IN THIS ISSUE

UNIVERSITY OF NC RECEIVES $3M GRANT FROM SAS
KPMG, MICROSOFT, COMPAQ TEAM
QUALLABY RECIEVES $15M INFUSION

 

EVOLUTION OF B2B AND CRM

Business-to-Business, B2B, electronic marketplaces are an important part of the development of the New Economy. Ariba, at the forefront of B2B, states that "Ultimately, all businesses will buy on a marketplace, sell on a marketplace, host a marketplace, or be marginalized by a marketplace."
 

INMON RATES PEOPLESOFT 8 ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE MGT

The review is in. PeopleSoft 8 Enterprise Warehouse has been judged an "outstanding implementation of data warehouse" by Bill Inmon, universally recognized as the "father of the data warehouse" and a founder of the Corporate Information Factory (CIF).
 

NETWORK IP OFFERS SCALABILITY AND PERFORMANCE WITH HP

Like other application service providers (ASPs), NetworkIP faced both new opportunities and challenges in this highly competitive environment. It called on Hewlett-Packard Company to help it meet these challenges and take advantage of the opportunities.
 

SPSS MAKES EQUITY INVESTMENT IN E.INTELLIGENCE INC

SPSS Inc boosted its presence in Web-based predictive business intelligence with an equity investment in privately-held e.Intelligence Inc. The $1 million investment represents the second infusion of equity capital into e.Intelligence since an initial investment made by JMI Equity.
 

THE UNIVERSITY OF NC RECEIVES $3M GRANT FROM SAS

University of North Carolina president Molly Broad announced that the 16- campus university system has received a $3 million, five-year grant from SAS Institute that will give students, faculty and administrators use of SAS software and services.
 

eBizinsights GUIDES COMPANIES TO DOT.COM SUCCESS

Visual Insights announced the launch of its eBizinsights family of next- generation eBusiness Performance solutions. eBizinsights provides eBusinesses with a platform for targeting customers, applying integrated marketing programs, and a foundation to effectively measure eBusiness performance.
 

REAL-TIME DATA QUALITY IS A CORNERSTONE OF EFFECTIVE CRM
by Stephen J. Wiehe

Customer resource management (CRM) has emerged as one of the new millennium's fundamental technology challenges. As the reality of a multi- channel world that includes e-commerce, direct sales, call centers and existing systems sets in, companies are faced with designing a technology foundation that is not only customer-focused, but customer driven.

Actioneer Launches Intelligent Agent Infrastructure
Actioneer Inc announced it has launched on its Web site a new catalog of intelligent agents which speed access to applications and services, both Web-based and local. Web users can now visit the Actioneer site to select and download the agents they wish to enable for quick access to frequently visited services.

Avis Rent A Car Introduces Avis InterActive
Avis Rent A Car, a member of Avis Group Holdings Inc, announced the introduction of the first Internet based information system in the rent a car industry called Avis InterActive.

Barbeques Galore Signs License Pact With JDA Software
JDA Software Group Inc announced that Barbeques Galore LTD, a leading chain of specialty retail stores devoted to the sale of barbecues, fireside products and related accessories, signed a license agreement for Retail IDEAS data warehouse.

Computer Associates' Solutions Distributed by IBM
Computer Associates International Inc, a leading eBusiness solutions provider, announced that IBM has selected CA's Enterprise Storage Management Solutions to accompany its OS/390 SystemPac program for worldwide distribution.

DataFlux Releases dfPower 3.3
DataFlux Corporation has announced a series of new features with the release of dfPower 3.3, including a standardization module and a match module with new clustering and similarity search capabilities for automatic streamlining capabilities.

Bonaventura Joins DecisionPoint Applications Europe
In another major step to maximize opportunities for European business growth DecisionPoint Applications Europe Inc, a subsidiary of DecisionPoint Applications Inc, a leading international packaged data warehouse vendor, has appointed Dr. Michael Bonaventura as vice president of Services for Europe.

eturn.com inc and YellowBrix Form Alliance
CA-headquartered eturn.com inc, and Alexandria, VA-based YellowBrix Inc, a leading provider of content, commerce and personalization solutions through neural network technology, announced an alliance partnership agreement.

IMS HEALTH, Xerox In Database Pact
IMS HEALTH announced that it has signed a collaborative agreement with Xerox Corporation to enhance the IDRAC pharmaceutical regulatory database using Xerox's askOnce document search technology. The two companies plan to offer a parallel search facility for both IDRAC and internal company documents.

Infocrossing Inc to Build Internet Data Center
Infocrossing Inc, a premier provider of managed colocation services, announced it will build a 52,000 square foot Internet Data Center in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Southeastern location is part of Infocrossing's national rollout of 20 IDCs in prime markets.

