On The Market:

Coemergence ACIS -- A Solution with a Human Side

Coemergence's Acquisition and Competitor Intelligence System (ACIS) is a powerful M&A-based business solution which helps companies contextualize information, inform strategic decisions, and support a clear path to action.

"Business needs a breakthrough solution that makes sense of the rich mass of 'informal' information in each company," comments Michael Chender, Coemergence CEO. "And to deliver this information to the right people in the right context."

ACIS is a highly specialized tool designed to facilitate and augment the collection and analysis of published and human intelligence. This information is placed in context in the system, providing early opportunity and threat alerts to acquisition, divestment, portfolio analysis, strategic planning, and competitive intelligence professionals.

"ACIS provides an effective and comprehensive solution while maintaining a simple and easy to use environment," affirms Cameron Kelly, Coemergence CTO. "An intuitive navigation structure allows new users to get to work on the system immediately while integrating the complexity that 'power-users' demand."

Standard Web security protocols allow ACIS to coexist compatibly with other established corporate security protocols and policies. User and role-based security models ensure maximum information sharing while protecting sensitive information.

The thin-client application utilizes 100 percent server-side Java, runs on Windows and Solaris platforms and supports Oracle, SQL Server and DB2 database environments to meet the needs of both small and large organizations enterprise-wide.

The entire application resides on the client's server and leverages existing corporate investments.

"ACIS is based on open Internet standards and proven technologies ensuring compatibility with the broadest range of corporate environments," adds Kelly. "It more than meets the reliability and performance standards that organizations demand."

ACIS v.2.5 for mining and ACIS v.3.0 for oil and gas are built on the patent-pending Opportunity Discovery and Action Support methodology, an approach for identifying early warning signals of M&A events, relating them to technical and financial data on specific targets, opportunities and competitors.

ACIS is available directly from Coemergence Inc, bringing together skills in database development, creative information solutions, collaborative systems, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic consulting. For more information, visit the Coemergence Web site at www.coemergence.com.

Contact Coemergence Inc, Nadine Tanner, 902-482-6645, info@coemergence.com.

ISM/ProClarity Deliver EPM Solution for SQL Server 2000

Enterprise Performance Management is a key issue facing almost every global company. The challenge is to continually improve efficiency and performance throughout the organization, however without visibility to corporate strategy and objective-setting, how is it possible? Integrated Strategy Management (ISM) and ProClarity Corporation aim to solve this problem. ISM and ProClarity, an award-winning provider of enterprise analytic solutions, announced the first enterprise performance management and balanced scorecard solution designed specifically for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services. The new EPM solution provides seamless integration with the ProClarity Enterprise Server, for ease-of-use and enterprise-wide collaboration.

The combined ISM and ProClarity solution takes Enterprise Performance Management one step further, by enabling global organizations to implement the ISM Performance Analyzer for tracking, monitoring and managing enterprise performance and value as part of their overall business intelligence solution. The ISM balanced scorecard, based on Norton and Kaplan's methodology, helps everyone in the organization meet individual, departmental and company goals and objectives by avoiding common, fundamental mistakes by:

• Understanding risk factors and value drivers
• Defining mechanisms to utilize all resources to maximize value drivers
• Rewarding all involved

"In researching how we would deliver our balanced scorecard application to market, we found the Microsoft and ProClarity solution to be best-of-breed - it encapsulates everything we would have had to build from scratch and overcome all shortfalls we have seen and experienced in this industry so far," said Frank van Bouwel, CTO of ISM Solutions AG. "We are extremely pleased to deliver the first Enterprise Performance Management and balanced scorecard application built exclusively for SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services and the ProClarity Enterprise Server. By using Microsoft and ProClarity technology, ISM integrates Enterprise Performance Management information into the decision maker's everyday working environment like Microsoft Outlook and Office."

"As a growing number of companies look to expand their use of Business Intelligence to increase organizational efficiency, balanced scorecard applications are becoming increasingly important," said John Eng, lead product manager for SQL Server Business Intelligence at Microsoft Corp. "We are excited to see ISM delivering a powerful and well-thought-out balanced scorecard application that is designed and optimized for SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services and the ProClarity Analytic Platform."

Dr. Konrad Lang, CEO ISM Solutions AG, commented, "With the ISM EPM suite of applications, we are the first company positioned to address the enterprise by helping companies understand their business from a strategic level."

"As enterprise performance management increases in strategic importance for our customers, we are pleased to see more and more platform partners, such as ISM, coming on board to extend the functionality of the ProClarity Analytic Platform," said Johan Pellicaan, International Managing Director for ProClarity Corporation. "We continue to see an increase in demand for this type of balanced scorecard application. ISM took a new approach by using open and industry standards-based environments like Microsoft and ProClarity. The seamless integration of operational and strategic analysis is unique," he added.

About ISM Solutions AG

ISM, with a global network of certified partner organisations, helps companies to implement intelligent enterprise strategy and performance management solutions. ISM is the global strategic partner of ProClarity to deliver intelligent Enterprise Performance Management, Balanced Scorecard and Risk Management solutions. ProClarity, on the other hand, is Microsoft's major global strategic partner on the BI market. This constellation will allow Microsoft's large client base to have access to these state-of-the-art applications. The relationship with Microsoft is ISM's key for long-term success. Together with ProClarity and Microsoft, ISM will create powerful synergy to become the number one supplier of integrated strategy management solutions on the basis of both relational and OLAP databases. ISM Solutions is a privately held company headquartered in Zürich (CH) with offices in the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and Israel. ISM has a global network of certified distributors and partners and is expanding rapidly. For more information visit the Web site at www.asureworld.com.

About ProClarity Corporation

ProClarity Corporation is an award-winning provider of analytic solutions with the intelligence to drive business success. Founded in 1995, ProClarity develops tailored analytic solutions that enable enterprise organizations to derive the maximum business advantage from their valuable data capital. ProClarity is a privately held company headquartered in Boise, Idaho, with European headquarters in the Netherlands and offices in London, Frankfurt, Zurich, Milan, Paris, Stockholm and Singapore. ProClarity analytics help such leading companies such as AT&T, ABN AMRO, AOL Time Warner, Allstate, Compaq, CompUSA, Ericsson, GE Capital, HP, Nordstrom, Pfizer, Roche, Van Kampen and Verizon measure, predict and optimize business performance. Platform OEM customers include ABC Technologies, Changepoint, comScore Networks, Epicor, Manhattan Associates, Manugistics, Microsoft Great Plains Business Solutions and WebTrends. For more information visit the Web site at www.proclarity.com.

Contact Angie O'Hara, Public Relations Manager ProClarity Corporation, 208-344-1630 x2133, aohara@proclarity.com.