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BusinessObjects Application Foundation is an analytic application framework that lets businesses develop integrated enterprise analytic applications. Key components include Application Builder, three analytic engines, and an analytics catalog. With Application Foundation, users can develop their own custom analytic applications and customize analytic application modules within BusinessObjects Analytics. Application Foundation 2.1 runs on Windows NT for $195,000 and Sun Solaris for $292,000.

Business Objects SA, 3030 Orchard Pkwy., San Jose, CA 95134, 408-953-6000

Hummingbird Ltd.'s data integration platform for enterprise-scale data exchange and warehousing, Genio Suite 4.7, offers expanded support for mainframe platforms. Genio Suite 4.7 now provides DBMS and middleware support to Oracle 8.1.7 as well as mainframe connectivity gained through the inclusion of an updated version of Detail from Striva Corp. Genio Suite also provides native access to various databases, including IBM DB2 and IBM IMS, and features a new datamap wizard.

Hummingbird Ltd., 1 Sparks Ave., North York, Ontario, Canada M2H 2W1, 416-496-2200

J.D. Edwards & Co.'s new Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 adapter, OneWorld Integration, is part of OneWorld Xe, J.D. Edwards' collaborative enterprise and supply chain software. With OneWorld Integration, OneWorld, and OneWorld Xe users can create application-to-application and business-to-business collaboration using Microsoft technologies, including BizTalk Server 2000, MSMQ, and Commerce Server 2000.

J.D. Edwards & Co., One Technology Way, Denver, CO 80237, 877-613-9412

Key components to Sagent Solution 4.5i include a multiuser data flow architecture, an analytic transformation library, and iStudio, a Web reporting solution that uses parallel data flow and Web server technologies to deliver analytical transformation libraries to every user within an organization. Sagent's automatic threading model lets customers execute parallel data transformations on Solaris and Windows 2000. Pricing starts at $75,000 for an entry-level solution.

Sagent Inc., 800 W. El Camino Real, Mountain View, CA 94040, 650-815-3100

Silvon Software Inc.'s Stratum 2.0 suite of business performance management applications includes more than 65 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Using Stratum 2.0, executives can proactively monitor KPIs and "push" unacceptable performance to the appropriate KPI owner, view and trend how KPIs change over time, and gain comparisons of KPIs across business levels by using scorecards. Pricing for Stratum 2.0 starts at $100,000.

Silvon Software Inc., 900 Oakmont Lane, Ste. 400, Westmont, IL 60559, 630-655-3313

Smartlogik Group designed its intelligent search and categorization technology to integrate human insight and expertise, letting large organizations leverage the full value of their information. Smartlogik joins its "Bayesian" natural language search engine, Muscatdiscovery, with its rules-based categorization engine, Muscatstructure. The software is also designed to run on Internet-based application server platforms, including Sun's Java J2EE and Microsoft's COM+. Pricing starts at $150,000 per server.

SmartLogik Group PLC, The Communications Building, 48 Leicester Sq., London, WC2H 7DB, 44 (0)20 7930 6900