Data General launches data warehousing initiative; Business warehouse program targets retail and healthcare industries.WESTBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 1995 -- Data General Corp. today announced its Business Warehouse Program, an initiative that will provide customers with fully functional, robust data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse solutions. The company will initially target two industries that have traditionally been strong markets for Data General: retail and healthcare. "In concert with our strategic software partners, we will provide retail and healthcare users with the elements needed to construct a comprehensive data warehouse," said Sue Sweeney, vice president of Strategic Alliances for Data General. "We are bringing these solutions to two industries where we can provide added value Added value in financial analysis of shares is to be distinguished from value added. Used as a measure of shareholder value, calculated using the formula:
Industry analysts have projected that the total data warehousing market will exceed $8 billion by 1998. Data General's Business Warehouse Program, which is based on its AViiON server and CLARiiON storage platform, is supported by all the major database vendors, including Informix, Oracle and Sybase. "Data General's new Intel based See Intel-based system. AViiON servers have proven to be a solid for the Oracle7 Server as demonstrated by the most recent Oracle/Data General TPC-C A benchmark that measures overall transaction processing performance. See TPC. results," said Tom Hildebrand, vice president, UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. Products Division, Oracle Corp. "We are pleased to make Oracle's industry leading software a fundamental part of Data General's data warehousing solution for the retail and healthcare markets." "Data General's focused expertise in the retail and healthcare markets coupled with Informix's market leadership in data warehousing will prove to be a significant alliance," said Phil White, president and 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. , Informix Software Inc. "We feel that our multitude of established partners and our recent acquisition of Stanford Technology Group's MetaCube family of OLAP (OnLine Analytical Processing) Decision support software that allows the user to quickly analyze information that has been summarized into multidimensional views and hierarchies. OLAP tools are used to perform trend analysis on sales and financial information. tools provides the components necessary to build a complete and robust data warehousing solution. And with the combination of INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server and Data General's recently announced Intel based standard high volume AViiON server, we will deliver a highly scalable, high-performance, integrated system to satisfy our customers' needs." John Bersin, director of data warehousing for Sybase said, "We are pleased to take part in Data General's Business Warehouse Program, which takes a comprehensive, solutions approach to addressing customers' data warehousing requirements. Together, Data General's family of high performance AViiON servers and SYBASE client/server software provide our mutual customers with the architecture they need to support data warehouse implementations that are robust, distributed and highly scalable." Other vendors are participating in the program to provide the additional components needed to build a data warehouse, including on-line analytical processing (database) On-Line Analytical Processing - (OLAP) A category of database software which provides an interface such that users can transform or limit raw data according to user-defined or pre-defined functions, and quickly and interactively examine the results in various dimensions (OLAP) tools, data replicators, gateways, data extraction Data extraction is the act or process of retrieving (binary) data out of (usually unstructured or badly structured) data sources for further data processing or data storage (data migration). and mapping, statistical analysis and metadata dictionaries that track the source and original definition of the data. (See chart below). Solutions Approach Data General's Business Warehouse Program uses application software to address business issues common to many industries. A key element of the program is Customer Interaction Systems (CIS Cis (sĭs), same as Kish (1.) (1) (CompuServe Information Service) See CompuServe. (2) (Card Information S ), a rapidly expanding market segment that includes customer support, sales force automation Automating the sales activities within an organization. A comprehensive SFA package provides such functions as contact management, note and information sharing, quick proposal and presentation generation, product configurators, calendars and to-do lists. , helpdesk and quality assurance programs. Financial analysis is a second area of cross-industry utilization. Data General is the first vendor authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: to resell re·sell tr.v. re·sold , re·sell·ing, re·sells 1. To sell again. 2. To sell (a product or service) to the public or to an end user, especially as an authorized dealer. Oracle's Financial Analyzer analyzer /ana·ly·zer/ (an´ah-li?zer) 1. a Nicol prism attached to a polarizing apparatus which extinguishes the ray of light polarized by the polarizer. 