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IT FOCUS TURNS TO DISASTER RECOVERY

COMPANIES WARNED ABOUT POSSIBLE CYBERATTACKS

ANALYTIC APPS MARKET WILL CLIMB TO $6.2B IN 2005

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Analysis & Commentary

COMPANIES WARNED ABOUT POSSIBLE CYBERATTACKS
Government and private-sector security experts fear that the attacks against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon are only the beginning of a wave of assaults that could include cyberterrorism.

IDC ON HEWLETT-PACKARD AND COMPAQ -- LOOK TO THE FUTURE
by IDC Analysts: Del Prete, Melenovsky, and Doyle
We regard the announcement by Hewlett-Packard and Compaq as indicative of both the short- and long-term trends in the global IT supplier marketplace. The announcement marks a formal recognition that the individual pieces of a technology solution are not enough, be that for a consumer or an entire enterprise.

IDC FINDS ANALYTIC APPS MARKET WILL CLIMB TO $6.2B IN 2005
According to IDC, the worldwide packaged analytic applications market will grow to $6.2 billion in 2005 -- a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18.5% from 2000-2005.

IT FOCUS TURNS TO DISASTER RECOVERY
Disaster recovery became a national priority Tuesday morning, with IT operations a top priority at many companies outside the New York and Washington target areas.
Leading Edge R&D

CALDERA VALIDATES Oracle9i FOR LINUX ON OPEN UNIX 8
Caldera International Inc announced the validation of Oracle9i Database for Linux on Caldera Open UNIX 8. This validation completes the first milestone in Caldera's commitment to validate Oracle9i Database, Oracle9i Application Server and Oracle E-Business Suite on Caldera Open UNIX 8.

HNC SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES MONEY LAUNDERING SOLUTION
HNC Software Inc, a leading provider of Customer Insight software, announced the availability of Falcon for Money Laundering, a sophisticated software solution for banks to protect themselves from the significant damages of money laundering.

IDBS DEVELOPS WEB-BASED DM AND REPORTING APP
At the Society for Biomolecular Screening Conference and Exhibition, ID Business Solutions (IDBS), a leading provider of integrated data management, analysis and decision-making software, announced DiscoveryChannel, a new Web-based querying and reporting suite of applications for data mining of chemical and biological information.

SAP RELEASES COST-BENEFIT CALCULATOR
SAP announced a new free online interactive tool designed to give potential enterprise customers specific cost saving projections that could be obtained by using the company's supply chain management solutions.

Business & Money Trail

S&P CONQUEST CMBS DATA TO BE IN SALOMON'S YIELD BOOK
Standard & Poor's and Salomon Analytics Inc announced an agreement to make Conquest commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) data and cash flow models available through The Yield Book fixed income analytical system.

COURT ORDERS BUSINESS OBJECTS PATENT CASE TO TRIAL
In a recent ruling, the San Francisco district court ordered that the Business Objects patent infringement case brought against Cognos proceed to trial. The decision follows a motion brought by Cognos for summary judgment.

OuterBay TECHNOLOGIES CLOSES SERIES A FUNDING
OuterBay Technologies, a leading provider of software products for mastering applications data growth, announced the details of its Series A funding. BA Venture Partners and Leapfrog Ventures, LLC led the round. Also participating in this round were Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati LLP and several private individual investors.

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Short Takes

On The Market
Icarian/Business Objects Deliver Icarian Extract Reporting
XO Communications Deploys Microsoft SQL Server 2000
Financial Watch
Camstar/Business Objects to Deliver LiveView
Embarcadero Technologies Expands SQL Server Solutions
Fortis Luxembourg Assurances First to Implement Clementine
People & Positions
Steve Byrnes to Lead e.Intelligence Marketing Push
KXEN Appoints Prof. Gilbert Saporta to Sci. Committee

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