Software

We are pleased to announce a new, enhanced, version
of MineSet, will shortly be available for beta testing.

MineSet provides a suite of software tools and a
development platform for data mining and data
visualization solutions. The suite includes data
acquisition and extraction capabilities, sophisticated
analytical data modeling and deployment, and intuitive
visualizations. MineSet is a client/server application
that runs on Windows� 98, Windows� ME, Windows� NT,
and Windows� 2000. (Irix and Linux are also supported
by MineSet, but will not be available in the beta
program.) Additional information about MineSet is
available at http://mineset.sgi.com

This new beta release, MineSet 4.0, comes with a
powerful set of new mining and visualization tools
and significantly enhanced API's for embedding data
mining functionality into applications.  Beta
images will be available for Microsoft Windows�
platforms.

If you are interested in participating in the
beta program, please sign up at

http://www.sgi.com/cgi-bin/mineset/nda.cgi

New features in this release include:

* A new MineSet Control API permits applications to
   build and execute data mining histories.

* New visualization tools for high-dimensional data
   sets and improved display of analytic results.

* New analytic tools for improved clustering,
   improved decision tree induction and detection
   of anomalous behavior.

* Automatic build and compare of analytic classifiers.

* Optimized handling of data transformations in the DBMS.

* Improved performance of the user interface.

We expect the first beta images to be available for download in
a few weeks.  We will distribute 2 to 3 beta images before the final
release of MineSet 4.0, which we are expecting to complete before the
end of 2001.  Note that previous versions of MineSet will need to be
uninstalled in order to run the beta versions.

If you have any questions about the beta program, please send us e-mail
at mineset_beta@engr.sgi.com.

Sincerely
- MineSet Team