Ascential Software Corporation announced its support for the release of BusinessObjects Application Foundation 2.5 from Business Objects. Application Foundation 2.5 offers users a framework for building dashboards and real-time analytics into their applications, enabling quick access to and easy visualization of customers’ critical business metrics. DataStage accesses and extracts data from multiple data sources, including enterprise applications, XML or e-business data, Web and e-mail logs, flat files, mainframes and data warehouse environments. DataStage also allows Business Objects customers to manage and bi-directionally exchange meta data within their business intelligence environments. www.ascentialsoftware.com
Day: December 19, 2001
TopicalNet, Inc. has agreed to purchase substantially all of the assets of TeraLytics of Sunnyvale, California. Through the acquisition, customers will benefit from the combination of TopicalNet’s ability to understand and classify electronic content and TeraLytics’ highly scalable data analysis technology. TeraLytics’ technology analyzes detailed customer interaction data to help customers define strategies and actions, enabling them to increase revenue and customer satisfaction. www.TopicalNet.com