Informix/SCO Certified for UnixWare 7 NonStop Clusters
Informix Corporation and the Server Software Division of SCO announced that Informix Dynamic Server.2000, Informix's flagship server for the i.Economy and the Internet, has been certified for UnixWare 7 NonStop Clusters.

SAS Software Powers Life-saving New Process
Thanks to e-Intelligence software from SAS Institute and an innovative application from Synteract, the next person you see tapping a Palm VII handheld device could be saving someone's life.

Mortgage.com and MindBox Partner
Mortgage.com a leader in business-to-business online home financing solutions, and MindBox Inc, a leading provider of artificial intelligence solutions for the financial services industry, announced a strategic alliance to jointly develop key components of Mortgage.com's electronic mortgage transaction platform.

KPMG Consulting, Microsoft and Compaq Offer mySAP.com
KPMG Consulting LLC, a leading Internet integration services company, Microsoft Corporation and Compaq Corporation, announced for North America customers the availability of rapid deployment programs for mySAP.com upgrades and migration, SAP Business Information Warehouse, and SAP Business to Business (B2B) procurement.

NetCurrents Partners with Intelligenesis to add AI
NetCurrents Service Corp, a subsidiary of NetCurrents Inc, The Premier Internet Intelligence Agency, announced they have partnered with Intelligenesis Corporation to add sophisticated artificial intelligence technology to their AgencyFacts Internet monitoring and analysis service.

Discovery.com Selects Network Appliance Solutions
Network Appliance Inc, a leading provider of network-attached data access and content management solutions, announced that Discovery.com, a trusted guide to the Internet from Discovery Communications Inc, has selected Network Appliance network storage solutions as its corporate data management standard.

NetManage Introduces OnWeb Bridge for eBusiness
NetManage Inc, a leading supplier of eBusiness access and application integration solutions, announced its OnWeb solutions set as the keystone piece in its comprehensive eBusiness bridge strategy.

Novient Announces Alliance With Hyperion
Novient Inc has announced a strategic alliance with Hyperion Solutions Corporation. This alliance will allow customers to integrate Hyperion's market leading OLAP technology and packaged eCRM analysis applications with Novient's suite of solutions for the services industry.

Nupremis Acquires InterWare
Nupremis, a new corporation formed to expand the delivery of broadband applications and next-generation online services, announced the acquisition of Budapest, Hungary-based InterWare, Kft. Established in 1997, InterWare is a tier one ISP providing IP backbone network services.

Open Text Unveils myBASIS Portal for Knowledge Mgt
At the 91st Annual Conference of the Special Libraries Association, Open Text Corporation, a leading provider of collaborative intranet, extranet, and e-business applications, announced its strategy to take knowledge management to the next level.

PAREXEL's ParXware Integtrates with Spotfire.net
PAREXEL International Corporation and Spotfire Inc announced that they will demonstrate integration of PAREXEL's Web-based, data warehousing offering, ParXware, and Spotfire's decision analytics platform, Spotfire.net, to provide a comprehensive clinical trial data analysis solution.

Quallaby Corporation Closes $15 Million in Financing
Quallaby Corporation, a leading provider of highly scalable network performance management solutions, announced it has raised an additional $15 million in private equity financing.

Lynx Express Chooses Sand's Nucleus
Sand Technology Inc announced that Nucleus, Sand's award winning set of data warehousing tools, has been chosen by Lynx Express, the International parcel distributor, to provide integrated business intelligence across its various divisions.

SatoTravel Improves Customer Services with InfoInsight
SatoTravel has unveiled its new online analytics tool, InfoInsight, which will provide the company and its customers with a state-of-the-art business intelligence application that extracts valuable insight from travel management data.

New Data Warehouse Strategies Drive Performance
Are you wondering why your data warehouse failed? After all, you knew the warehouse was necessary to improve market research, sales force automation and customer relationship management initiatives; yet you rolled out the new data warehouse and it failed in its earliest stages.

TriStrata and EDS to Provide Increased Security
Sensitive information sent over the Internet or simply left in storage will be more secure and less vulnerable to tampering as the result of a teaming agreement announced by TriStrata Inc and EDS.

UUNET Expands With Two Texas Internet Data Centers
UUNET, a WorldCom Company and a recognized leader in Web hosting, announced the opening of a new Internet data center in Dallas, Texas and plans to open a second site in Houston this fall.

WAMEX Holdings Inc Signs Agreement With Tradetrek.com
WAMEX Holdings Inc, an Internet and technology company dedicated to creating and dominating an efficient alternative market and exchange for individual and institutional investors, announced that they have entered into an advertising alliance with Tradetrek.com.

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