Product Spotlight - October 23, 2007
Applied Science Associates, Inc. (ASA) announced the next release of its extension tool for ESRI's ArcGIS industry standard GIS software. ASA's TimeSlider Extension for ArcGIS 9.2 provides improved functionality to animate feature data that has date and time information. The software is being made available to the GIS community as freeware.
AtTask, Inc. has rolled out their latest product offering - @task Enterprise - a newly upgraded version of their industry-leading on-demand project management solution. @task Enterprise includes new features targeting the project and capacity planning needs of small and medium-sized businesses - including integration with Outlook, QuickBooks, Salesforce - and even handheld devices. @task Enterprise is $64.95 per user per month or $649.95 per user per year.
Business Objects launched a fully integrated suite of enterprise performance management (EPM) applications to equip C-level executives with BusinessObjects EPM XI. BusinessObjects EPM XI links Cartesis finance and performance management solutions, ALG's proven profitability tools, and Business Objects' industry-leading business intelligence platform in one solution sharing a single integrated data model, BusinessObjects IDM.
DataCore Software announced DataCore's Virtual Infrastructure Foundation, support for implementing its storage virtualization and SAN management solutions as virtual servers - running on many different server virtualization platforms, such as those from VMware, Xensource, Microsoft and Virtual Iron. DataCore storage virtualization software provides SAN and storage solutions for businesses and environments of all sizes.
Endeca Technologies released the Endeca Discovery Suite. It's a new collection of modules that increase online revenue by boosting conversion rates and increasing content consumption. The new capabilities will make it possible to extend the capabilities of the Endeca Information Access Platform to rapidly design dynamic Web sites, accelerate online community-building, and integrate online and offline assets.
Overland Storage, Inc. announced the REO 4500c, the latest member of its REO SERIES of versatile, disk-based backup, recovery and virtual tape library (VTL) appliances with simple yet powerful hardware compression capabilities. The REO 4500c effectively solves the three biggest data protection challenges - backups, restores and retention - by doubling the amount of backup data that can be stored on disk.
Simba Technologies Inc. announced the release of SimbaLib ODBC SDK 8.0, a software development kit (SDK) for building ODBC Drivers for any SQL-enabled data source. SimbaLib ODBC SDK can also be extended to support JDBC, OLE DB or ADO.NET connectivity. SimbaLib ODBC SDK allows users to connect a SQL-enabled data source to data analysis and business intelligence tools, such as Microsoft Excel, Crystal Reports and many others.
Siperian, Inc. released Siperian MDM Hub XU,the company's latest MDM solution. Siperian MDM Hub XU extends its existing data governance framework capabilities to ensure that all vital data involving customer, product and location are delivered within existing business processes for a greater return on investment (ROI).
SPSS Inc. released SPSS 16.0, a significantly enhanced version of its flagship statistical software suite of products. New capabilities in SPSS 16.0 integrate this product with SPSS' Predictive Enterprise Services (PES) analytics platform to direct and automate decisions. This use of predictive analytic technology produces a measurable return on investment and provides SPSS customers with a competitive advantage.
THINKstrategies, Inc. announced a new set of packaged services aimed at helping software as a service (SaaS) and managed-service providers (MSPs) ensure that they have properly designed and can reliably deliver their Web-based solutions.
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