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PeopleSoft Acquires Advance Planning Solutions
PeopleSoft Inc bolstered its Enterprise Performance Management (EPM)
product offering by acquiring Advance Planning Solutions Inc (APS) in a cash
transaction. PeopleSoft also inherits a talented staff with tremendous
experience in building state-of-the- art, Internet-based analytic
applications.
Coremetrics Invests $8M in Technology Infrastructure
Coremetrics Inc announced an investment of nearly eight million dollars in
the company's back-end technical infrastructure. Coremetrics has integrated
leading technology solutions from vendors such as Aperian, Cubix, EMC
Corporation, Foundry, Oracle, Protegrity and Sun Microsystems.
Ardent Launches DataStage Release 4.0
Informix Corporation, a technology leader in the software infrastructure
for the i.Economy, announced the immediate availability of Ardent DataStage
Release 4.0, a industry leading business intelligence (BI) infrastructure
platform.
New DecisionTime Server Enables Accurate Forecasting
No detail is too small and now, no database is too large for SPSS Inc's
new DecisionTime Server. The latest addition to the SPSS line of time-series
forecasting software builds on the success of DecisionTime and WhatIf?, the
first automated forecasting and scenario analysis products from SPSS
launched late last year.
ebaseOne Achieves Cisco Powered Network ASP Designation
ebaseOne Corporation, an emerging leader in the Application Infrastructure
and Service Provider (AISP) market, announced that it is now delivering
SalesLogix CRM solutions to its customers in a Cisco Powered Network
designated configuration.
Goodyear First User of e.Intelligence Solution 4.0
e.Intelligence, a company that provides large- and mid-sized corporations
with Web-optimized demand planning applications and services, announced the
introduction of their enhanced Web-based collaborative business intelligence
technology, the e.Intelligence solution version 4.0.
EpicEdge and Netmosphere Partner
EpicEdge, a leading eBusiness Total Solution Provider, and Netmosphere, a
leading provider of eBusiness solutions for project collaboration and
communication, announced a joint partnership to host Netmosphere's Enact
Enterprise System 4.0 as an EpicEdge Enterprise Portal Solution.
ESRI and IBM Agreement Maps New BI Avenues
ESRI announced that it has reached an agreement to allow IBM consultants
to integrate ESRI's spatial analysis software into IBM's business
intelligence (BI) offerings.
NCR and Experian Announce Alliance for DW/CRM Solutions
NCR Corporation and Experian announced that they have signed a joint
marketing agreement. Initially focusing on the telecommunications industry,
the two companies will help businesses improve the accuracy of their
customer-centric Teradata Warehouses and expand their multi-channel customer
communications.
FileTek Releases Oracle-Transparent StorHouse Software
FileTek Inc announced that its advanced data management and access
software, StorHouse, now seamlessly connects with Oracle database
applications. By employing StorHouse, Oracle users will be allowed to extend
their data management capability to virtually unlimited size over all
storage media, including on-line tape.
Frontstep and Data General Promise 99.9 Percent Uptime
Frontstep Inc announced that it is working with Data General to deliver
the technical infrastructure products and services critical to executing an
e-business strategy. Frontstep will bring Data General's comprehensive
network, performance and high-availability solutions to its midmarket
e-business customers.
Great Bridge to Take on Database Market
Ritter is leaving his Landmark job to become chief executive officer of
Great Bridge, a subsidiary that will try to do with the PostgreSQL database
software what Red Hat did with Linux. Although Ritter declined to detail the
company's business model, it will involve popularizing the database and then
selling services and support for it.
Hewlett-Packard and SAS Institute In Pact
SAS Institute and Hewlett-Packard Company announced that HP Labs plans to
apply SAS e-intelligence and data mining solutions and technologies to a
variety of HP offerings. The goal is to address the needs of HP's customers
and improve HP's internal processes.
IDM Software Releases Telescope for Strategic Planning
IDM Software has just released Telescope, a sales and marketing strategic
planning application. The software enables CRM application developers,
consultants, and end users to assess the current state of their industries,
products, internal organizational structure, and buyers' organizational
structures.
Leading Companies Worldwide Choose Informatica
nformatica Corporation announced that 56 industry-leading companies
around the world have adopted Informatica's PowerConnect for SAP R/3 or
PowerConnect for PeopleSoft since the products' introduction late last year
to transform their enterprise resource planning (ERP) data into valuable
business insight.
IOMA Confirms Need for Instant Knowledge Access
The Institute Of Management And Administration (IOMA), a leader in how-to
business information publications recently announced a renewed commitment to
online information access for business owners, managers, and students.
Several Telecommunications Companies Select Sybase
Delivering on its commitment to the telecommunications industry, Sybase
Inc announced sales of Sybase Industry Warehouse Studio (IWS) to numerous
fixed-line and mobile telecommunications companies across the world.
Knightsbridge Solutions Launches E-business Practice
Knightsbridge Solutions LLC announced "Xtreme-E," a new suite of systems
integration services delivering high-performance data "e-frastructure"
solutions for firms with terabyte-class data volumes, massive throughput
needs, high reliability requirements, and intense demand for user access.
