Secure.Data for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 from Protegrity Inc. provides enhanced enterprise-wide database protection and privacy enforcement solutions for Microsoft Commerce Server which integrates with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 relational database. It is an out-of- the-box automated database encryption solution with protected key-management software for selectively encrypting, securing, auditing and controlling access to enterprise relational database information at the data-item level.
Tacit ESP 4.0 from Tacit Knowledge Systems, Inc. forms the core of Tacit's modular solutions architecture to connect people to expertise, information and activity across their organization. New features in Tacit ESP 4.0 include support for both Microsoft and Oracle databases, multi- language profiling and search, expanded XML integration APIs, and a new document link and search capability. Document link and search allows tighter integration with content management systems and information repositories.
Supply Management System from D&B combines a best- practice approach to strategic sourcing and supply management with D&B’s core competencies to create a comprehensive and repeatable end-to-end solution. The Supply Management System consists of three modules: Supply Spend Analysis, which helps customers find the money in their supply base; Supply Intelligence, which helps customers get the money faster to the bottom line; and Supply Base Optimization, which helps customers keep the money coming with a renewable and repeatable approach. The system is technology agnostic and the modules can work in tandem or independently to meet each customer's specific needs.
Contivo Enterprise Integration Modeling (EIM) Solution 3.5 from Contivo, Inc. has new capabilities and platform support enabling data integration across the enterprise, extending to legacy systems and Web services. Contivo's EIM Solution 3.5 is comprised of the Contivo Analyst and the Contivo EIM Server, which work together to automate data transformation for application integration across multiple platforms. Contivo's EIM Solution 3.5 enables companies to realize the benefits of Web services by simplifying the mapping of complex transactions by modeling and automatically generating transformations between native applications and services oriented access protocol (SOAP) or other Web services languages, schemas and protocols.
SAS Financial Management Solutions 3.2 from SAS offers enhanced business planning, rapid consolidation and flexible cost management. Planning and budgeting is completely integrated and allows automated notification regarding process performance, keeping tabs on important issues such as data integrity. Consolidation and reporting optimizes efficiency and ease of use by taking advantage of the SAS Intelligence Architecture. Users can now choose between traditional cost allocations or more complex activity based costing methods as a result of the integration of ABC Technologies, such as automating the labor- intensive processes, performing profitablity analysis and modeling what-if scenarios.
GoXML Transform 3.0 from XML Global Technologies, Inc. allows the dynamic exchange of XML, EDI and other data formats. GoXML Transform is focused on efficiently transforming legacy and other structured data into a variety of data formats, including XML. New features and improvements include new support for HL7 data format; new data type support; improved support for EDI HIPAA; improved support for SWIFT; improved performance; improved W3C schema support and an improved project wizard.
HAHT iChannel 4.0 from HAHT Commerce provides an integrated approach to supporting and protecting manufacturer's brand and product information by optimizing the transactions between the manufacturer and its channel partners. The integrated solution addresses the following essential components of a brand management strategy: partner management, channel catalog, brand asset management, partner services and channel intelligence.
Atalla Network Security Processors (NSPs) from Hewlett Packard adds state-of-the-art physical security and high-performance cryptographic processing to the logical security of Atalla Key Block. This delivers the full benefit of a secure triple DES implementation, a widely accepted encryption algorithm, while also providing a cost-effective migration path to stronger future security mechanisms.
Dantz’ Retrospect’ 6.0 for Microsoft Windows from Dantz Development Corporation automates the backup of file servers, desktops, notebooks and line-of-business applications. Retrospect eliminates the need to implement intricate backup strategies involving multiple backup tapes; sequences of full, incremental or differential backups; and constant revisions to backup scripts which traditional backup products require to achieve reliable data protection.
Secure Report Distribution Manager (SRDM) from InStranet, Inc. is designed to securely facilitate the delivery of Business Objects WebIntelligence reports to large, targeted audiences. SRDM provides significant new efficiencies to large organizations seeking to improve the logistical challenge of managing and distributing report-driven information. Critical market feedback can now be securely disseminated to the field office level. In addition, SRDM provides a tool for monitoring how the reports are used and for measuring their impact on the organization’s overall sales and marketing efforts.
KXEN announced a worldwide partnership agreement with Sand Technology. The alliance will enable Sand Technology (Sand) to offer a comprehensive advanced analytics solution based on KXEN's predictive modeling technology. Sand's data management solution with analytical functionality allows companies to cope with "data overload" by giving rapid access to the exact information required to make informed business decisions. Through the partnership with KXEN, Sand is able to offer a faster and superior analysis service by implementing KXEN Analytics as part of its solution set. Business users will be able to incorporate predictive modeling, churn analysis, target marketing and propensity scoring into their overall customer insight driven marketing and CRM strategies.
The Xcelerix In-Memory Database from Xcelerix Corp. has a unique database architecture which prejoins database tables based on known operational queries and eliminates processing bottlenecks. The more complicated the database the faster the Xcelerix IMDB becomes. As a result, Xcelerix is 10 to 100 times faster than other in-memory databases and 100 to 1,000 times faster than traditional disk-based databases. Actual SQL benchmark results using real-world complex data structure exceed 1,000,000 transactions per second. The Xcelerix IMDB, both 32-bit and 64-bit version, is available on HP- UX, Stratus, SOLARIS, AIX, Linux, Windows 2000 and Windows NT.
MarketSoft Cross Sell Hub from MarketSoft Corp. automates the identification, creation, delivery, tracking and measurement of cross-sell opportunities across the extended enterprise. The Cross Sell Hub is an enterprise-wide business process engine that connects opportunities – including sales referrals, event-triggered opportunities, retention alerts, and campaign-generated leads – with the line- of-business and channel best able to close them. Components include a Referral Manager, a Coordination Manager, a Delivery Manager, a patent-pending Distributed Rules Engine and a Rapid Integration Module.
JDataStore 6 from Borland Software Corporation is a high-performance, platform-independent database solution written entirely in Java for embedded, Web and mobile database applications. JDataStore is a standalone product for all Java and native developers and provides high performance, scalability and synchronization capabilities with other databases while maintaining a small footprint.
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