2. , an enterprise solution for reporting and analysis that is built using the Oracle Express Server An Oracle database that provides multidimensional views of data. It is Oracle's OLAP product offering, which allows views to be created ahead of time (MOLAP) or directly from relational databases (ROLAP). Oracle Express also lets users gain access to their data from an Excel spreadsheet. See OLAP. and integrated with Oracle financial applications. "Our program is designed to provide complete solutions," said Data General's Sweeney. "First, we deliver application software that can be used across industries. Second, we utilize our familiarity with specific target vertical industries to provide a level of expertise, software integration and support that will deliver solutions uniquely tailored to meeting a specific customer's needs." Henry Morris, International Data Corp.'s research manager for vertical applications, said, "Data General is on the right track by taking a solution-centric approach to data warehousing, linking key applications to the warehouse. It is establishing relationships with vendors such as Oracle for cross-industry solutions, while leveraging its own expertise and systems integrator partnerships in specific industries such as retail and healthcare." Chris Horrocks Chris Horrocks may refer to:
Retail Data General's Business Warehouse Program will enable retail businesses to use data collected in the course of everyday transactions to support their strategic decision making. A high-performance database can be constructed based on point-of-sale information to analyze issues such as purchasing trends, customer loyalty and shopper frequency. Reports can then be generated to support buying support buying n → compra proteccionista decisions, advertising or promotional campaign directions and credit analysis. CFT CFT complement fixation test; see under fixation. CFT complement fixation test. , a retail systems integrator and management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects firm, is one of a number of resellers and systems integrators specializing in the retail market who are supporting Data General's data warehousing initiative. "Data General understands that competitive advantage doesn't come shrink-wrapped," observed Ken Goldberg Ken Goldberg (1961- ) is a Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR), with a joint appointment in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), and in the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley. , a partner at CFT. "You cannot supply the right solution for a customer's specific set of data analysis needs by simply selling them a box; you need the flexibility of being able to provide a complete set of tools that will meet their specific requirements." Healthcare In healthcare, the growth of HMOs along with the trend toward outcomes analysis -- collecting data on both medical treatment and the outcome of treatment -- have greatly expanded the demand for data warehousing solutions. "We welcome the loan of AViiON systems to our Health Strategy Center at the Infomart in Dallas," said Kerry Stover stover stalks of maize plants from which mature corn cobs have been harvested as grain, or grain sorghum plants from which heads have also been removed. The stover is usually fed by turning the cattle into the field and is subject to fungal infection, sometimes causing mycotoxicosis. of Andersen Consulting's Healthcare Practice. "Combining our business integration approach of aligning clients' strategies with their processes, people and technology, like Data General's data warehousing solutions, offers real potential as a means of satisfying the healthcare industry's complex analysis requirements." -0-
Data General's Business Warehouse Program
Data warehousing products supported on Data General's new Intel
based AViiON systems
VENDOR PRODUCT
RDBMS
Informix DSA, XPS
Oracle Oracle7, Oracle Parallel Server Option
Sybase SQL Server 11, Sybase IQ
Data Extraction, Transformation and Metadata Management
Carleton PASSPORT
PRISM Warehouse Manager, Directory Manager
Middleware
Praxis OmniReplicator
SAS Institute Connect, Access
TechGnosis SequeLink
VMARK HyperSTAR
Multi-dimensional Database
Masterpack Probit
Oracle Express
OLAP Server
Dimensional Insight CrossTarget
Informix MetaCube
Planning Sciences Gentium (EIS)
Other Decision Support Tools
SAS Institute SAS System
(Assist, Insight, ETS, STAT)
PC-Based Products
Tools For OLAP Query
Ampersand Vision
Andyne Pablo, GQL
Business Objects Business Objects
Cognos Impromptu, PowerPlay
IQ Software IQ/Objects, IQ SmartServer
MicroStrategy DSS Agent
Design Tools
Bachman Information Terrain, GroundWorks
Systems
Retail Industry Specific DSS Tools
CFT Systems XBR Track, XBR Exec
Oracle Express Sales Analyzer
STS Systems Open En Vue
-0- Data General Data General is an open systems company that specializes in providing servers and related storage systems, software and services to information systems users worldwide. The company, with headquarters in Westboro, Mass., reported revenues of $1.16 billion during fiscal 1995. Additional information on the company, its products and services is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.dg.com. -0- AViiON, CLARiiON and DG/UX are registered trademarks of Data General Corp. All brand and product names appearing in the press release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Jim Dunlap John Satterfield Data General Edelman Worldwide 508/898-6546 415/968-4033 |
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