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DOORS/Analyst Telelogic
www.telelogic.com
This new modeling tool operates within requirements management tool DOORS. Used with Telelogic product development tools, DOORS/Analyst eliminates the duplicated efforts commonly undertaken in the gap between requirements analysis and product development. The modeling is based on the UML 2.0 specification and provides the foundation for requirements-driven development. Using DOORS/Analyst, requirements engineers and system analysts can visualize requirements within the DOORS database using UML 2.0 graphical diagrams.
iWay Software Adapters for EDIINT for AS1 and AS2, UCCnet, and ebXML
Alterian plc
www.alterian.com
This new data modeler facilitates analysis of customer data and prediction of customer behavior. Incorporates data mining components from SPSS Inc. Marketing managers use it to direct and control their own data modeling activities, reducing their reliance on external agencies and data analysts.
Avaki Data Grid 4.0
iWay Software
www.iwaysoftware.com
In response to recent demand from the retail and manufacturing industries, iWay now ships integration technology for AS1 and AS2, UCCnet, and ebXML. The EDIINT for AS1 and AS2 adapters were recently certified by eBusinessReady, iWay recently became a certified member of UCCnet's Partners in Sync Program, and the Drummond Group certified iWay's adapter for ebXML.
LGX Ad Hoc Report Builder 2.0
LogiXML Inc.
www.logixml.com
This .Net-based Web application provides a wizard to walk users through the steps to build their reports. It now includes both a user and an administrator module. Version 2 lets users save reports into a personal or public repository, create an advanced grouping style of reports, and connect to Oracle databases. Power users can join tables, and more functions are available to the administrator.
Microsoft Business Solutions for Analytics-Integration Designer 1.0
FRx Software Corp., a Microsoft Company
www.frxsoftware.com
This product accelerates the process of integrating FRx Software's financial reporting application with most midmarket-segment general ledger (GL) systems.
R:BASE 7.0
R:BASE Technologies Inc.
www.rbase.com
R:BASE 7.0 is a DBMS for Windows. New features include integrated report writer options that allow users to print to virtually any format without third-party software; more than 60 new form controls, including Internet and animated AVI controls, that enhance functionality without requiring complex programming; and the ability to create complete, customized applications in self-contained binary application files.
Steelwedge EDM
Steelwedge Inc.
www.steelwedge.com
Enterprise demand management software built for high-tech and industrial manufacturing companies, Steelwedge EDM provides a view of enterprisewide demand by connecting all planning process participants and systems across sales, marketing, finance, and operations.
Teradata Enterprise Data Warehouse Roadmap
Teradata, a division of NCR Corp.
www.teradata.com
This product graphically depicts what additional applications, business questions, and key performance indicators (KPIs) can benefit from a company's data beyond the data's original purpose.
What Is Business Technology Optimization?
Mercury Interactive Corp. coined the term "Business Technology Optimization," or BTO, as an umbrella for all its products going forward. "BTO" alludes to business process optimization, which uses IT to institute and refine best practices that support returns on business operations. Like the cobbler who's left his children shoeless, Mercury execs contend, IT should afford itself the same benefits it has long provided to business.
BTO is targeted at solving typical IT problems: late projects, missed budgets, unmet objectives, and project cancellations. As part of the BTO blueprint, existing and planned Mercury products fall into four categories or "Centers": IT Governance, Quality, Performance, and Business Availability. New products have automation, best practice guidance, key performance indicators, and access to workflow and rules engines that keep IT projects on target.
These products include: an Application Delivery Dashboard that lets IT execs monitor performance of IT operations; Business Process Testing, a Quality Center piece that lets business analysts participate in testing of new apps; Capacity Planning, a Performance Center piece providing what-if analysis for infrastructure and software planning; and Customer Impact from the Business Availability Center, which helps you prioritize maintenance and service of apps by their business-level importance. The underlying Application Management Foundation has new capabilities, such as workflow and shared data that coordinate all the various IT functions through the application life cycle.
For more information, See Figure 1 & go to www.mercuryinteractive.com.
