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ANALYZING HIGH-DIMENSIONAL DATA
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES GETS A LIFT FROM HP
TIMBERLAKE JOINS VISUAL INSIGHTS TEAM

 

ANALYZING HIGH-DIMENSIONAL DATA
by Ed Colet

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

Data mining and decision-making are typically conducted on very large data sets typically containing numerous attributes or dimensions as well as numerous records. As data sets grow in size, the number of possible interactions and interdependencies among dimensions grows exponentially. Interesting patterns in the data are often based on finding and reporting meaningful interactions. In this column, I describe how current approaches to finding such interactions in large data sets represent only a snapshot of a pattern in the data -- when what may be important is to have a dynamic view of the pattern(s). Mathematical frameworks and techniques to achieve this more dynamic view already exist, and are generally outlined here.
 

BANCA DI ROMA TO IMPLEMENT ALGORITHMICS' ALGO SUITE

Algorithmics Inc, a leader in enterprise risk management solutions, announced that Banca di Roma has purchased Algo Suite for a market and counterparty credit risk implementation that will support regulatory reporting and best practice risk management.
 

Survey.com PUBLISHES PROSPECTUS ON EUROPEAN BI/DW MARKET

Survey results recently published by Survey.com, the leading eResearch services company, reveal that the European business intelligence and data warehousing (BI/DW) market will grow exceptionally well over the next several years.
 

HYPERION INTRODUCES TWO NEW FIN'L ANALYSIS SOLUTIONS

Hyperion, a leading provider of business analysis software, introduced Hyperion Financial Management and Hyperion Planning applications which are currently in beta.
 

MEDIAPLEX DESIGNATES RealMapping AS A PREFERRED VENDOR

Mediaplex Inc, a leading advertising technology company, and RealMapping, a leading company for highly accurate IP databases, announced an integration of RealMapping's worldwide IP address software with Mediaplex's pioneering MOJO (mobile Java objects) ad-serving technology.
 

MICROSOFT SQL SERVER 2000 ENTERS PRODUCTION

Microsoft Corp announced that following the release of Microsoft SQL Server 2000 to manufacturing, over 100 enterprise customers will be going live on SQL Server 2000 over the next three months as part of a Rapid Deployment Program supported by Microsoft.
 

CONTINENTAL AIRLINES RE-ENGINEERS PROCESSES WITH HP

Continental Airlines decided to re-engineer its processes by creating its Systems Operations Coordination Center (SOCC) and upgrading its Flight Profitability System (FPS). It turned to a trusted partner, Hewlett-Packard Company, to provide proven mission- and business-critical solutions.
 

vFinance.com LAUNCHES ANGELSEARCH

vFinance.com, the Web's Financial Opportunity Exchange, has announced the launch of AngelSearch, an online wealth identification tool designed to help growing businesses pinpoint America's wealthiest individuals as potential sources for investment.

A-Life Medical's LifeCode Recieves AAAI Award
A-Life Medical Inc, a leader in advanced natural language processing (NLP) technology for the medical industry, announced that it has been awarded "Best in Practical Innovations of Intelligent Systems Applications" for its LifeCode application by the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI).

Alta Analytics Selects Complete Business Solutions Inc
Alta Analytics, a leading provider of fraud detection technology for the property/casualty insurance industry, has selected Complete Business Solutions Inc (CBSI) to provide implementation services to Alta's NetSuccess customers.

BASE Consulting Group and Brio Technology Partner
BASE Consulting Group Inc, a leading provider of Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing consulting and training services, announced a new alliance with Brio Technology Inc.

LoanCity.com Using Broadbase E-Marketing Platform
Broadbase Software, a leading provider of customer-focused analytic and marketing automation applications, announced that LoanCity.com has significantly enhanced their broker acquisition process by using Broadbase's E- Marketing application.

Cognos Tools to Support GE Employers Reinsurance Corp
Cognos Inc, a leading supplier of software used to retrieve and analyze corporate data, said it has struck a multi-million dollar deal to sell analysis tools to General Electric Co's Employers Reinsurance Corp.

DecisionPoint Applications Expands Canadian Operations
DecisionPoint Applications Inc, a leading international packaged data warehouse and analytical applications vendor, announced the opening of two new offices in Toronto and Montreal, Canada.

Datawatch to Demonstrate Ability to Impact ROI
A leading information delivery solution provider, Datawatch International, will showcase its impressive trail of success and demonstrate how it can impact a company's bottom line by tangibly increasing its return on investment (ROI) at AIIM.

Hyperion Launches Supply Chain Analysis Business Unit
Hyperion announced the formation of a new business unit chartered to bring robust business analysis applications and technology to the supply chain. The new Hyperion Supply Chain Analysis business unit will be led by Amelia Tess Thornton, formerly managing vice president of Right Management Consultants.

IBM and Vignette Corp Announce Strategic Alliance
IBM and Vignette Corp, two leading e-business solution providers, announced a global strategic alliance to meet growing e-marketplace demands in retail, financial and NetGen (dotcom) sectors.

MathSoft Inc Wins $750,000 Grant from the NIH
MathSoft Inc announced that its Data Analysis Division has been awarded a two-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the development of next-generation statistical data mining technology.

Mohomine Inc Integrates Excalibur RetrievalWare
Excalibur Technologies, a leading provider of content management solutions for indexing and retrieving text, video and images on the Internet and intranets, and Mohomine Inc, a company that automates the process of finding, classifying and extracting information from the Internet, intranets or extranets, announced an OEM licensing and distribution agreement.

Nestor to Participate in IAFCI Conf for eFraud Prevention
Nestor Inc announced the Company's participation at the International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators (I.A.F.C.I.) Annual Training Conference.

Angelaudio.com to Implement Sideware's Dr. Bean 3.2
Sideware, a leading developer of customer service solutions for e- businesses, announced that its electronic customer relationship management (eCRM) technology has been selected by Angelaudio.com.

SWsoft Releases Beta of ODBC Driver for Btrieve
SWsoft, an advanced software development company which offers broad range of software development services, announced the beta release of ODBC driver for Btrieve based on the popular MySQL database engine.

Telia Selects Pyderion and SYMON for DB Mining/Reporting
Telia has one of the largest call centers in Scandinavia. After research and testing, Telia has selected two integrated systems for contact database mining and reporting, and real-time traffic monitoring -- Pyderion and SYMON.

VeriSign Introduces Payflow Fraud Screen Service
VeriSign, a leading provider of Internet trust services, introduced a state-of-the-art fraud screening service, enabling online merchants to distinguish between legitimate shoppers and fraudulent users in real-time, reducing their liability for stolen goods and services.

Alcatel Embeds Versant's ODBMS and FTS
Versant Corporation a leading provider of middle-tier infrastructure technology, announced the selection of its Object Database Management System (ODBMS) and Fault Tolerant Server (FTS) for Alcatel's 1000 Series of multiservice, multimedia platforms.

Visual Insights Appoints Dale M. Timberlake
Assuming the post in July, Timberlake's areas of responsibility encompass Visual Insights' Business Consulting Services, Solution Architecture, and Custom Solution design and development for customers requiring unique data visualization-based analysis applications.

ViPS MCSource Adds DB2 Functionality
ViPS, the iTechnology of Healthcare, has added DB2 Universal Database, IBM's high-performance e-business database, as a new feature for managed care clients who use MCSource, ViPS' market-leading medical management decision support system (DSS).

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