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CCA ANALYTICS FOR OPERATIONAL DATABASES
SAS REVENUE SURPASSES $1 BILLION
NCR ACQUIRES CERES INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS

 

DIGITAL INSIGHT UNVEILS AXIS ADVANCED TARGET MARKETING

Digital Insight Corporation announced the launch of AXIS Advanced Target Marketing. The new software product allows financial institutions to deliver highly targeted promotions by providing them with valuable insight into the needs and behaviors of clients and prospects.
 

CA BUILDS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INTO SOFTWARE
by Wylie Wong

It sounds like science fiction: Software that allows computers to seem more human, exhibiting the ability to think and predict future events. But how close is it to becoming reality?
 

COMPUTER CORPORATION OF AMERICA ANNOUNCES CCA ANALYTICS

Computer Corporation of America, whose database management software hosts some of the biggest and busiest databases in the world, has developed a new visual data analysis tool that lets customers quickly deploy high-performance decision support solutions.
 

LAURENTIAN BANK ACQUIRES DATA WAREHOUSE

Laurentian Bank of Canada announced that it has reached an agreement with Fiserv Company to develop and implement an enterprise-wide integrated data warehouse as part of a $6-million technology project.
 

SAS REVENUE SURPASSES $1 BILLION

SAS Institute announced that revenue for 1999 grew by 17 percent to a record high of $1.02 billion. Continued growth in SAS data warehousing software, which accounted for 60 percent of total revenue, was bolstered by demand for analytic customer relationship management (CRM) and data mining solutions.
 

SPSS SHIPS NEW SmartScore CRM SOFTWARE

To help companies improve customer relationships, SPSS Inc announced SmartScore, new software that applies data mining technology to help companies customize interactions at all customer touchpoints in real time. The software is currently shipping worldwide.

FirstWorld Launches Cisco-Based Internet Data Centers
FirstWorld Communications Inc, a rapidly growing provider of Internet and data center solutions for small-to-medium sized businesses, has teamed with Cisco Systems Inc, a worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, to expand its Cisco Powered Network status for its Internet Data Centers (IDCs).

Hummingbird EIP to Ship with Red Hat Linux
Hummingbird Ltd announced an agreement with Red Hat Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, the Hummingbird EIP (Enterprise Information Portal) core engine will ship on the application CD with Red Hat Linux 6.2 Professional.

Hyperion Solutions and IBM Expand Partnership
Hyperion announced a significant expansion to its global partnership agreement with IBM. Under the expanded partnership, IBM will include Hyperion's market-leading Hyperion Essbase OLAP Server technology within every copy of DB2(a) Universal Database Version 7.

I.B.M. to Hire 1,000 for Database Unit
The International Business Machines Corporation said that it would hire more than 1,000 people this year and next to develop and sell database software, as the company, the world's No. 1 computer maker, tries to grab sales from the Oracle Corporation.

IBM Unveils New Database Management Software
International Business Machines Corp unveiled the latest version of its database management software, as part of a $1 billion push that takes aim at market leader Oracle Corp.

InterWorld and Actuate in Reseller Pact
InterWorld Corporation and Actuate Corporation announced a strategic reseller alliance to provide enhanced e-business applications to retailers, manufacturers and distributors with sell-side e-commerce Websites.

Computer Associates Ships Jasmine ii
Computer Associates International Inc began full-scale delivery of Jasmine ii, the world's first intelligent and integrated platform for eBusiness.

MAPICS Inc Announces FRx Software Partnership
MAPICS Inc, a leading provider of e-business enterprise applications for manufacturers, announced a partnership with FRx Software Corporation, a market leader in complex financial analysis and reporting, at the MAPICS 2000 International User Conference in Chicago.

Pointofsale and Maximal Join Forces
Maximal Innovative Intelligence Ltd, a leading provider of business intelligence solutions, announced that it has partnered with Pointofsale Ltd to provide an easy-to-use decision support solution for retail management.

Puma Technology Chooses Navisite and Oracle 8i
At Internet World, NaviSite Inc, announced that the company has been selected by Puma Technology, to provide outsourced managed services including application rental and database management for the rollout and ongoing maintenance and support of Puma's Internet-based offerings.

NCR Corporation Acquires Ceres Integrated Solutions
NCR Corporation announced the acquisition of Ceres Integrated Solutions, a leading provider of customer relationship management (CRM) solutions, and a leader in retail targeted marketing applications. The cash and stock transaction is valued at approximately $90 million.

NEC Soft Launches NetVault from BakBone Software
BakBone Software Inc, an enterprise-class storage management software provider, announced that NEC Soft Ltd, the Systems Integration arm of NEC, has selected BakBone's NetVault for its Linux Enterprise Oracle Server Solution.

Oracle Announces APS Solution for E-Business
Oracle Corp, a provider of software for e-business, announced the availability of its Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) solution to optimize e-business processes for planning and scheduling across the extended supply chain.

Sand Technology's Duncan Painter Talks Online
Sand Technology Inc announced that Duncan Painter, Manager of its European operations, is being featured in an interview with ProNetLink.com. ProNetLink.com is a premier Internetwork for Global Business-to-Business Commerce.

SAS Software Co. May Go Public
The world's largest privately held software company may offer stock to the public for the first time in the next 12 to 18 months, the head of SAS Institute says.

ServiceConnex.com Provides Access to Automobile Data
ServiceConnex.com launched an innovative e-service tool that will transform automotive information in the burgeoning Internet market. The company has developed a new generation data warehouse to provide enhanced data mining and e-commerce services for automotive businesses and consumers.

Sybase and RGI Announce Healthcare BI Solution
Sybase Inc announced the availability of a healthcare analytic solution through its partnership with RGI Informatics. This solution combines the power of Sybase's Industry Warehouse Studio 2.0 with RGI's healthcare analytics to reduce medical errors and improve the quality of care.

Sylvain Faust Int'l and RevealNet Expand Partnership
Sylvain Faust Intl., developer of award-winning database solutions, and RevealNet, developer of knowledge-based solutions, announced the integration of RevealNet's Oracle Knowledge Bases with Sylvain Faust's SQL-Programmer IX.

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