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Sentient announces new version of datamining platform DataDetective, including support for Microsoft SQL Server 2005

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DataDetective 2006 brings powerful data mining within reach

Amsterdam - November 7th 2005 - Sentient today announced the release of DataDetective 2006, the new version of its data mining software, including special support for Microsoft SQL Server 2005. Since 1992, DataDetective has been used for a wide range of datamining applications, including fraud detection (for tax services in several countries), crime analysis (for the Dutch police), medical diagnosis and marketing.

The new version of DataDetective includes a number of important new features; new data mining algorithms, integral user assistance, integration with Microsoft Office, geographical visualization (via integration with MapInfo and other GIS products), instant data cubes (OLAP) and integrated data preparation. A number of new functions are specifically targeted at crime data mining, such as hot spot analysis, geographical prediction and link analysis.

For more information about Sentient and DataDetective: please visit www.sentient.nl