ClearForest and Cognos Partner to Extend BI for Unstructured Data.WALTHAM, Mass. -- ClearForest, a provider of text-driven business intelligence solutions today announced a technology partnership with Cognos, the leader in business intelligence and corporate performance management (CPM (1) (Critical Path Method) A project management planning and control technique implemented on computers. The critical path is the series of activities and tasks in the project that have no built-in slack time. ). As a member of Cognos' Technology Partner Program, ClearForest will work with Cognos to provide advanced business intelligence solutions by structuring unstructured data Data that does not reside in fixed locations. Free-form text in a word processing document is a typical example. Contrast with structured data. See free-form database. for use with Cognos BI. The companies' joint solutions will be compliant with IBM's Unstructured Information Management Architecture Unstructured Information Management Architecture is a framework used to create computer applications that can acquire unstructured information in its raw form and/or its analysis and use in software tools such as databases, search engines, and knowledge management systems. (UIMA UIMA Unstructured Information Management Architecture (IBM) ) also announced today (see related announcement, "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) Enterprise Search Software to Enable Discovery and Analysis of Information On Demand," for more information). "Finding information is one thing, using it is another. Organizations gather and analyze data and information every day in order to make decisions -- about customers, about product development, and about competitive strategy. Yet, so much data goes unused or is underused" according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the IDC white paper, "Putting the Why in BI." "In the enterprise, business intelligence (BI) applications monitor and analyze numeric numeric see numerical. numeric cluster see ten-key pad. and structured data, creating predefined reports based on predefined criteria, but they often miss related data in text fields and formats. Organizations cannot afford to lose or "forget" what they learn simply because the information lies in an unstructured format." Leveraging the text analytics capabilities of ClearForest and the world class reporting and analytic capabilities of Cognos ReportNet(TM), organizations across all industries will be able to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. a platform that enables performance analysis beyond traditional structured data sources. ClearForest extracts key terms, concepts and events from unstructured text and combines the results with other structured data, providing a more complete picture of an organization's operations. The combined solution gives enterprises a new capability of reporting on both costs (from numerical data Numerical data (or quantitative data) is data measured or identified on a numerical scale. Numerical data can be analysed using statistical methods, and results can be displayed using tables, charts, histograms and graphs. ) and their associated issues (from text). By being able to see the issues that drive costs and cost-analyze the issues that are occurring, enterprises gain true operational and market insight. "By making the data source transparent, customers can leverage all data assets across the enterprise and beyond regardless if the data is structured or unstructured," said Pat O'Leary, Vice President of Strategic Alliances at Cognos. "This partnership offers the most effective approach to helping companies get the most out of their corporate information and ultimately maximize performance." "Integrating text analytics into leading business intelligence solutions is making unified business intelligence a reality," said Marty Siewart, general manager of enterprise solutions at ClearForest. "ClearForest's rules-based approach to semantic tagging and extensive pattern-matching capabilities, coupled with its ability to weigh textual features such as morphological mor·phol·o·gy n. pl. mor·phol·o·gies 1. a. The branch of biology that deals with the form and structure of organisms without consideration of function. b. properties, syntactic Dealing with language rules (syntax). See syntax. structures and lexicons, provides Cognos with the most robust partner for extracting and analyzing data from unstructured sources." ClearForest and Cognos software are available from their respective vendors. Contact ClearForest at sales@clearforest.com for more information. About ClearForest ClearForest Corp. is a provider of text-driven business intelligence solutions, supplying the analytical bridge between two previously disconnected worlds of information--unstructured text and enterprise data. In allowing both to be analyzed simultaneously, ClearForest makes unified business intelligence a reality. Our award-winning solutions enable customers such as Eastman Chemical, Reuters, Elsevier Science and International Finance Corporation to turn large volumes of contextually-based information into proactive business intelligence. Corporate headquarters are in Waltham, Mass. For more information, please visit www.clearforest.com. (C)2005 ClearForest Corp. |
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