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Analysis & Commentary
- AN INTERVIEW WITH YOSSI CASPI, CEO OF HyperRoll
by Tim Staub, assistant editor
- Yossi Caspi, CEO OF HyperRoll, recently took the time to speak with DSstar
about HyperRoll and what it brings to the database and to DBA's.
- BUSINESS OBJECTS EXTENDS ENTERPRISE AND EXTRANET BI MARKET
- Business Objects announced BusinessObjects Auditor 1.0, a new product
created specifically to help customers tune their business intelligence (BI)
deployments to better meet user needs. BusinessObjects Auditor is a
Web-based tool that gives customers insight into their Business Objects
deployment and enables administrators to monitor, analyze, and optimize
their BI solution.
- digiMine LAUNCHES SERVICE FOR MARKETING CAMPAIGN ANALYSIS
- digiMine Inc, a service provider of business intelligence solutions,
announced the immediate availability of digiMine Campaign Response
Analytics, CRA. digiMine CRA is a hosted service that provides key metrics
to measure the effectiveness of marketing and advertising campaigns.
- ASCENTIAL SOFTWARE PARTNERS WITH TORRENT SYSTEMS
- Ascential Software Inc announced a strategic partnership with Torrent
Systems Inc that will create the first-of-its-kind fully scalable data
warehousing solution, allowing companies to integrate, transform and share
massive amounts of corporate data for business intelligence, CRM and
e-commerce applications.
Action Items
SAS Announces AppDev Studio v2.0, Enterprise App Development
SAS Institute announced the availability of AppDev Studio Version 2.0,
which offers the convenience of a complete stand-alone development
environment, from Web to wireless to traditional full-client applications.
AstraZeneca Adopts Spotfire eAnalytics Platform
Spotfire Inc, a leading provider of Web-based decision analytics software,
announced that, as part of a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract with
Spotfire, AstraZeneca, a world-leading pharmaceutical company, will deploy
Spotfire software globally as a core application for decision makers.
Be Free Inc Signs Agreement with Teradata
By using Be Free's BSELECT in combination with the Teradata database, a
business can collect real-time clickstream data from its Web store and
combine this rich and predictive data set with data collected from its other
sales channels.
Data Advantage Group to Preview MetaCenter 1.5
Data Advantage Group Inc, a leading provider of metadata software and
services, announced that it would be present at the annual Dama/Metadata
Conference in Anaheim, Calif. The company will preview version 1.5 of its
flagship product, MetaCenter.
Deutsche Telekom Chooses Amdocs' Fraud Management Solution
Amdocs has been selected by Deutsche Telekom (DT), the largest operator in
Europe and one of the largest worldwide, to implement a fraud management
solution for local, long distance and international traffic, as a value
added service for DT's entire customer base of over 46 million subscribers.
eJiva Selects MicroStrategy BI Solutions
By building on the MicroStrategy 7 platform, eJiva will deliver strategic
and functional BI applications necessary for companies to compete in the
ever-evolving world of eBusiness.
HookMedia's Artemis Maximizes Effectiveness of Digital Media
HookMedia Inc, a leader in digital media management and data analysis,
launched Artemis -- a $10 million, patent-pending data management and
reporting tool.
HyperRoll Enters Global Market for High Perf DB Enhancement
HyperRoll Inc announced its official entry into the global market for
high-speed, high-performance database enhancement technology at the Data
Warehouse Institute World Conference -- Winter 2001.
Horizon Mercy Implements Ingenix's Solutions
Market research conducted by Ingenix indicates that more than 90% of
surveyed health care payer organizations are in need of a simpler, easier to
understand "business intelligence" tool.
InteQ InfraStream Offers Flexible IT Infrastructure DS
With InteQ, previously incompatible information from a client's many
different systems can now be correlated to build diverse, graphical reports
that IT and business managers depend on to make strategic decisions about
their IT infrastructure.
Manhattan Associates Joins Microsoft DW Alliance
Manhattan Associates Inc announced its participation in the Microsoft Data
Warehousing Alliance (DWA). Manhattan Associates' best-of-breed business
intelligence tool SmartInfo qualified for Microsoft's DWA by meeting the
"best of breed" analytical application criteria.
MapInfo Adds Spatial Capabilities to SQL Server
MapInfo Corporation announced a major initiative to support Microsoft SQL
Server 2000, a leading database for the Windows 2000 platform and the data
management and analysis backbone of the Microsoft .NET Enterprise Servers.
Medical Scientists Inc Releases MediSave 3.0
Medical Scientists Inc announced the release of its next-generation
MediSave 3.0 software suite for forecasting the disease-specific medical
costs of Asthma, Diabetes, and Coronary Artery Disease.
Metagenix Receives $1.4M from CS Private Equity Fund
Metagenix Inc, a company specializing in Enterprise Data Management
software tools, announced that it has received the first portion of a $1.4
million funding from CS Private Equity Fund, LP.
NetCurrents Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire MindfulEye
NetCurrents Inc and MindfulEye Inc jointly announced that they have
entered into a formal letter of intent whereby NetCurrents Inc intends to
acquire MindfulEye Inc in a stock for stock transaction. MindfulEye is the
developer of Lexant, an artificial intelligence (AI) technology.
Broadbase SW/Moai Technologies Strategic Partnership
Broadbase Software and Moai Technologies Inc announced a strategic
technology partnership to integrate Broadbase's E-Marketplace analytic
software with Moai's LiveExchange strategic sourcing solution.
Microsoft/Unisys Support Large Web-Based Enterprises
In an industry-standard benchmark, a 16-processor Unisys e@ction
Enterprise Server ES7000 system, running Microsoft SQL Server 2000
Enterprise Edition and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, simulated a workload
of 10,400 mySAP.com users with an average response time of 1.83 seconds.
Pavilion Secures 4 Optimization Patents
Pavilion Technologies Inc, one of the world's foremost enterprise
analytics companies, announced it has secured two patents which are of
strategic importance and cover neural network preprocessing, operation and
optimization methodologies.
Informatica Announces Next-Generation PowerCenter 5
Informatica Corporation announced the availability of Informatica
PowerCenter 5, an enterprise data integration platform for the deployment
and management of analytic applications and data warehouses.
St. Paul Insurance Completes ERisk's P&C RAROC Project
ERisk said that insurance enterprise The St. Paul Companies Inc has
successfully completed a project to evaluate ERisk's P&C RAROC offering as
an effective means of calculating the required risk-based economic capital,
capital allocations, and risk-adjusted return of its insurance businesses.
SageMetrics Announces Top-tier Membership in MS DW Alliance
SageMetrics Corporation, a business intelligence service provider for data
analysis, announces its acceptance as a Platinum Member of Microsoft's Data
Warehousing Alliance.
SPSS Announces New Web-Enabled Version of SigmaPlot
Online journals, institutions and universities that post technical and
scientific graphs on the Web can now share more than just a picture with
their audiences.
SPSS Inc Completes Acquisition of ShowCase Corp
After receiving overwhelming approval from shareholders of both companies,
SPSS Inc completed its acquisition of ShowCase Corp, a leading provider of
enterprise intelligence solutions for IBM iSeries (AS/400) computing
systems.
"Large-scale enterprise and eBusiness customers face unique
challenges: more data in more complex environments with less
time to get it right."
- Gaurav Dhillon, president and CEO of Informatica
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