MedCom USA Inc Announces New Florida DW/ASP Facility
MedCom USA Inc, a provider of innovative solutions for electronically
processing transactions within the healthcare industry, announced its plans
for a new data warehouse/ASP (Application Service Provider) facility in
central Florida.
New MINEit Software Further Enables Clementine Users
What paths do visitors take on your Web site? How does the sequence of
purchases affect what customers will buy next? How do you discover patterns
of fraud over time? Clementine users get answers to these questions with
Capri, a sequence association algorithm from MINEit Software.
Nortel Networks/IBM Global Services Announce Alliance
Nortel Networks and IBM Global Services announced an alliance to offer
customer relationship management (CRM) solutions to organizations worldwide.
As part of this relationship, IBM will establish a global consulting
practice dedicated to deploying Nortel Networks' Clarify eBusiness
Applications.
WorldView 2000 Conference for Objectivity DB
Objectivity Inc, a leading provider of distributed, scalable databases for
mission critical and real-time response applications, shared the details of
its upcoming annual user conference scheduled from May 21 - May 23, 2000 at
the Hayes Renaissance Conference Center, San Jose, Calif.
New Oracle8i Advanced PL/SQL Programming Book
Oracle Press is pleased to announce a new book designed to be both a
user's guide and reference to PL/SQL: Oracle8i Advanced PL/SQL Programming,
by Scott Urman. Scott Urman is a Senior Member of the Technical Staff in the
Diagnostics and Defect Resolution team in Oracle's Server Technologies
Division.
Quadstone Appoints Experienced Industry Leaders
Quadstone, a premier provider of customer intelligence software and
services for the CRM market, has underscored its commitment to global
company expansion with the appointment of three new executives to its
international management team.
Qwest Cyber.Solutions Introduces mySAP.com Upgrade
Qwest Cyber.Solutions LLC, one of the industry's largest Application
Service Provider (ASP), announced it is further extending its relationship
with SAP America Inc through the introduction of two new programs designed
to help customers take full advantage of their SAP based solutions.
HP and RIAL Solutions Inc Partner for Airline CRM
RIAL Solutions Inc (RSI) and HP Open Skies, the airline reservations
division of Hewlett-Packard Company, announced a partnership to market RSI's
Data Warehouse and CRM solutions to Open Skies customers. Airline executives
can use this powerful tool to gain a competitive advantage.
Sand's Nucleus Selected for e-Commerce Pattern Analysis
Sand Technology Inc announced that its Nucleus product suite has been
selected by an internet-based health services company to build a
"clickstream" analysis application.
Survey.com Appoints Nancy Stewart as Senior Analyst
Survey.com, a leading eResearch services company, announced that Nancy
Stewart has joined the company as senior analyst for the Business
Intelligence & Data Warehousing (BI/DW) Research Program. She will report
directly to Peter Auditore, president of the company.
Sun and VERITAS Expand Partnership
Sun Microsystems Inc and VERITAS Software Corporation announced that Sun
will package VERITAS NetBackup software with Sun StorEdge tape libraries to
deliver a comprehensive and fully automated backup management solution for
data center environments.
Syncsort's New Sigma Product for Data Aggregation
Programmers and administrators of large databases and data warehouses
finally can create, manage and process data aggregates with speed, ease and
accuracy thanks to a new software product unveiled by Syncsort Incorporated.
New Software Release from NCR Improves CRM
At a customer conference in Nice, NCR Corporation announced the release of
Teradata Warehouse 6.0, a set of software and hardware designed to help
businesses better service customers by arming staff with up-to-the-minute
customer information.
Sun Strikes Deal With Northrop Grumman/Amdahl
Sun Microsystems Inc has struck a deal with Northrop Grumman, a data
center service contractor for the state of Texas, and its systems
integration partner Amdahl Corporation for the 2000th sale of Sun's Starfire
server. Sun's most powerful server will bolster the state's San Angelo,
Texas, data center.
Times N Systems Debuts Processor Teaming
Times N Systems, a high technology design company specializing in powerful
multi-processing solutions, demonstrated its technology concept, Processor
Teaming, at The Data Warehousing Institute Spring Implementation Conference
in Dallas, Texas.
Verity To Provide Knowledge Retrieval Tech To Sybase
Verity Inc, a leading provider of enterprise and Internet knowledge
retrieval solutions, announced that Sybase Inc, one of the largest global
independent software companies, has selected Verity's K2 Toolkit to provide
high-performance knowledge retrieval for its my.sybase.com Web portal.
The Connection Factory Using Objectivity/DB
Objectivity Inc, a leading provider of distributed, scalable object
databases, announced that The Connection Factory of Rotterdam, the
Netherlands, is using Objectivity/DB for its cutting-edge XML database
solution, known as Xhive.
"We looked at several vendors who could probably have delivered a result eventually, given enough time and money; but time is something we just didn't have."
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