Introducing Visual Insights ADVIZOR/2000 - the Shortest Distance Between Data and Discovery.NAPERVILLE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 1999-- Millions of Microsoft Office Microsoft's primary desktop applications for Windows and Mac. Depending on the package, it includes some combination of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook along with various Internet and other utilities. and SQL Server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. 7.0 users will be able to "see their way" to better business decisions thanks to today's introduction of Visual Insights(R) ADVIZOR/2000, a Microsoft Excel (tool) Microsoft Excel - A spreadsheet program from Microsoft, part of their Microsoft Office suite of productivity tools for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh. Excel is probably the most widely used spreadsheet in the world. Latest version: Excel 97, as of 1997-01-14. enhancement application that helps people gain an immediate, intuitive grasp of what's significant and actionable in their data, no matter how complex. Visual Insights' patented visual query and analysis software enables business decision-makers to better understand their customers and make better business decisions - fast. Visual Insights is a business venture of Lucent Technologies (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :LU). "The combination of the Microsoft BackOffice See BackOffice. family with Microsoft Office 2000 enables businesses of all sizes to build sophisticated knowledge management solutions," said Andrew Hoover, Microsoft group industry manager for Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse ." Visual query and analysis will enable more people to take advantage of this platform. ADVIZOR/2000 allows users to actually see trends and directly interrogate interesting areas of activity in their data just the way they think, iteratively and in real time." At a glance, ADVIZOR/2000 allows users to spot the nuances and subtle shifts in attitudes, which are critical to maintaining customer satisfaction, or corporate financial performance, which is critical for business success. Users are able to identify micro-trends, make detailed comparisons, and gain insights from their data more quickly and accurately than ever before. "Whatever type of data you are dealing with, from e-commerce to financial analysis, ADVIZOR/2000 can help pick out the actionable insights immediately," said Michael Tatelman, Visual Insights vice president of marketing and business development. "Unlike many powerful decision support products, ADVIZOR/2000 was engineered specifically for people that use Microsoft Excel on a regular basis. It's easy." The ability to simplify the display and to more easily understand complex multidimensional relationships is core to the power of ADVIZOR/2000. The application uses familiar visual metaphors, or perspectives, designed to maximize the users' ability to discover insights in their data. People can leverage the ubiquitous data access capabilities of Microsoft Excel to import and analyze data from almost any source. ADVIZOR/2000 becomes an embedded option Embedded Option An option that is an inseparable part of another instrument. Compare this to a normal (or bare) option, which trades separately from the underlying security. Notes: A common embedded option is the call provision in most corporate bonds. on Excel's Pivot Table See multidimensional views. menu. This capability extends directly to integrated OLAP Services See OLAP and Microsoft SQL Server OLAP Services. in Microsoft SQL Server A relational DBMS from Microsoft that is a major component of the Windows Server System. It is Microsoft's high-end client/server database and is closely integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office System. 7.0. ADVIZOR/2000 provides unique visual navigation of OLAP cubes, providing the user with the ability to drill up and down the dimensions, uncovering otherwise invisible relationships in the data. ADVIZOR/2000 is immediately available via Visual Insights Web site at www.visualinsights.com, and through authorized Microsoft Solution Providers. Suggested retail price of the product is $495. Microsoft Office users will find Visual Insights ADVIZOR/2000 easy to install, access and begin using productively. The application installs as a standard Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows NT application, and is compatible with Microsoft Office 95, 97 and 2000 and Microsoft SQL Server 7. On October 12, 1999 at 1 p.m. CST CST abbr. 1. Central Standard Time 2. convulsive shock treatment CST Central Standard Time Noun 1. , Visual Insights will broadcast a "Web cast" announcing the release of ADVIZOR/2000, hosted by Tatelman and Douglas Cogswell, president and chief executive officer of Visual Insights. To register for the Web cast, log on to http://www.visualinsights.com/webcast1099. For more information about Visual Insights or ADVIZOR/2000, visit the company's Web site at www.visualinsights.com, or call 630-713-0800. ABOUT VISUAL INSIGHTS: Visual Insights, headquartered in Naperville, Illinois, is a business venture of Lucent Technologies. Founded in 1997, Visual Insights' patented visual query and analysis techniques are revolutionizing business decision-making by allowing front-line decision-makers to make better business decisions faster. Its software solutions are in use today in customer relationship management applications including: call center analysis, credit card marketing, e-commerce solutions, data mining, supply chain management, telecommunications fraud prevention and more. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.visualinsights.com. ABOUT LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES: Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) headquartered in Murray Hill, New Jersey
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