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Features
- Analysis & Commentary
DAVE POOLE OF HP/COMPAQ SPEAKS W/DSstar AT TDWI SAN DIEGO
by Tim Staub, managing editor
DSstar talks with Dave Poole, Director of CRM/BI solutions for the
AlphaSystems Division at Compaq Computer Corporation from TDWI, San Diego.
Mr Poole gives insights on Compaq real-time functionality, the ODS Manager,
and built-in transportability.
CSC IDENTIFIES SIX 'DISRUPTIVE' TECHNOLOGY AREAS
Think tanks call it "digital disruption" -- the arrival of a technology so
radically superior that it has the potential to render entire industries
obsolete. It's happened more in our lifetime than in any other period, as
the vacuum tube, LP record and countless other technologies have been swept
from homes and offices into museums.
BIOMETRIC DRIVER'S LICENSES WITHIN FIVE YEARS?
Two Virginia congressmen have proposed a $315 million program that would
require biometric markers on all states' driver's licenses within five
years, according to federal legislation the pair filed.
BIOPHARMACEUTICAL R&D DATA INTEGRATION LARGELY INEFFECTIVE
In a recently released White Paper assessing the promise and reality of
data integration for biopharmaceutical R&D, 3rd Millennium stressed that
many life sciences companies have not benefited from their data integration
solutions due to poor planning and flawed selection and application of
technology solutions.
SECRETS OF THE SAN
With the exponential increase in the volume of storable information,
relying on direct-attached storage became cumbersome and expensive in terms
of both hardware and manpower. IT managers needed to find a way to
consolidate and manage data in a cost-effective and secure fashion.
- Leading Edge R&D
AnVil RECEIVES TWO GRANTS FROM NIH
AnVil, a pioneering life sciences discovery company that turns data into
decision-quality knowledge, announced that it has been awarded two Small
Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants from the National Institutes of
Health (NIH) to develop software tools used in the discovery of cancer
drugs.
ECLIPSYS FORMS SunClinical DATA INSTITUTE
Eclipsys Corporation, The Outcomes Company, announced the establishment of
a new business division, SunClinical Data Institute, to aid healthcare
organizations (HCOs) in unlocking the scientific and clinical management
power that resides in clinical information systems.
FUJITSU DEVELOPS 300Gb/in2 HDD TECHNOLOGY
Fujitsu, a world leader in hard disk drive technology, has developed
revolutionary new read head and media technologies that will enable hard
disk drive (HDD) recording densities of up to 300 gigabits per square inch
(Gb/in2). The new technologies are expected to lead to the commercial
introduction within two to four years of 2.5" hard disk drives with
capacities up to six times the recording density available today.
- Business & Money Trail
'01 DATABASE SALES NUMBERS FROM DATAQUEST
IBM took the No. 1 spot last year in terms of total new database software
sales from long-time leader Oracle Corp, according to a new report from
Dataquest, a unit of technology research firm Gartner Inc. Oracle remains
king of the relational database software segment, but slipped because of
competition from IBM and Microsoft, Dataquest said.
MICROSOFT SQL SERVER ACCELERATOR FOR BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
Microsoft Corp announced the availability of the Microsoft SQL Server
Accelerator for Business Intelligence (Accelerator for BI). The Accelerator
for BI is a rapid application development tool to automate the process of
building the infrastructure of an analytical application.
NOETIX SIMPLIFIES BI DEVELOPMENT FOR ORACLE/MS APPS USERS
Noetix Corp, a global infrastructure software provider that unlocks
corporate data and empowers decision-makers to answer their own business
questions, announced the Noetix Development Kit for Business Intelligence to
allow quick and straightforward sourcing of Oracle E-Business Suite
Financials data into the Microsoft SQL Server Accelerator for Business
Intelligence (Accelerator for BI).
ASPECT MEDICAL SYSTEMS MONITORS COMPANY PULSE WITH COGNOS BI
Aspect Medical Systems has implemented a business intelligence solution
from Cognos. Cognos is delivering a unified, accurate view of corporate
performance across the organization, while maximizing the company's existing
data warehouse and Siebel CRM investments.
Top Of The News
Short Takes
- On The Market
FTI Consulting Introduces New Electronic Evidence Practice
illumitek/Mantas to Provide Visual Fraud Safeguards
MIS AG North America Launches MIS Plain Excel Integration
- Financial Watch
SAS for CRM Increases Travelocity.com Booking Results
State of Tennessee Employs MicroStrategy BI
Quote Of The Week
"Companies are often undermined by how much more difficult it is to match their objectives with the right data integration solution than for other software investments." -- Roland Carel, Ph.D., Senior Systems Architect, 3rd Millennium
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