Opens New Internet Data Center in Tokyo
Exodus Communications Inc, a leader in complex Internet hosting and managed services, announces it has opened a new Internet Data Center (IDC) in Tokyo to meet increasing worldwide customer demand for its complex Web hosting services.

FatSplash Inc Adds Real Time Maztermind for CRM
FatSplash Inc, a provider of comprehensive Web-based customer interaction for e-businesses, announces the availability of its Maztermind true click stream analysis as part of FatSplash's comprehensive Customer Relationship Management services.

Gartner's New eMetrix for Measuring B2B E-Business
Gartner Group Inc announces a new standard for measuring business-to- business (B2B) e-business. Gartner eMetrix powered by InfoRay is a real-time monitor that enables e-businesses to react to critical changes across all business and technology areas.

Gene Logic Launches GeneExpress 2000 Database Suite
Gene Logic Inc announces the release of the GeneExpress 2000 database suite. The GeneExpress 2000 database is a massive reference set of gene expression information across a broad range of normal and diseased human tissues, experimental animals and disease models and cell lines.

GE NET Solutions Announces New Service Offerings
GE NET Solutions announced its first wave of new service offerings related to the E-business market space. A business unit of GE Capital IT Solutions, GE NET Solutions provides the continuous computing and internetworking solutions that companies need to carry out their E-business strategies.

Group 1 Software Teaming with USinternetworking Inc.
Group 1 Software announces that it is partnering with USinternetworking Inc, to develop and manage Group 1's new DataQuality.net engine. A Web-accessible portal, DataQuality.net will provide a broad variety of real-time, customer data quality and data enrichment solutions for e-commerce and enterprise-wide applications.

HighGround's e-Services Include Two New SRM Apps
HighGround Systems Inc plans to make two new storage resource management applications available as subscription-based e-Services at StorageSight.com. Current HighGround products, Storage Resource Manager (SRM) and SRM for Exchange, will now be joined by two hosted e-Services, SRM for Microsoft SQL Server and SRM for Oracle.

SAS Awarded U.S. Health Care Financing Admin. Contract
SAS Institute, a market leader in integrated data warehousing and decision support, announces its partnership in an approximately $20 million one-year (plus four option years) contract awarded by the U.S. Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA).

Landmark Systems Enters OEM Agreement With Neon Systems
Landmark Systems Corporation, a leading, global provider of software and services that help organization manage their critical information technology systems and e-business operations, announced an OEM license agreement with NEON Systems.

First Union Deploys MITI PRM Solution
Marketing Information & Technology Inc, (MITI), a leading Prospect Relationship Management (PRM) solutions provider, announces that First Union Corporation, the sixth largest US bank holding company, selected MITI to develop a customized PRM solution using MITI's Acquire suite of services.

Microsoft Details SQL Server 2000 Windows CE Edition
At the Microsoft Windows-powered Pocket PC launch, Microsoft Corp announced that a beta version of SQL Server 2000 Windows CE Edition is scheduled to be available to customers for testing on June 30.

NEON Certifies TANTAU's Wireless Internet Platform
TANTAU's and NEON Systems' combined technologies will deliver rapid and reliable delivery of enterprise data and transactions from an organization's System/390 mainframe platform to its customers' wired and wireless devices.

netalone.com Invests $3.6M into Lecco SQL Technology
Hong Kong Internet company netalone.com has just announced a HK$28 million (US$3.60 million) investment into SQL technology through Lecco Technology (LeccoTech) on April 16, in exchange for an equity stake of 15 percent.

Quallaby Introduces PROVISO 2.0 for NSPs Data Marts
Quallaby Corporation introduced a major new release of its flagship product, PROVISO 2.0, the first network monitoring and service assurance solution architected to enable network service providers (NSPs) to build powerful, scalable network performance data marts.

PRG Announces Formation of New eCommerce Practice
The Profit Recovery Group International Inc, a worldwide leader in recovery audit and cost-containment services, announces the formation of a unique and focused practice group, designed to leverage the data mining expertise and competencies of PRG to address the increasingly digital marketplace.

TSIG.com Agrees to Acquire The Affinity Group
TeleServices Internet Group Inc, known as TSIG.com, announces that it has entered into a letter of intent to acquire The Affinity Group LLC, an affinity marketing company that specializes in database mining and marketing.

New Vignette Product Recognized by eBusiness Community
Designed for both B2B and B2C applications, the V/5 eBusiness Platform provides a powerful analytical and data mining foundation to provide clear business insight into how and why customers behave in certain ways.

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