Arbor ships Wired for OLAP 3.1

Arbor Software has announced the immediate availability of Wired for OLAP 3.1, an analysis and reporting tool suite for Essbase OLAP Server, IBM DB2 OLAP Server and Microsoft Decision Support Services. [Local rep: IBD Group]

MindJet takes MindMan to next level

MindJet has announced the release of MindMan 3.0, a visual brainstorming tool for the office that merges mind management techniques with business software. [Local rep: Graphic Image Technologies]

IBD earns first Arbor certification outside US

The IBD Group, local distributor for Arbor Software products, said it has become the first Arbor Certified Training Centre outside of Arbor Software in the US. The centre has trained more than 200 delegates and run over 1 000 training days this year, Dave Welmans, IBD group training director said. Welmans said IBD had experienced a chronic shortage of training materials for its rapidly growing Arbor Essbase customer base and it had developed its own.

Unisys, EDS, Transcor Group team for banking solutions

Unisys Corporation, EDS, and Transcor Group said they are teaming to provide enterprise lending solutions and Internet-based loan origination solutions based on Windows NT technology. The effort targets mid-sized thrift and savings banks.

SAS Institute extends metadata management

SAS Institute has announced an enhanced data warehousing solution centred on SAS/Warehouse Administrator software. Metadata management facility allows IT professionals to visualise and control the process of converting data into usable business information.

Digital announces Intelligent Peripheral Platform

The new AlphaServer IP V2.0 platform includes Intelligent Network technology from Digital and Computer Telephony (CT) technology from Dialogic, and is used for pre-paid calling, unified messaging, virtual call centre and televoting applications.

Brio and Sand integrate product lines

Brio Technology and Sand Technology Systems International have announced a joint marketing alliance as well as the integration of the Brio Enterprise suite of business intelligence products with Sand`s Nucleus Exploration product suite. [Local rep: Abraxas Technologies]

Software Futures lands Dazel agency

Oil companies globally opt for SAP R/3

SAP said all ten oil and gas companies in the Fortune 50 have opted for the SAP Oil & Gas solution. Sasol-Oil, Caltex SA and Engen in South Africa are also following suit, either implementing or running SAP enterprise solution.

Red Brick intros real-time data warehouse update

Red Brick has added query-priority concurrency functionality into its DecisionScope environment. The feature allows data to flow into a data warehouse continuously without affecting the query response times of business analysts using the system. [Local distributor: Software Futures]

SAS software rated #1 for second year

French software analysts Yphise have rated SAS Enterprise Miner the best data mining software for 1998 in competition to 7 data mining products. SAS Institute won the same award in 1997.