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New Customer-Centric Technology Increases Scalability and Performance
For Companies Conducting Analyses of E-Commerce Data

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Furthering its leadership
position as a pioneer in the delivery of large-scale data analyses via
the Application Service Provider (ASP) model, WhiteCross Systems today
announced a new suite of technology and services that easily automate
web-based customer intelligence. In addition, the company introduced
the latest version of its WhiteCross Data Exploration Server (WX/DES)
software to improve the overall performance of its sophisticated data
mining and exploration toolset. The result is a more robust way for
customers to conduct analyses of high-volume, complex data originating
from e-commerce and telecommunications companies.

see http://www.whitecross.com

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Pillsbury, Merck, and Merrill Lynch Win First Annual S-PLUS Innovation
Awards; Data Mining and Optimization Applications Use Web to
Distribute Intelligence

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 2000

MathSoft, Inc.'s (Nasdaq:MATH), Seattle-based Data Analysis Division,
a leading provider of analytical solutions for data mining and
business intelligence, awarded The Pillsbury Company (NYSE:DEO), Merck
& Co., Inc.(NYSE:MRK), and Merrill Lynch (NYSE:MER), with an S-PLUS
Innovation Award for industry leadership and analytical excellence.

The Pillsbury Company, manufacturer of world-famous food products --
from creamy, luxurious Haagen-Dazs(r) premium ice cream to Green
Giant(r) brand vegetables -- received an award for its Web-based
analytical solution using StatServer(r) technology. The solution
helped managers use corporate data to predict which new products were
most likely to succeed and to identify consumer preferences for future
product development. Pillsbury delivered analytical tools to
employees' desktops using a simple Web browser, reducing
analysis-processing time from months to minutes.

see http://www.mathsoft.com

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Visual Analytics, Inc. (VAI)
today announced a long-term agreement to license its visual data
mining software, VisuaLinks(TM), to the U.S. Government for use in
counter-drug analytical environments. The Government will deploy
VisuaLinks, the industry's first Java-based link analysis and
visualization solution, to uncover links in narcotics-related
smuggling networks and their related infrastructures. VisuaLinks is
critical in enabling timely decision-making on large, complex data
sets.

This new breed of software uses cutting-edge visual data mining
techniques and is regarded as one of the world's most advanced
analytical systems. It is capable of detecting patterns, anomalies,
and trends by presenting its results via interactive graphical network
displays. VisuaLinks couples to any relational database, data
warehouse, or knowledge repository using its XML- based model builder
that dynamically inspects and pulls together disparate data sources
through real-time database connections. This system is an n-tier
environment and has sophisticated components that support unparalleled
collaborative data analyses vital for decision-making and business
intelligence functions.

see http://www.visualanalytics.com

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LAS VEGAS, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Cygron Inc., today announced the
release of DataScope 4.0 -- a major upgrade to its award-winning
visual data mining and decision support platform.

By adding powerful prediction, knowledge discovery and automation
features to the advanced data visualization and decision support
capabilities of version 3.0, DataScope 4.0 offers a fully integrated
data analysis solution that addresses all phases of the data mining
process. Its new modular architecture makes it easy to use as a
standalone product or integrate into any third-party application.

see http://www.cygron.com

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BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 2000

thinkAnalytics Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gentia
Software (Nasdaq:GNTI), announced that its latest $3.0 million license
deal for K.wiz, a fully integrated knowledge discovery and data mining
platform, to a leading European eCRM software company vaults the
Company over its revenue target for the year. The OEM agreement brings
the Company's revenue to over $4 million for its first five months of
operation.

see http://www.thinkanalytics.com

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Northern Ireland, Nov. 9, 2000

MINEit Software Limited, Northern Ireland's first Internet software
products company, has become the first company on the island of
Ireland and only the second in the UK to scoop an 'IT Oscar' from the
European Information Society, part of the European Commission.  The
European Information Society Technology Awards held on 7th November in
Nice carry the greatest possible recognition for information and
technology companies across Europe. As well as picking up the Award,
MINEit were also presented with a cheque for 200,000 Euro.

MINEit was awarded the Grand Prize for their software Easyminer which
takes the guesswork out of e-business marketing by analysing and
building predictive models of visitor behaviour at internet
sites. Their product was selected from a total of over 200 submissions
from 26 countries and reached the finals, competing against 20 other
companies for a prestigious Grand Prize.  MINEit is the first ever
Northern Ireland based company to be awarded a European Information
Society Technology (IST) Grand Prize.

see http://www.mineit.com