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Analysis & Commentary
- ANALYSIS OF THE EUROPEAN MARKET FOR NETWORK-ATTACHED STORAGE
- Dismissed as a niche and technologically poor solution to the growing demand for storage, the network-attached storage (NAS) market has been hogging headlines in the storage space over the last six months.
- BACKLOG OF UNUSED LICENSES HINDERS SALES
- Shelfware for the ten leading OLAP products range as high as 62%, with an average of 39%, according to a recently released study published by Survey.com, a leading eResearch company, in partnership with Nigel Pendse, noted OLAP expert and author.
- QUARREL DOGS OPEN DATABASE EFFORT
- The effort to push an open source database system into competition with commercial products is anything but friendly, with two companies locked in a fierce battle.
- VIRTUAL PROTOTYPES CAN CHEAPLY TEST MORE IDEAS
- A Stanford Business School marketing study tests the ability of new Internet-based virtual prototypes to accurately predict consumer choice and concludes that virtual prototypes provide nearly the same results as physical prototypes.
- WHITELIGHT BRINGS NEXT-GENERATION ANALYTICS TO THE DESKTOP
- Analyst Desktop and Analyst Desktop Premium feature WhiteLight's drag-and-drop modeling environment, which allows analysts to rapidly develop complex analytic models without programming.
- CORPORATE USE OF DATA WAREHOUSES, DATA MARTS INCREASING
- While deployment of sophisticated tools for mining the value of data businesses collect is growing rapidly, tools for efficient data collection within the enterprise are still evolving, a new study of more than 600 software developers finds.
- TERADATA VALUE ANALYZER PINPOINTS CUSTOMER PROFITABILITY
- Unlike any other solution, Value Analyzer precisely measures the profitability of each retail and commercial banking customer and provides fast answers to critical questions to guide the implementation of marketing and customer service initiates.
- SIGMA ANALYTICS PARTNERS WITH VISIONARY SYSTEMS
- VSI and Sigma Analytics will produce a behavior scoring service product, DecisionMiner. Among other uses, the product/process will statistically predict the best collection method based on in-house and outsourced data and will review customers on a periodic basis.
Action Items
Torrent Ports Orchestrate to Intel's New Itanium Processor
Torrent Systems Inc, a leading provider of software for scalable data warehousing and business intelligence, announced that it has ported Orchestrate, the company's component-based application development and deployment framework, to Intel's Itanium Processor.
Atomz Integrates Powerful New Features
Atomz, a leading developer of hosted applications for building better Web sites, introduced powerful new features for Atomz Enterprise Search that deliver greater control over search results and help maximize revenue streams for Web sites with large collections of data.
Caja Duero Adopts MicroStrategy 7 BI Platform
MicroStrategy Incorporated, a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, announced that Caja Duero is using MicroStrategy 7 as its enterprise platform for its business intelligence and customer relationship management (CRM) applications.
Companies Choose Cognos for CRM Reporting
In a recent industry survey, conducted by The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI), more businesses said they use Cognos business intelligence (BI) for customer relationship management (CRM) than any other BI vendor.
IBM Releases AI Software for Help Desks
IBM announced the release of software that intends to replace humans on perennially understaffed computer help desks.
Informatica Announces Distributed Data Integration Solution
The solution, called Informatica PowerChannel, allows companies to integrate global corporate data as well as share data with suppliers, customers and partners across the extended enterprise, thus enabling a comprehensive view of the entire business.
ProActivity Ships Enhanced ProActivity v.3.1
ProActivity Inc announced the availability of ProActivity Version 3.1, which features enhanced automatic, dynamic generation of process diagrams, flows, and models; enterprise support; and integration with Unified Modeling Language (UML) development environments.
Sagent on Sun Delivers Enhanced CRM
Sagent, a leading provider of Business Intelligence solutions, announced that the company has recently optimized the Sagent Solution version 4.5i for Sun Enterprise Servers and the Solaris Operating Environment (OE).
Leveraging Web Data for CRM Impact Courses
The Modeling Agency (TMA), an information modeling solutions, training and consulting company will expand its public course listing with a new three-day offering entitled "Leveraging Web Data for CRM Impact: Where eCommerce, Personalization and Data Mining Converge."
APower Solutions, DMIC announce E-Mining Methodology
The Data Mining Innovation Center, DMIC, and APower Solutions announce the availability of the E-Mining Methodology for Enterprise Software Development.
Baan Extends iBaan BI Suite
Baan, a global provider of B2B collaborative commerce solutions, has announced a new version of its iBaan Decision Manager tactical business intelligence solution to further extend its iBaan Business Intelligence Suite.
Contemporary/Business Objects Partner
The partnership enables Contemporary to provide their clients with sophisticated eBusinessIntelligence solutions that enable users to access, analyse and share information in intranet, extranet and e-business intelligence environments.
Etica/Avellino Help Meet DataWarehouse Customer Demands
Avellino, the UK data integration consultancy and solutions provider, confirmed a reseller agreement with Etica Software, Spain's specialist in data management for data warehousing projects.
Informatica and RSA Security Partner
RSA Security Inc and Informatica Corporation announced that Informatica has incorporated RSA BSAFE Crypto-J encryption software into its new PowerChannel offering to help secure sensitive data that is transferred via the Internet.
Informatica Signs Master-Distributor Agreement with Softtek
Informatica Corporation, a leading provider of business analytic solutions, announced it signed a master-distributor agreement with Softtek, a leading software services provider in Latin America.
SPSS MR/Itracks Reach Worldwide Distribution Agreement
Itracks, a leader in online market research software and services, has reached a global distribution agreement with SPSS MR, the foremost provider of statistical technologies for market research.
Meridian Health Care Management Integrates Business Objects
Meridian Health Care Management Inc has integrated products from Business Objects, a leading provider of e-business intelligence (e-BI) solutions, into its technology solution for managed care clients.
RMS Releases Version 2.4 of Climetrix
Risk Management Solutions (RMS), a leading provider of products and services for the management of natural hazard risks, released version 2.4 of the Climetrix weather derivatives trading and risk management system.
Insightful Acquires Data Analysis Consulting Business
Insightful Corporation announced the expansion of its East Coast and pharmaceutical consulting practice through acquisition of certain assets from Waratah Corporation, a value-added reseller of Insightful's analytic software products based in Durham, North Carolina.
HNC Reports Second Quarter 2001 Results
HNC Software Inc, a leader in Customer Insight solutions incorporating intelligent response, decision management and customer analytics, announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2001.
Lumigent Technologies Secures Funding
Lumigent Technologies Inc, a developer of high-availability database tools for critical business platforms, announced it has secured more than $700,000 from individual investors, consolidating the company's position in support of the mid-tier database market.
"Global 2000 companies have never had as much raw customer data at their fingertips as they do right now. But that data is only useful if it can be transformed into actionable business information."
- Alan Rottenberg, senior vice president, E-Applications Business Unit at Cognos
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