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The On-Line Executive Journal for Data-Intensive Decision Support
*** Jun 29, 1999: Vol. 3, No. 26 ***
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IN THIS ISSUE:

KEEPING DATA MINING IN SYNC WITH END-USERS
META GROUP PREDICTS SURGE IN DATA WAREHOUSING
SAS INTEGRATES APPS AT THE INFO PROCESS LEVEL

ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY

PHASING THE DEPLOYMENT OF A DATA MINING SOLUTION TO YOUR END-USERS
By Jennifer Parker Laflamme

Executive Editor-at-Large Inderpal Bhandari presents a guest editorial by one of Virtual Gold's Senior Analysts:

Who will be the end users of a data mining solution is one of the considerations in the deployment of a data mining solution. Getting a solution into their hands involves data access considerations, deployment options regarding technological infrastructure, different scopes of a project implementation, and different end-user training requirements. But if done correctly, a phased rollout that provides a solution to various user-sets can result in the best chances for better decision making throughout the company and a continual competitive advantage.

IBM SERVERS DOMINATE AS INDUSTRY REPORT INDICATES MAJOR SURGE IN DATA WAREHOUSING

META Group predicts that, by the end of the year, customer growth rates will lead to 30 percent of data warehouse sites exceeding one terabyte of data, the equivalent of nearly 700,000 fully-loaded floppy disks. META Group names servers as the primary beneficiary of this trend, representing 40 percent of revenue in the overall market.

SAS INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES ENTERPRISE INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGIES

Recently at SEUGI, the SAS European User Group, SAS Institute announced the first technologies that allow organizations to realise the value of their information assets by integrating applications at the information process level.

ON THE WEB, AS ELSEWHERE, POPULARITY IS SELF-REINFORCING
By John Markoff For The NY Times

Bringing new statistical support to an increasingly common Internet wisdom, two Xerox Corp. researchers have found that the most popular Web sites command by far the biggest share of Internet traffic -- a signature of what economists refer to as "winner take all" markets.

ACTION ITEMS

Exchange Applications Partners With Strategic Software Systems To Help Bankcard Issuers Optimize Customer Profitability
Exchange Applications, Inc., a leading provider of software and services that optimize the value of customer relationships, has announced that it has partnered with Strategic Software Systems (SSS) to provide joint Customer Relationship Management solutions for bankcard issuers.

Net.Genesis Secures $22 Million In Financing To Expand E-Business Intelligence Market Leadership
net.Genesis Corp., a leader in e-business intelligence solutions for both Fortune 500 and Web enterprises, has announced a strategic mezzanine round of financing of $22 million from a premier group of private and venture capital investors. The funding was led by BankAmerica Ventures with participation by Goldman Sachs, St. Paul Ventures, Nexus Group, Boston Millennia, J&W Seligman and Harte-Hanks Corporation.

SAP Media Solution Enhanced: SAP Business Information Warehouse Tailored To Media Needs; Support For Online Advertising, And Extended Functionality For Magazine Publishing
SAP AG, a leading provider of enterprise software solutions, has announced additional functionality for the SAP Media solution. The new functionality includes integration of the SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW) as well as enhancements of two industry-specific components, Advertising Management (IS-M/AM) and Media Sales and Distribution (IS-M/SD) including circulation and fulfillment.

GA Information Systems Forms Strategic Alliance With Cognizant Technology Solutions
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, an applications outsourcer providing software development and management services, and GA Information Systems Limited (GAIS), one of the UK's leading specialists in business intelligence and data warehousing solutions, announced the signing of a strategic business agreement at Business Intelligence 99 in London. The alliance is aimed at pooling and enhancing the data warehousing and web-centric solutions capabilities of the two companies.

ISL Boosts Nisa-Today's Negotiating Focus
The UK's largest buying consortium, Nisa-Today's Holdings Ltd, has implemented a data warehouse and business intelligence (BI) solution from Information Specialists Ltd (ISL) part of the business intelligence operation of Acuma Solutions Ltd. The new solution is enabling Nisa-Today's wholesale division, the Today's Group, to track the market more effectively and negotiate better deals for its members.

Oracle And HP Bring E-Business Intelligence To Mid-Sized Financial Institutions: Internet-Enabled Data Marts Designed To Increase Customer Retention
Oracle Corp. has announced the immediate availability of an Internet-enabled data mart bundle featuring Oracle's Data Mart Suite pre-loaded on Hewlett-Packard's Internet Intel-based NetServer LXr 8000 system.

Unisys Introduces Servers Specially Configured To Optimize SAP R/3 Response Time, Featuring Performance Warranty
Unisys Corporation has introduced Windows NT-based Aquanta ES5000 servers specially configured to optimize the performance of SAP R/3, one of the world's most widely used suites of enterprise business solutions. The configurations feature a warranty that the systems will deliver an average OLTP response time of less than two seconds for all transactions.

Hitachi Data Systems Announces New Visionbase Escon Adapter For Data Mining And ERP Applications
The VisionBase ESCON adapter provides a high bandwidth, bi-directional connection to mainframe applications and data. The adapter is optimized for LAN gateway consolidation, data warehousing, data mining, and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) server access of mainframe data.

SAS Institute Delivers Data Warehouse Reporting Through A Web Browser
Announced at PC Expo '99 in New York, Enterprise Reporter is a component of the award-winning SAS data warehousing solution, and completes the process of turning data into useful information by enabling users to see, analyze and present information customized to their specific reporting needs.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"We're about to enter a new millennium in which business success will be driven not by the efficiency of standard processes but by an organization's ability to create and act upon knowledge."

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