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Analysis & Commentary
- SITES ARE OFFERING DATA IN LIEU OF SALES
- The Internet divisions of traditional retailers have amends to make for the misery they have visited on their respective corporations. The parent companies have spent tens -- or even hundreds -- of millions creating Web sites to stave off competition that largely vaporized on its own last year.
- PAINTING SOME PICTURES OF THE ONLINE SHOPPER
- For Internet retailers trying to understand why some consumers eagerly shop online, while others rarely click the "buy" button, a new study aims to offer insight into the attitudes underlying their behavior.
- SIGHTWARD FOUNDER TO OFFER ANALYTICS VISION
- Sightward Inc, a predictive analytics technology company, announced that Rod Cook, Ph.D., founder and chief technology officer, was invited to speak at the Enterprise Data Mining for E-Business conference in Boston.
- IDC SAYS HYPERION IS OLAP/MULTI-DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS LEADER
- Hyperion continues to lead the hotly contested online analytical processing (OLAP) / multi-dimensional analysis software market, according to a new study released by IDC.
- CONTEXTUAL VISUALIZATION SPEEDS BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
- interBiz, the eBusiness applications division of Computer Associates International Inc, announced that Advanced Visual Systems (AVS), an international leader in data visualization software has provided highly interactive data visualization techniques for BizWorks interBiz's leading eBusiness Process Management suite.
- TRACKING SALES AND THE CASHIERS
- The manager at a Beall's Outlet store in the Southeast was stealing money in small amounts $50 here, $90 there. Before long, she had taken more than $1,000, a big dent to the store's bottom line in an industry where profit margins are razor thin.
- CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS FOCUS ON WHOIS
- The launch of seven new top-level domains is again highlighting concerns about the thoroughness and privacy of publicly searchable databases.
Action Items
Artificial Life Wins New Contract/Finishes Consolidation
Artificial Life Inc, a leading provider of intelligent software bots for Internet and desktop applications announced that it has won a new contract and sold several product licenses to develop a bot-based interface for an upcoming US healthcare portal.
Business Objects/Acta Technology Announce Reseller Agreement
Business Objects and Acta Technology, provider of the first real-time data integration platform, announced an agreement whereby Business Objects will integrate and resell ActaWorks, Acta's data movement-and-management server, with the BusinessObjects Application Foundation, the new analytic applications framework announced from Business Objects.
Brio Appoints New Executives and Chief Marketing Officer
Brio Technology Inc announced three new additions to its executive team. The company has appointed Todd Davis as executive vice president, worldwide operations, James Guthrie as executive vice president, development, and Brian Gentile as executive vice president and chief marketing officer.
CA Unifies eBusiness Storage Under BrightStor Brand
Computer Associates International Inc (CA), a leading provider of eBusiness management solutions, announced that it is unifying and extending its broad range of industry-leading eBusiness storage solutions under its new BrightStor brand.
Burton Group Puts Vendors in "Hot Seat" at Catalyst 2001
Burton Group, a pioneer of network infrastructure research and consulting, announced that over 25 vendors have been selected from over 250 speaking applications to give presentations focused on critical enterprise network technology and issues at Catalyst USA 2001, July 23-25 in San Diego.
Unisys ES7000 Sets Record TPC-W E-Commerce Benchmark
The Unisys e-@ction Enterprise Server ES7000 is the world's fastest server for e-commerce by a margin of 38 percent, according to the TPC-W benchmark, an industry-standard measure of server performance.
Cognos Prescribes BI Solution for Vancouver Hospital/HSC
Vancouver Hospital & Health Sciences Centre (VHHSC), a major patient care, teaching, and research hospital in British Columbia, has implemented a business intelligence solution that answers some age-old questions surrounding hospital stays.
DataMirror/Business Objects Offer Customers Open Solution
DataMirror Corporation, a leading provider of enterprise application integration and resiliency solutions, announced that it has joined a new alliance program called the Business Objects Data Integration Initiative.
Evoke Software Joins the Object Management Group
Evoke Software Corp, a leading provider of data profiling and analysis software, announced that it has joined the Object Management Group (OMG), the international software consortium responsible for establishing distributed computing specifications for both real-time and embedded distributed object computing.
Great Bridge Announces Launch of PostgreSQL 7.1
Great Bridge, the open source pioneers who launched the first-ever commercial release of the PostgreSQL database in December 2000, announced the launch of Great Bridge PostgreSQL 7.1, the latest version of the world's most advanced open source database.
HNC Software to Bolster HSBC's Global Fraud Detection System
HSBC will further use HNC's Falcon, a leading bank card fraud detection system, to bolster its already strong fraud detection systems to protect its credit and debit card account customers worldwide.
LumenSoft/Hyperion to Deliver Enhanced OLAP Tools
LumenSoft Corporation, experts in Business Intelligence and OLAP technology, and Hyperion Solutions Corporation, makers of Hyperion Essbase, announced a partnership to deliver expanded OLAP tools.
NCR Announces Preliminary Second Quarter Results
NCR Corporation announced that revenue and earnings for its second quarter ended June 30, 2001 will be below the company's previous guidance, primarily due to customer deferrals in the company's Data Warehousing business.
New York City Uses Oracle Spatial Technology
A complete digital map of New York City is now stored and managed in an Oracle data warehouse, using Oracle Spatial, allowing the city to extend geographic information technology to everyone via the Web.
Business Objects Names John Olsen president, COO
Business Objects announced that it has named John Olsen to the position of president and chief operating officer (COO). Olsen joined the company on July 9, 2001 and is based in San Jose, California. He reports directly to Bernard Liautaud, chief executive officer (CEO) and chairman of the board of Business Objects.
The Oklahoma Publishing Co Selects Unica's Affinium
The Daily Oklahoman has jumped on the latest trend for increasing advertising revenue. The publisher has selected Unica Corporation's Affinium to expand its traditional broad base print advertising offerings with targeted direct mail services for its advertisers.
Popkin to Demonstrate Newest Features at E-Gov 2001
Popkin Software will demonstrate the newest features of System Architect, the only modeling tool that supports the development of an enterprise architecture and applications according to government frameworks (FEAF, TEAF) and government standards (C4ISR, Zachman).
Stonebridge Designs BI Solution for Sonic Corporation
Stonebridge Technologies, a leading provider of technology consulting and enterprise integration services with offices in Oklahoma City and in Tulsa, announced that it has designed and developed a Web-enabled business performance management and analysis system for Sonic Corporation.
Shaw's Supermarkets Implements JDA's pro/fusion
JDA Software Group Inc announced that West Bridgewater, Mass.-based Shaw's Supermarkets Inc, a $4.5 billion subsidiary of the U.K. supermarket giant J Sainsbury, is reporting important benefits since going live with pro/fusion, the recently released JDA Portfolio relational data mart.
SPSS BI and Caesius SW Partner to Offer Web Data Analysis
Joining the strength of data mining with a new way to capture useful information from the Web, SPSS BI, a division of SPSS Inc, announces its partnership with Caesius Software, makers of WebQL.
PPD Informatics' TableTrans 2.1 Provides Advanced Security
PPD Informatics, the clinical data consulting services and software solutions division of PPD Inc, announced the release of TableTrans 2.1, an innovative data transformation software that supports compliance with federal regulations governing electronic records and signatures submitted in new drug applications.
VistaSource Helps Power Williams Energy Marketing & Trading
An impressive array of technology powers the Williams EM&T trading floor, including real time analytical software tools from VistaSource, formerly a subsidiary of Applix Inc.
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