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Analysis & Commentary
- FROST & SULLIVAN LAUNCHES GLOBAL E-BUSINESS PORTAL
- Marketing consultancy Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce the launch of its global e-business Web portal based on a Lotus Domino solution developed by software consultancy Cognita and hosted by Interliant, a leading global application service provider (ASP).
- TDWI RELEASES COMPREHENSIVE INDUSTRY STUDY ON CRM
- The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI), a leading provider of in-depth education and research in the data warehousing and business intelligence industry, has released its 2000 Industry Study, "Harnessing Customer Information for Strategic Advantage: Technical Challenges and Business Solutions."
- INTERVIEW WITH JOHN BURGESS OF FILETEK INC
by Tim Staub, assistant editor
- John Burgess, Co-founder, vice president, and CTO of FileTek Inc, talks about his company and its new Cetera Internet-based digital storage service.
- MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS PREDICTED IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
- In the future, operations research will substantially improve performance for Internet-enabled supply chains, according to a study published in a journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).
- INFORMATION BUILDERS APPS ACCEPTED INTO SMITHSONIAN
- Information Builders, a leader in Web business intelligence, announced that six of its customers' applications were honored on Monday, April 9, by the Chairman's Committee of the Computerworld Honors Program with a Medal Presentation ceremony at San Francisco's Palace of the Legion of Honor.
- COMPUTING NEEDS A REVOLUTIONARY APPROACH
by Frank Bajak
- The way we compute is wrong-headed. Commercial software is on the whole poorly designed, ugly and counterintuitive. It doesn't leverage even a fraction of the tremendous computing power now available.
- DR. CLAUDIA IMHOFF RETURNS TO INTELLIGENT SOLUTIONS INC
- Dr. Imhoff, a world-renowned business intelligence and CRM expert, returns to lead ISI, a company dedicated to helping organizations design, implement and optimize advanced business intelligence systems.
- HNC'S FALCON QUICK TRACK TO HELP BATTLE FRAUD IN EUROPE
- HNC Financial Solutions, a division of HNC Software Inc, announced the availability of Falcon Quick Track, a specialized version of the Falcon bankcard fraud detection system developed specifically for international card issuers.
- SUPPORT PLEDGED FOR PRISM STANDARD
- The software vendors and content providers of the PRISM (Publishing Requirements for Industry Standard Metadata) Working Group announced the release of version 1.0 of the PRISM metadata specification.
Action Items
Blue Cross Blue Shield Tennessee Selects ViPS' MCSource
ViPS, a national leader in healthcare information technology solutions, announced a licensing agreement with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee to put in place MCSource, ViPS' premier decision support solution for managing the cost, use and quality of health services.
BMG Entertainment Selects Ascential's DataStage
Ascential Software Inc announced that BMG Entertainment has chosen DataStage to deliver comprehensive marketing, sales and distribution data to BMG's North American Marketing, Distribution, Label Management and Field Sales Organizations.
Category Management Experts to Present Workshop at FMI 2001
Interactive Edge, the award-winning provider of interactive consumer packaged goods (CPG) presentation and analysis software solutions, in collaboration with The Partnering Group, Armature, and IdeaBeat, announced their workshop at the upcoming Food Marketing Institute (FMI) 2001 conference in Chicago.
CoSORT Releases Version 7.5 of Sort/ETL Package
Innovative Routines International Inc (The CoSORT Company) announced a significant upgrade to its flagship sort/ETL package for all Unix and Windows platforms.
Harrah's Entertainment Confirms Cognos BI Solution
Harrah's Entertainment Inc, one of the most recognized and respected names in the casino-entertainment industry, doesn't like to gamble with the success of its IT solutions.
Harte-Hanks Chooses Unica's Affinium Model
Worldwide direct and interactive marketer Harte-Hanks Inc has selected Unica's Affinium Model to enhance its existing analytical and modeling capabilities and its overall ability to help clients maximize marketing ROI.
Hyperion Enterprise Wins Research Firm's Top Rating
Hyperion, a global leader in business analysis software, announced that Hyperion Enterprise has earned the highest software product evaluation rating from SPEX, the leading Web-based end user-oriented IT research firm. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SPEX is a division of META Group.
IBM Sets Internet Commerce Transaction Record
IBM announced a record setting result on tests designed to simulate Internet commerce environments including retail sales and electronic banking, supporting more users at a scale factor that is 10 times all the other published results.
Informatica Launches Web-Based Developer Network
Informatica Corporation announced it has launch the Informatica Developer Network, a global, Web-assisted program designed to help developers expand the business value of the Informatica data integration and analytics platform through innovative and compelling third-party add-ons.
infoShark's XMLShark 3.1 Now Available
infoShark inc, a leading provider of business-to-business data-integration software, announced the general availability of XMLShark 3.1 for real-time data exchange.
Mandalay Resort Licenses Data Tech from SRD
Systems Research and Development (SRD), A Las Vegas-based developer of strategic systems, has licensed its near real-time data warehouse solution to Mandalay Resort Group Inc.
NETg Expands Query Tool; NETg Search & Select
NETg announced from its NETglobal 2001 conference that Search & Select, the natural language query service introduced in 2000, will have an expanded range of learning content available and can be installed on-site at customer locations.
Relizon Promotes Thomas, Hires Frey
The eCRM Group of Relizon has promoted Greg Thomas to director of strategic business development and named Terri Frey as director of marketing.
MetrixND v. 2.6 for Short-Term Energy and Price Forecasting
Regional Economic Research Inc (RER), a leader in energy forecasting, announces the latest release of its flagship product MetrixND.
Spotfire Expands DecisionSite Product Family
The first integrated Web-based application of its kind, Spotfire DecisionSite for Lead Discovery is designed to capitalize on the substantial market opportunity presented by the biotechnology and pharmaceuticals industries.
Unica Corporation Receives Highest Score in Quaero Study
Unica Corporation announced that the company's award-winning Affinium Suite has earned the highest score in an independent study of 22 campaign management vendors. The just released study was conducted by Quaero Answers, the research and education arm of Quaero LLC, a leading CRM services provider.
WhiteLight and LOGISIL Enter Into Global Alliance
WhiteLight Systems, a leading provider of next-generation analytic applications, announced it has entered into a cooperative marketing alliance with LOGISIL, an international software and services company based in Montreal.
"Our business is vitally dependent on customers being able to find what they need by searching the metadata, including keywords."
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