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Analysis & Commentary
- IS DATA STAGING RELATIONAL? A COMMENT
by Joseph M. Firestone, Ph.D.
- In the data warehousing process, the data staging area is composed of the
data staging server application and the data store archive (repository) of
the results of extraction, transformation and loading activity. The data
staging application server temporarily stores and transforms data extracted
from OLTP data sources and the archival repository stores cleaned,
transformed records and attributes for later loading into data marts and
data warehouses.
- SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER IN 2001
- Companies are realizing that e-business is less about a technology shift
and more about a business shift, and nowhere is this more evident than in
the supply chain.
- SPSS RELEASES NEW VERSION OF CLEMENTINE
- E-businesses are bombarded daily with millions of pieces of information
about visitors to their Web sites. Even with traditional data mining tools,
deciphering this flood of data -- and ultimately turning it into more
profitable customer relationships -- is a daunting task.
- COMPUTERS ARE FASTER THAN HUMANS, BUT NOT ALWAYS AS SMART
- The IBM work is interesting, said Dr. John O. Ledyard, a professor of
economics and social science at the California Institute of Technology, but
he is skeptical that the bot advantage will play out in "thin" markets where
there are only a few buyers or sellers, and where good deals are more a
matter of skill than speed.
Action Items
Advanced Visual Systems Introduces AVS/Express 5.1
Advanced Visual Systems has released version 5.1 of its popular
AVS/Express data visualization platform. AVS/Express is utilized by
thousands of worldwide users to create powerful 2D and 3D visualizations of
scientific, engineering and business data.
Anite Telecoms Planning Tools Help Telcos
Anite Telecoms have completed a Systems integrator Partnership agreement
with DELTA Partners SA of France, the developers of the NETQUAD Network
Modelling software suite.
SAS Gives Baylor University $2M, 5-year Grant
SAS Institute, a market leader in e-intelligence and data warehousing
software and services, announced a five-year, $2 million software grant to
Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
BISYS to Market DataMentors' DataFuse
DataMentors Inc and BISYS have completed a distribution agreement that
will integrate DataMentors' data cleansing capabilities into BISYS' data
warehouse and customer relationship management (CRM) solutions.
Cape Visions Formed from Meta Software
Cape Visions Inc is revolutionizing the management of workflow
environments and empowering businesses to better "manage by the numbers."
Robert Shapiro, president of Cape Visions, recently resigned as CEO of Meta
Software to form the new company.
Decisioneering Releases Open Crystal Ball 2.0
Decisioneering Inc, a leading provider of desktop business analysis tools,
announced the release of Open Crystal Ball (OCB) for Web, Windows NT, and
client/server environments.
digiMine Teams with EMC to Power DW and DM Service
digiMine Inc, a service provider of business intelligence solutions which
include fully hosted and managed data warehousing and data mining, announced
that it has been certified as a member of the EMC Proven E-Infostructure
program by EMC Corporation.
Hannaford Bros. Chooses IBM for Decision Support
IBM announced that leading grocery retailer Hannaford Bros. Co is using
IBM technology for a faster, more scalable approach to track its product
movement.
Majestic Motors Uses IBM DB2 to Increase Sales 600%
IBM announced that Majestic Motors, a Honda dealership based in Lincoln,
RI, has achieved a 600 percent increase in online orders since implementing
an IBM e-business solution powered by IBM's DB2 Universal Database.
New DKD/PKD Book Published by MIT Press
A new book has been published by MIT Press: Advances in Distributed and
Parallel Data Knowledge Discovery. Edited by Hillol Kargupta and Philip
Chan, foreword by Vipin Kumar.
SAS, Vector Research Alliance to Increase Services to MHS
SAS Institute, a market leader in e-intelligence and data warehousing,
announced a three-year strategic alliance with Vector Research Inc (VRI) to
provide increased SAS solutions and technology to the military health care
market.
RightWorks will Embed e-BI Products from Business Objects
RightWorks Corporation and Business Objects announced a strategic
partnership to deliver integrated commerce intelligence and analytic
reporting solutions to Global 2000 corporations that are implementing
RightWorks eBusiness solutions.
Spotfire Integrates Proteome Biological Knowledge DB
Spotfire Inc, a leading provider of decision analytics software solutions,
and Proteome Inc, a leading provider of biological knowledge databases to
pharmaceutical and biotechnology researchers, announced that the companies
have successfully completed an integration of their services.
IBM Evolves Web Site Analytics Services
IBM announced three new offerings from its SurfAid Analytics Business
Intelligence unit. The new services further address the rapid growth in the
Web site analytics space and enable companies to increase site
effectiveness, improve customer retention, measure site usability and better
understand user behavior.
High Tower Launches TowerView NOC Network Performance Tool
High Tower Software, a world pioneer in data discovery for business
intelligence, has launched a network management version of its award-winning
TowerView software tool that helps streamline the detection of network
performance problems by simplifying the human interface in monitoring
operations -- regardless of the size or complexity of the network itself.
"Everyone knows that vital information which can improve
profitability is buried in Web logs and online registrations.
What everyone doesn't know is how to reveal this information
and turn it into cross-selling opportunities, increased
customer retention and more efficient use of Web resources."
- Peter Caron, SPSS Senior Marketing Manager
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