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*** November 24, 1998: Vol. 2, No. 47 ***
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IN THIS ISSUE:
INDERPAL BHANDARI ADDRESSES WEB MINING
MAJOR ELECTRICAL CONTROL AREA LAUNCHES MICROSOFT SQL 7.0 DW
PLATINUM TECHNOLOGY PROMOTES OPEN INFORMATION MODEL
A SPECIAL OFFER TO DS* READERS
HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING -- CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIETY
Finally, there's a full color book written in layman's terms
that explains and shows what supercomputing and high performance
computing are and how they contribute to our daily lives.
ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
CORPORATE ASSET -- OR A MERE PRESENCE ON THE WEB?
by Inderpal Bhandari, executive editor at large
Inderpal Bhandari is widely recognized as a leading researcher in data
mining and computer science. He is one of the few experts who have
successfully demonstrated how the emerging technology of data mining can be
translated into useful applications that offer a competitive advantage.
Recently, he formed Virtual Gold, Inc. to implement his technical vision.
Virtual Gold also offers a consulting service to help clients differentiate
themselves from their competitors via the use of data mining technology.
From 1990-1997, Dr. Bhandari was a member of the research staff at the
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, where he received several awards for his
pioneering work in data mining and in software engineering. He was the
creator and project director of IBM's Advanced Scout, a data mining program
used extensively by coaches of the National Basketball Association to devise
new strategies based on the automatic identification of hidden patterns in
game data and video.
He was educated at Carnegie Mellon University (Ph.D, Electrical &
Computer Engineering, 1990), the University of Massachusetts at Amherst
(M.S.) and the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India
(B.Engg). He has published extensively in leading computer-related journals
and conferences and has deployed several cutting-edge technological
solutions to business problems.
Dr. Bhandari writes: "With the slow but sure advent of electronic commerce
and increasing corporate use of the Internet, people are beginning to view
the data in their Web server logs somewhat differently than in the past.
Traditionally, the main purpose of Web log analysis was to understand the
behavior of visitors to the site, where they went, where they spent the most
time, what were the most popular paths through the site, etc. Once that
understanding was gained, it can be used to improve the usability of the Web
site. However, this view is evolving to something much more."
WALKETT GROUP LAUNCHES PJM'S DATA WAREHOUSE
WITH MICROSOFT SQL SERVER 7.0
Walklett Group announces the implementation of a Microsoft SQL Server 7.0
data warehouse at PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM). PJM is the largest
electrical control area in North America and the fourth largest in the world,
providing electricity to nearly 23 million people in all or parts of five
states and the District of Columbia.
PLATINUM TECHNOLOGY LAUNCHES PARTNER PROGRAM
FOR MICROSOFT REPOSITORY TO PROMOTE OPEN INFORMATION MODEL
AS INDUSTRY STANDARD
The Repository Partner Program invites leading data warehousing and
application development vendors to support common repository model for
tool interoperability in customers' heterogeneous environments.
DATA GENERAL DEMONSTRATES SQL SERVER 7.0
SCALABILITY WITH MULTI-TERABYTE DATA WAREHOUSE
Data General Corporation, the leader in the Windows NT midrange server
market according to IDC, unveiled at Data Warehousing '98 in London a
powerful demonstration of Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 scalability with a
multi-Terabyte data warehouse.
MICROSTRATEGY AND CONCEPT INFORMATION SYSTEMS TO ADDRESS ERP AND
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE FOR MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
MicroStrategy Incorporated, a worldwide provider of mission-critical
decision support systems, announced that it is co-sponsoring a four-city
seminar series with Concept Information Systems. The free seminars,
scheduled to begin December 8th, will educate attendees on best practices
for implementing enterprise resource planning (ERP) and business
intelligence solutions to improve manufacturing efficiency. The event is
ideal for executives and managers at consumer goods and manufacturing
companies evaluating data warehousing and ERP technologies.
HP NNM 6.0 GAINS USABILITY BOOST
Hewlett-Packard Co.'s OpenView NNM 6.0 doesn't break any new network
management ground, but a Java-based interface, event correlation software
and data warehousing capabilities boost the package's usefulness over the
previous version.
DW, THE CATALYST FOR CHANGE
Three years ago, Dow Chemical Co. underwent a radical metamorphosis,
reorganizing business units and shutting down or selling nonstrategic
businesses and underperforming assets. A linchpin in this global overhaul
was a new corporate data warehouse.
ACTION ITEMS
Silvon Software's DataTracker 3.0; Enables Users to
Build and Manage Large Application Data Marts
Silvon Software, Inc. announced the availability of Silvon DataTracker
3.0, the application foundation for building and managing supply-chain
focused data warehouses and analytic applications in an open platform
environment.
GEAC Integrates Microsoft SQL Server 7.0
Into New Business Intelligence Platform
Geac SmartEnterprise Solutions announced the integration of Microsoft SQL
Server 7.0 technology into the design of products that support its data
warehousing strategy. SmartEnterprise Solutions provides financial, human
resources and procurement applications that are designed to streamline the
business processes of service-based organizations.
Pine Cone Appts. Vice President North America Sales;
Hires CFO and Launches UK Operations
Pine Cone Systems Inc., a provider of data warehousing administration and
management solutions, announced the appointment of key new members of its
management team in the areas of sales and finance.
Business Intelligence/Data Warehouse Summit Panel Formed
Palo Alto Management Group (PAMG), publisher of the landmark Database
Solutions study series, today announced the formation of the Business
Intelligence/Data Warehousing Summit Panel.
Oracle Launches Oracle8i at Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco
Oracle formally launched Oracle8i at Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco,
unveiling pricing and packaging information on the next generation of the
company's flagship database and "Internet computing" platform.
Sagent Offers Turnkey Data Mart Solution for Web Access and Data
Movement for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0
Sagent Technology, Inc., provider of a turnkey solution for bringing
data marts to the Web, announced support for both front-end Web access and
back-end data movement for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0.
TextAnalyst - A New Text Mining Solution from Megaputer
Megaputer Intelligence Inc. and MicroSystems Ltd. unveiled TextAnalyst
- a unique intelligent tool for automated semantic analysis,
summarization, and navigation of texts written in natural language. The
new solution received the highest grades from all pilot users of the system
during the initial offering period.
Prism Unveils New Release of ITERATIONS Methodology
for Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence
Prism Solutions, Inc., a provider of solutions to deliver business
intelligence applications, has announced ITERATIONS 3.0, a new release of
its comprehensive methodology. ITERATIONS helps organizations establish a
rapid, iterative, repeatable process for building business intelligence
solutions based on data warehouses and marts.
Nucleus Reduces Firm's Time to Analyze Consumer
Behavioral Patterns by 85 Percent
A leading international Database Marketing Consultancy firm has
standardized on Sand Technology Systems International's Nucleus
Exploration Mart and Nucleus Prototype Mart to help their customers
analyze Consumer Behavioral Patterns (CBP) associated with predicting and
managing consumer buying patterns, consumer demographics and consumer
market influences. With Nucleus, the consulting firm has started to
provide market perspectives to its many clients. Nucleus will help to
give them a significant competitive advantage in the sheer speed at which
they can design, implement, and measure customer initiatives and loyalty
rewards.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"What began as an organizational change quickly became an
opportunity to rethink the way we were providing business
information."
- Mike Costa, IT client manager, Dow Chemical Co.
CONFERENCES & SEMINARS 11.24.98
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