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The On-Line Executive Journal for Data-Intensive Decision Support
*** December 8, 1998: Vol. 2, No. 49 ***
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IN THIS ISSUE:

BRINGING DATA MINING TO THE MAINSTREAM: PART I
BY INDERPAL BHANDARI
CABLEDATA, LLOYDS TSB SELECT ETI DATA INTEGRATION MNGMT SOFTWARE
QUADSTONE EXPANDS INTO NORTH AMERICAN MARKET

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ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY

BRINGING DATA MINING TO THE MAINSTREAM -- PART I
by Inderpal Bhandari, executive editor at large

Inderpal Bhandari is widely recognized as a leading researcher in data mining and computer science. He is one of the few experts who have successfully demonstrated how the emerging technology of data mining can be translated into useful applications that offer a competitive advantage. Recently, he formed Virtual Gold, Inc. to implement his technical vision. Virtual Gold also offers a consulting service to help clients differentiate themselves from their competitors via the use of data mining technology.

From 1990-1997, Dr. Bhandari was a member of the research staff at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, where he received several awards for his pioneering work in data mining and in software engineering. He was the creator and project director of IBM's Advanced Scout, a data mining program used extensively by coaches of the National Basketball Association to devise new strategies based on the automatic identification of hidden patterns in game data and video.

He was educated at Carnegie Mellon University (Ph.D, Electrical & Computer Engineering, 1990), the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (M.S.) and the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India (B.Engg). He has published extensively in leading computer-related journals and conferences and has deployed several cutting-edge technological solutions to business problems.

CABLEDATA, LLOYDS TSB GROUP SELECT ETI`s DATA INTEGRATION MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

ETI (Evolutionary Technologies International Inc.), an Austin software company that provides enterprise data integration management solutions, has announced that CableData Inc. and Lloyds TSB Group, Plc. recently selected the ETI EXTRACT Tool Suite as a major software component in their IT infrastructure. The addition of these clients strengthens ETI's presence in the global market, with more than 225 Fortune 1000 customers.

HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS VALIDATES INTEROPERABILITY OF STORAGE WITH ORACLE PARALLEL SERVER ON MAJOR OPEN-SYSTEMS PLATFORMS

Just one month after highlighting an expansion of its long-standing relationship with Oracle Corp., Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) has announced some key steps toward delivering the benefits of this alliance to its customers.

ACTION ITEMS

Software Solutions Provides Business Intelligence Tools for Electronic Commerce and Other Applications Through Partnership with Business Objects
Software Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of software and services for the distribution market, announced it will offer BusinessObjects and WebIntelligence as front-end business intelligence tools with its popular TakeStock distribution application suite through its partnership with Business Objects.

Red Brick and CableData Partner for Data Warehousing Solutions in Customer Care and Billing
Red Brick Systems, Inc. has announced a strategic partnership with CableData Inc. to deliver customer care and billing data warehousing solutions powered by Red Brick DecisionScape products, including Red Brick Formation and Red Brick Warehouse. CableData, a leading provider of customer management and billing systems to the global communications and utilities industries chose Red Brick products to increase performance and scalability in the analysis of cable, telephony and internet services data.

Tier Technologies, Inc. Announces Agreement to Acquire Midas Computer Software Limited
Tier Technologies, Inc., an information technology consulting company, today has announced an agreement to acquire Midas Computer Software Limited, a leading provider of Oracle-related data warehouse and data migration services to commercial and governmental entities in the United Kingdom.

Quadstone Limited Expands into North American Market
Quadstone Limited, a leading developer of customer behavior analysis software based in Scotland, has announced the opening of its North American headquarters in Boston, MA.

ExperTelligence Debuts Specialized Portal to Include Intelligent Database Search and Advertising Network of Database Sites
ExperTelligence, Inc., a pioneer in Web database server technology, has announced a comprehensive database-only portal for the Internet. The company simultaneously announced a link exchange service featuring what it says is the industry's only query-based banner ad exchange.

Prism`s New Campaign Advisor Software Helps Financial Institutions Identify, Build and Retain Profitable Customers
Prism Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of solutions to deliver business intelligence applications, has introduced Campaign Advisor, a full-featured market analysis and campaign management solution designed to help financial services organizations identify, build and retain their most profitable customers.

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