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2002 TDWI DW AND BI SALARY SURVEY

Qlogic/IMPERIAL AFFORDABLE SAN SOLUTION

MAC SERVERS RUN THE ENTERPRISE?

Features

• Analysis & Commentary
  
  BROWARD SCHOOL DISTRICT WINS TDWI 2002 BEST PRACTICES AWARD
  Brio Software, a leading provider of next-generation business intelligence tools, announced that one of its customers, Broward County, a Florida Public School District, has won The Data Warehousing Institute's (TDWI's) coveted annual Best Practices Award for its business intelligence deployment in the government and non-profit organization category.
  
  WILL MAC SERVERS EVER RUN THE ENTERPRISE?
  The arrival of Apple's new Xserve line of rack-optimized servers has caused industry watchers to pose a serious question that would have drawn only snickers in the past: Can Mac servers run the enterprise?
  
  NEW 2002 DW AND BI SALARY SURVEY RELEASED BY TDWI
  The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI) announced the recent release of its 2002 Salary Survey, "2002 Data Warehousing Salary, Roles, and Responsibilities Report." Findings show that the average salary for data warehousing and business intelligence professionals worldwide decreased by 1 percent from 2000 to 2001, from $78,884 to $77,890.

• Leading Edge R&D
  
  NEXT UP FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION: THE COMPUTER CHIP ITSELF
  The silicon chip may soon join the growing list of devices to go wireless, a development that could speed computers and lead to a new breed of useful products. A team of researchers headed by a University of Florida electrical engineer has demonstrated the first wireless communication system built entirely on a computer chip.
  
  LEVERAGING UNSTRUCTURED DATA IN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
  Advances in text mining technology and emerging XML standards in finance will create a revolution in the handling of unstructured data at financial firms, authors of the report conclude.
  
  InnaPhase SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH INVERESK RESEARCH GROUP INC
  InnaPhase Corporation, a leading provider of enterprise technology solutions for life sciences, announced that the Inveresk Research Group, one of the largest contract research organizations in the world, has signed a license agreement to implement InnaPhase's Watson Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS).

• Business & Money Trail
  
  FAST UNVEILS ADVANCED REAL-TIME INFO RETRIEVAL SOLUTION
  Fast Search & Transfer (FAST), a leading developer of search and real-time filter technologies, announced the launch of FAST Data Search 3.0, a powerful search solution for enterprise and Internet environments.
  
  GBI BOOSTS INTERNET ANALYTICS WITH ACCRUE'S G2 PATH
  Global Technology Business Intelligence (GBI) has announced the local availability of Accrue Software's G2 Path, an advanced e-CRM application that brings pattern analytics to the Accrue G2 platform.
  
  LEADING MARKETING VENDOR SELECTS MicroStrategy BI PLATFORM
  MicroStrategy Incorporated announced that Harmonic Communications, a global provider of marketing and media optimization software and services, has selected the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform to anchor Harmonic's proprietary software Engine For Marketing.

Top Of The News

• Computers & Processors
  Bull to Demonstrate 16-Way Itanium 2-Based Server Prototype
  Linux NetworX Offers Oracle-Certified Clusters
  
  
• Applications
  DataCore announces SANsymphony 5.0 Japanese Version
  DWL/ILOG Customer-Centric Solutions for Financial Services
  SourceLink's Gold Digger Online Query Tool
  Cognos/Harrah's Entertainment Win Prestigious TDWI Award
  Solid's Data Management Platform Independently Proven
  
  
• Storage
  Russ Berrie Speeds Design and Cuts Costs with EMC CLARiiON
  DataCore and Brocade Showcase Joint Customers
  McDATA's 2 Gb/s Directors/Switches Available Through Hitachi
  Qlogic and Imperial Introduce Affordable SAN Solution
  BlueArc/Syncsort Announce Certification of Si7500

Short Takes

• On The Market
  Kalido Dynamic Information Warehouse Version 7
  
  
• Financial Watch
  Sand Provides Freeserve with Customer Insight Solution
  
  
• People & Positions
  OuterBay Forms Advisory Board: Appoints Peter Levine

Quote Of The Week

"At any given time, the most relevant information must be accessible from the terabytes of data stored on enterprise systems and the Internet, on a multitude of computing platforms, data formats, and written languages." -- John M. Lervik, CEO, FAST Search & Transfer ASA

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