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OAKLAND AIRPORT TO INSTALL FACE-SCAN SECURITY

RESPONSE TO LARGE-SCALE BIOTERRORISM

MONITORING WEB VISITOR BEHAVIOR GETS DEEPER

Features

• Analysis & Commentary
  
  

  VIRTUAL GOLD INC, NATIONAL SECURITY INITIATIVE BRIEFING
  by Ed Colet
  Citing critical need for proactive analysis of federal data, data mining pioneer announces initiative to address national security issues. Leading data mining expert and founder of Virtual Gold Inc, Inderpal Bhandari sees an urgent need for proactive analysis of federal data. Dr. Bhandari said, "I first noticed this when the New York Times did an analysis after the fact showing that early indications of the Ford-Explorer-Firestone-tire problem went undetected in a federal database. Recently, a similar analysis by CNN showed that early indications of security problems at Logan, Dulles, and Newark airports, went undetected in a federal database well before the September 11 tragedy. It is clear that the cost of missing these patterns is too high to be ignored."

  eHealth INITIATIVE OFFERS BLUEPRINT
  The eHealth Initiative, a nonprofit consortium of more than 50 leading health care companies, called for a greatly expanded use of digital information technology (IT) and Internet-based communications to help ensure a fast and effective response to large-scale bioterrorism.

  TOOLS CAN DRIVE VALUE FROM DATA
  In the beginning, enterprise resource planning (ERP) came into its own because companies knew information existed somewhere within the organization but could not get to it because it was scattered all over the place, says Dave Vink, executive director of CS Holdings.

  MONITORING WEB VISITOR BEHAVIOR GETS DEEPER
  WebSideStory Inc, a San Diego, CA-based provider of outsourced e-business intelligence services announced an alliance with Reston, Va.-based comScore Networks, a provider of data-based Internet infrastructure services, to launch HitBox Benchmarker, a new service offering detailed analysis of visitor behavior for Web sites.

  SAP, PeopleSoft, ORACLE MOVE IN ON SIEBEL'S NICHE
  Siebel Systems Inc didn't even make the short list when Welch Allyn Inc, a medical-equipment maker, went shopping for software to track sales, manage accounting and calculate employee benefits.

  AIR SECURITY MAY REQUIRE IT OVERHAUL
  The U.S. Department of Transportation is considering recommendations that could impact performance of the industry's aging mainframe systems and require a costly overhaul.

• Leading Edge R&D
  
  

  COMPAQ StorageWorks BRIDGES NAS-SAN CHASM
  The future of Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Storage Area Network (SAN) architectures became clear as Compaq Computer Corporation announced the imminent availability of a new, paradigm-changing NAS solution: StorageWorks NAS Executor E7000.

  OAKLAND AIRPORT TO INSTALL FACE-SCAN SECURITY
  Oakland International Airport is taking a first step toward being able to scan crowds for terrorists with the installation of face-scanning technology.

  INTERLIANT TRACKS WEB VISITORS, HELPS MIT
  Interliant Inc, the Purchase, N.Y.-based provider of managed messaging, managed hosting, security and Web hosting services, launched a new Web tracking and reporting service for its customers hosted on the Lotus Notes Domino platform.

  ASSOCIATIVE MODEL OF DATA UNLEASHED
  The AMD, represents a radical shift of approach in Database modelling and implementation and it moves away from the notion that Relational dbases, the most widely adopted and robust database architecture known to date.

  TERADATA LAUNCHES WEB-ENABLED TERADATA UNIVERSITY NETWORK
  Teradata, a division of NCR Corporation, announced the launch of the Teradata University Network, a comprehensive on-line educational resource for global university professors who teach classes on data warehousing, database management and other related technology courses.

• Business & Money Trail
  
  

  BROCADE UNLOCKS INTELLIGENCE IN THE STORAGE NETWORK
  Brocade Communications Systems Inc, a world leading provider of infrastructure for Storage Area Networks (SANs), announced the general availability of the Brocade SilkWorm 3800 Enterprise Fabric Switch, the first in a family of 2 Gigabit per second (Gbit/sec) products designed for the unique requirements of enterprise storage environments.

  UNPRECEDENTED RESOURCES NEEDED TO RUN .NET
  Imagine this: With a single password typed only once, a businessman from Detroit gets real-time updates to his calendar, e-mail account, instant messenger, travel schedule and bank statement, accessible from any computer, handheld device or cellular phone, whether he is in Tokyo, London or a plane 10,000 feet over the North Pole.

  INSIGHTFUL/FIRM INC UNITE TECHNOLOGIES
  Insightful Corporation, a leading provider of enterprise software solutions for data analysis, and FIRM Inc, a leading provider of Internet-based survey and feedback software, announced an agreement to integrate their respective technologies into a single, seamless market research and CRM solution called confirmit Customer Behavior Modeling (CBM).

Top Of The News

• Computers & Processors
  Rambus Technology to Boost Data Transfer Speeds
  Windows- and Intel-Based Unisys ES7000

• Applications
  Hummingbird Supports Teradata with Genio Suite 5.0
  Informatica's Integrated Enterprise Analytic Software
  LSI Logic Storage Systems Unveils Data Migration Services
  Microsoft Record on SAP Standard Application Benchmark
  Torrent System for CNET Networks Chosen as 2001 MIMC Winner

• Storage
  Mohegan Sun Gets Into The Storage Game with IBM

• Peer-To-Peer
  DoubleTwist's New Online Service for Genomic Research

Short Takes

• On The Market
  PowerDAQ driver for UEI's Data Acquisition Toolbox

• Financial Watch
  Cognos Signs Deal with The Boeing Company
  Syncsort's Backup Express Partners With Raxco Software
  Wausau Financial Partners with Dot Hill

Quote Of The Week

"It's going to be a tough challenge, and they're taking a big risk with this." -- Gary Hein, an analyst with Burton Group, regarding the Microsoft .Net My Services initiative

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