- ACCELERATED INNOVATION AND KM IMPACT
by Joseph M. Firestone, Ph.D.
- Innovation acceleration is a "hot topic" in knowledge management. While
"first generation" or "supply-side" knowledge management focused mainly on
problems and concerns of managing knowledge storage and distribution, some
individuals in knowledge management have recently championed the cause of
"demand-side" knowledge processing. They argue that knowledge management is
broader than "supply-side" activities, and that, moreover, the KM value
proposition is greatly enhanced when we expand its focus to include
knowledge production activities, and in particular business innovation.
- ARTIFICIAL LIFE RELEASES ALife-Logator MINING PRODUCT
- Artificial Life announced the release of its new data mining product:
ALife-Logator. The product is designed to help companies analyze the natural
language conversation log files of their client discourses with the
Artificial Life software robots such as the ALife Webguide.
- NEW INFORMATICA eSite FOR INTEGRATION OF CLICKSTREAM DATA
- Informatica Corporation announced the general availability of Informatica
eSite, a sophisticated analytic application that enables companies to
integrate "clickstream," or Web log data, with other key information from
across the enterprise.
- SPSS DATA MINING TOOLS LEAD KDNUGGETS POLL
- Once again asserting that SPSS Inc is a data mining leader, two of its
data mining tools placed first and second in a recent KDnuggets poll which
asked, "Which data mining tools do you regularly use?" Out of 17 specific
tools mentioned, 17 percent of respondents named Clementine and 15 percent
said AnswerTree.
- NCR AND BroadVision INK $17 M E-BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP
- Data warehousing and ATM leader NCR Corporation and BroadVision Inc, a
leader in personalized e-business applications, announced a $17 million
worldwide agreement to enable companies to drive business growth with
personalized communications to consumers and businesses.
- SEMPRA ENERGY INTEGRATES SUBSIDIARIES WITH mySAP BI/SUN
- SAP Business Intelligence Conference -- Building on mutual success in the
deployment of mySAP Business Intelligence (mySAP BI), Sun Microsystems Inc
and SAP AG, one of the world's leading providers of collaborative e-business
software solutions, showcased Sempra Energy's integrated corporate-wide
solution.
- BETA VERSION OF NCR TeraMiner ANALYTICS LAUNCHED
- NCR Corporation announced the beta availability of TeraMiner Analytics.
TeraMiner Analytics enables business analysts to find patterns in data to
build models of customer behavior. These models can then be used to predict
future behavior and plan marketing campaigns accordingly.
- LINKING CUSTOMER BEHAVIOR TO E-COMMERCE STRATEGY
- Wharton operations and information management professor Eric Clemons and
Wharton Ph.D. student Michael Row note the critical importance of consumer
behavior when it comes to establishing a Web retailing strategy.
AI Vision Enters Agreement with Pattern Discovery
AI Vision Limited, a provider of Artificial Intelligence software and
advanced visualization tools for the Internet, announced a Letter of Intent
with Pattern Discovery Software Systems Ltd, (PDS) a world-renowned expert
in data mining and client-side Web analysis technologies.
CarrierPoint Adds Powerful Web-Based DW Functionality
CarrierPoint Inc, an e-logistics company that provides Web-based
collaborative supply-chain management tools and transportation marketplaces
to the $154 billion less-than-truckload and full-truckload freight market,
announced the first release of DataDepot a Web-based data warehouse tool.
Envive Partners with Distributed Science Inc
Envive Corporation announced that they would use Distributed Science's
network of over 145,000 computers from 72,000 unique suppliers to create a
worldwide Internet infrastructure for its performance testing and monitoring
services.
KeyBank Selects HNC's Falcon Cheque to Fight Fraud
KeyBank, a subsidiary of KeyCorp, has selected Falcon Cheque from HNC
Financial Solutions, a division of HNC Software Inc, to guard its account
portfolio from check fraud.
FedEx Installs NCR's Data Warehouse Service
FedEx said it integrated an enterprise data warehouse solution from NCR
Corp. The technology, based on NCR's Teradata database, gives FedEx an
enterprise-wide view of each customer, allowing the company to make faster
business decisions.
Software Vendors, Systems Integrators Choose Informatica
Informatica Corporation, a leading provider of eBusiness analytic
software, announced it has now signed OEM agreements with more than 30 major
applications vendors and systems integrators who have incorporated
Informatica's analytic platform into their solutions.
Informix Software to Port Foundation 2000 Products
Informix Software, the database company, a subsidiary of Informix
Corporation, announced that it has optimized Informix Dynamic Server.2000
(IDS 2000), the first of four members of the Informix Foundation 2000
product line, for mission-critical Itanium-based servers running the HP-UX
operating system.
Information Builders and Host Analytics Executive Breakfast
Information Builders and Host Analytics will be sponsoring an executive
breakfast to discuss the latest financial forecasting, budgeting and report
consolidation solutions, including real-time distribution of critical
financial reports via the Web and wireless devices.
INEA Appoints Senior Executives to Board of Directors
INEA Corporation, a world-class provider of next-generation enterprise
analytics application software, announced its newly formed Board of
Directors.
Metagenix Adds ASP Capability
Metagenix Inc has announced that the data profiling and analysis
capabilities of MetaRecon, its flagship product, are now available through
an Application Service Provider model.
SPSS and PrimeResponse Form Strategic Alliance
Prime Response and SPSS announced at the National Center for Database
Marketing Conference a strategic partnership that will enable companies to
interact more profitably with customers through better marketing
initiatives.
Yogi 2.1 Illustrates the Power of PurpleYogi
PurpleYogi Inc, a creator of distributed knowledge management software
called Discovery Systems which make networks aware, announced the
availability of the Yogi 2.1 Internet Discovery System with new user profile
customization functionality.
Quadstone Secures $30 M to Accelerate Expansion Plans
Quadstone, a leading provider of analytical CRM solutions, has announced
the closing of $30m in private equity financing. The financing round was led
by Amadeus Capital Partners.
SAS Gives Pennsylvania State University $1 M, 3-Year Grant
SAS Institute, a market leader in e-intelligence and data warehousing,
announced a three-year, $1 million software grant to the Pennsylvania State
University.
Sun Plots its Data-Center Domination
Pre-emptive strike or coincidence? Microsoft Corp and Intel Corp ran a
three-page ad spread in The Wall Street Journal, emphasizing the reliability
and scalability of Wintel solutions for e-businesses.
Tech Soft America/Surpac Announce HOOPS 3D Surpac Vision
Tech Soft America (TSA), provider of premier OEM graphics technology and
Surpac Software International (SSI), a leading provider of mining industry
software, announce the use of HOOPS 3D Application Framework (HOOPS/3DAF) in
SSI's new flagship product upgrade, Surpac Vision.
Unica Launches Industry's First Context Server
Unica Corporation (Lincoln, MA), a provider of award-winning analytical
CRM and marketing automation solutions, introduced the industry's first
platform for serving analytically-based, context-sensitive customer
information to real-time marketing channels.
SPSS Inc Announces the Release of WhatIf? Web Server
SPSS Inc announces the release of WhatIf? Web Server. This new product
gives everyone involved in the forecasting process the power to interact
with forecasts on the Web and see the effects of their decisions in real
time.
"Companies wanting to optimize customer interactions across
multiple touchpoints are limited by their technology
solutions. Most solutions focus on only one channel, like
the Web, and lack the analytical depth needed for effective
personalization."
- Yuchun Lee, CEO and co-founder of Unica
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