Alphablox Corporation Named a Company to Watch in 2002 by CMP's Intelligent Enterprise Magazine; Company Recognized for Its Excellence in Providing IT Intelligence to Enterprise Customers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 13, 2001 Alphablox Corp., the leading provider of infrastructure software for InLine Analytics(TM), today announced that it has been chosen as one of the 48 companies to watch in 2002 by CMP CMP (cytidine monophosphate): see cytosine. (1) (CMP Media LLC, Manhasset, NY, www.cmp.com) Part of United Business Media, CMP is a leading integrated media company that offers a wide variety of publications and services in the information Media's Intelligent Enterprise Magazine. Alphablox was chosen for its excellence in meeting the critical demands of emerging intelligent enterprises: businesses that create competitive advantage through excellence in gathering, analyzing, sharing, and acting upon data-driven intelligence. "A leading advantage of tomorrow's enterprise will not only be their ability to quickly and efficiently collect and analyze company altering data, but also their ability to get that information to key decision makers across the company at the point and time of need," said Polly Sumner, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and president of Alphablox. "We are pleased to be recognized for our contributions in providing critical IT intelligence and look forward to continuing to help leading enterprises broadly deploy collaborative analytics to the front lines for improved visibility and cross-enterprise intelligence." Alphablox enables Global 2000 organizations to integrate analytics in-line into their core IT infrastructure and deploy analytics in line with their critical business applications -- be they ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. , SCM (1) (Software Configuration Management, Source Code Management) See configuration management. (2) See supply chain management. , CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. , etc. The company's 100% Web-based, componentized architecture allows customers to get up and running quickly, solving their immediate information challenges and delivering a fast return on investment, while also providing the flexibility and extensibility needed to meet their future analytic needs. The selection process involved a tremendous amount of research and assessment of the past year's coverage and reader feedback by the Intelligent Enterprise editorial staff. The Intelligent Enterprise editorial team selected the Companies to Watch based on their relevance to and potential impact on the strategic IT sector in which they are categorized cat·e·go·rize tr.v. cat·e·go·rized, cat·e·go·riz·ing, cat·e·go·riz·es To put into a category or categories; classify. cat ; Alphablox was selected in the category of IT intelligence. An in-depth feature about the 48 Companies to Watch will appear in the Jan. 1, 2002 edition of Intelligent Enterprise, as well as on the Web at www.IntelligentEnterprise.com. About Intelligent Enterprise Intelligent Enterprise is the only IT publication focused exclusively on the most critical issue in business today: unlocking the value of collected information for competitive advantage. Intelligent Enterprise shows business and technology professionals how to plan, deploy, and manage the strategic applications their companies depend on to improve decision making, optimize business performance, and maximize the value of customer relationships. Published 18 times per year, Intelligent Enterprise provides comprehensive coverage of the technologies and practices that promote the collection, storage, analysis, and distribution of business information. For more information, contact Tara Gibb at 650/513-4566 or tgibb@cmp.com. Access free subscriptions from the Web site at www.IntelligentEnterprise.com. About Alphablox Founded in 1996, Alphablox Corp. (www.alphablox.com) develops infrastructure software and solutions that enable Global 2000 companies to improve the predictability of their businesses and optimize profitability by integrating analytics with critical business processes throughout their enterprises. Alphablox provides the first Web-based infrastructure software that can ensure the broadest deployment and in line delivery of critical information to operational decision makers so they can identify their most profitable opportunities and act on them in real time. The company's 100 percent component-based architecture ensures highly scalable and open standards-based integration with operational and transactional infrastructure and legacy systems. Alphablox serves Global 2000 organizations including ABN AMRO ABN AMRO Algemene Bank Nederland-Amsterdam Roterdam Bank (Dutch bank) , British Airways British Airways in full British Airways PLC International passenger airline based in London. In 1936 British Airways Ltd. was founded through the merger of three smaller airlines. , Cingular, Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank AG (IPA: /'dɔɪ.tʃə/[1]) (ISIN: DE0005140008, NYSE: DB) (English: German Bank , FedEx, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Motorola, OppenheimerFunds, Royal Bank of Canada Bank of Canada Canada's central bank, established under the Bank of Canada Act (1934). It was founded during the Great Depression to regulate credit and currency. The Bank acts as the Canadian government's fiscal agent and has the sole right to issue paper money. , SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002. , Sony, Toys 'R' Us, and Xerox. Additional information on Alphablox Corp. and its products can be obtained by calling 888/256-9669 or via the company's Web site at www.alphablox.com. Note to Editors: Alphablox and InLine Analytics are trademarks of Alphablox Corp. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
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