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Analysis & Commentary
- ALLOWING TECHNOLOGY TO GENERATE SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS
by Ed Colet
- Executive Editor-at-Large Inderpal Bhandari presents a guest editorial by Virtual Gold's Acting Director of Research:
- Technologies such as data mining are typically used as powerful tools for rapid calculations. The "real" and truly creative work of generating a solution to a problem, and deciding on a course of action remains the purview of the domain expert or end-user decision maker. In this column I take a look at some evolving trends that suggest that technologies can play a greater role in actually generating new and creative solutions -- ones that a human domain expert wouldn't have discovered or thought of on their own.
- GOLDEN DATA
by Charles Babcock
- Data warehouses, data mining systems and business intelligence applications stand in readiness to serve e-commerce, but they carry one Old Economy characteristic that gets in the way: The information they're working with is several days or, more likely, weeks behind events.
- LINUX EVOLVES AS THE DATABASE INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO GROW
by Jeff Jones, IBM Data Management Solutions
- The speed at which the concept of e-business is evolving is perhaps most dramatically reflected in the accelerating acceptance of the Linux operating system in commercial business environments.
- IDC FORECASTS THE WORLDWIDE DW TOOL MARKET WILL REACH $17B
- The market for data warehouse tools is growing strongly. According to IDC, worldwide revenue in this industry will increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 26%, from $5 billion in 1999 to $17 billion in 2004.
- NEW TECHNOLOGIES OFFER INSURANCE COMPANIES ALTERNATIVE TO DW
- Insurance companies spend enormous sums on data management projects that never get completed, or that fail to deliver the hoped-for benefits. According to Patrick Kassebaum, the reason for this wastefulness is that insurance companies have assumed that data warehousing is the only way to solve their data storage and management problems.
- MIDRANGE NAS
- It took a disaster for Darrell Starnes to upgrade his company's storage. Starnes is the director of systems infrastructure at the Houston-based e-tailer Ashford.com.
- QAD/IBM DELIVER B2B COMMERCE APPS ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS
- QAD, a leading provider of applications for global manufacturing enterprises and their private exchanges, announced that they are now delivering B2B commerce across multiple platforms for manufacturers and suppliers as a result of their strategic alliance with IBM announced last October.
- AI COMPUTER MODEL SAVES RETAILERS FROM COSTLY MISTAKES
- A new mathematical modeling process is now available to predict the potential deposits or sales volume of any prospective geographic location. Retailers and Bankers can save considerable money by avoiding the expenses related to opening new stores in poor locations.
- TELEPHIA ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP WITH digiMine
- Telephia Inc, a leading provider of mission-critical data and intelligence for the wireless industry, announced a strategic relationship with digiMine, a service provider of business intelligence solutions.
- WHITELIGHT DELIVERS A COMPLETE ANALYTIC PLATFORM
- WhiteLight Systems, a leading provider of next-generation analytic applications, announced the introduction of a vertical solutions program that will define for customers how to bring the power of analytic applications into their organizations to drive faster decisions and increase bottom-line results.
Action Items
AlphaBlox Appoints Sumner to CEO, Kane to CMO
AlphaBlox Corporation, the maker of the only Web-based platform for building analytical applications, announced management changes and additions designed to accelerate the company's growth in the analytic application marketplace.
Blue Hammock, Broadbase and BEA Systems Work Together
Blue Hammock Inc, the fast-growing eCRM Solutions Integration company, announced that it has formed an alliance with BEA Systems Inc, one of the world's leading e-business infrastructure software organizations.
New Brokat Technologies and Cognos Partnership
Brokat Technologies, a global leader in software that enables user-centric business, announced a new partnership with Cognos Inc, a global supplier of BI systems. As a result of the partnership, Brokat acquires global distribution rights for the Web-releases of Cognos' analysis tools -- Impromptu and PowerPlay.
Cognos Wins Independent Health Association Contract
Independent Health Association has taken the lead in providing their employees with a painless way to deal with information. They have adopted an enterprise business intelligence solution from Cognos to gain insightful access into key business information.
CSI Announces Business Partnership with Acta Technology
CSI Inc a developer and service provider of E-Business and Business Intelligence technology solutions to Global 1000 firms, announced that the Company has entered into a business partnership with Acta Technology Inc.
Energis Selects Evoke Software Business Information Program
Evoke Software Corp announced an agreement with European telecommunications powerhouse Energis. The company will use Evoke Axio's data profiling software suite to build and increase productivity within the Energis Business Information Program.
Medical Scientists to Launch HybridAI
Medical Scientists Inc (Boston, MA) released its HybridAI next-generation Rational Artificial Intelligence (RAI) predictive modeling technology to the healthcare industry at the National Managed Healthcare Congress in Atlanta, GA.
Ontario Securities Commission/MindfulEye Enter Agreement
OSC officials will use MindfulEye's proprietary artificial intelligence technology to monitor online information. In exchange, the OSC will assist MindfulEye in developing new features for its suite of Internet market surveillance products.
MindfulEye Launches InvestorLite
MindfulEye, developer of Lexant, a Natural Language Processing software that can instantly read and understand online material in context, is pleased to announce the launch of InvestorLite, an Internet monitoring tool for retail investors.
Connotate Technologies Promotes Tom Pisello to CEO
Connotate Technologies, a developer of user-defined HTML-to-XML personalized content mining software, announced the promotion of Mr. Thomas Pisello to Chief Executive Officer.
Primary Knowledge Adds Leaders to Technical Advisory Board
Primary Knowledge, a leading provider of outsourced infrastructure for integrating, managing, and analyzing customer data, has announced the appointment of four new members to its Technical Advisory Board, all of whom are recognized and respected leaders in data warehousing, data mining, and e-business.
Purple Announces PurpleCRM Web Access Now Available
Purple Solutions Inc announced that PurpleCRM is now available through any Web access point. PurpleCRM is accessible through Windows Terminal Services (WTS) and Virtual Private Networks (VPN).
Sybase Customers Win Prizes in DB Scalability Program
Winter Corporation, a leading center of expertise in database scalability for e-business, enterprise applications and business intelligence, announced that several Sybase Inc customers have won prizes in Database Scalability Program 2000.
ThinkFast Launches New CRM/Analytics Service Offerings
ThinkFast Consulting Inc, a full-service provider of integrated business intelligence (BI) solutions, announced a new series of service offerings focused on Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Infrastructure and Analytics.
Former Brio CEO, Yorgen Edholm Joins DecisionPoint Apps
DecisionPoint Applications, a premier provider of enterprise analytical applications and packaged data warehousing infrastructure, announced that Yorgen Edholm, former chief executive officer of Brio Technology, has joined DecisionPoint as CEO.
"The promise of the Internet is buried under mountains of segregated customer data such as Web site log files and email systems."
- Bill Inmon, recognized "Father of Data Warehousing"
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