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Business Editors & High Tech Writers
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 1, 2000--ANGOSS Software Corp
(CDNX:ANC) (CDNX:ANC - www.angoss.com) - ANGOSS Software Corporation,
developer of the industry leading data mining solutions,
KnowledgeSEEKER(R) and KnowledgeSTUDIO(R), and
KnowledgeExcelerator(TM) and KnowledgeAccess(TM) data mining add-ins
for Excel and Access from Microsoft(R) Corporation, announced today
that KnowledgeWebMiner(TM), an integrated data mining solution for
e-business, will be made available to customers starting March 1,
2000.
KnowledgeWebMiner offers e-business professionals and alternative
service providers delivering value added Web hosting services a
comprehensive and highly scalable data mining solution for their
e-business analytics requirements that can be custom coded to their
own proprietary requirements. KnowledgeWebMiner users can increase the
return on their e-commerce investments through superior understanding
of key factors influencing their e-business success, including:
-- Measuring the effectiveness of their on-line and off-line
promotion strategies in driving traffic, click-throughs and
transaction volumes at their Web sites.
-- Exploring and understanding differences in visitor usage patterns
and behaviours.
-- Segmenting visitors, guests and members more precisely to enable
more relevant, effective, and personalized interactions.
-- Designing and deploying proprietary intelligent agents to drive
content selection, visitor interaction, and transacting options
and outcomes.
KnowledgeWebMiner combines advanced, proven, high performance
analytic technology from the data mining industry leader.
KnowledgeWebMiner leverages KnowledgeSTUDIO data mining components,
supplemented by proprietary algorithms for clickstream analysis,
automated data enrichment through the Acxiom Data Network, an on-line
source of geodemographic marketing information on over 95% of US
households, and related knowledge transfer and implementation
services.
KnowledgeWebMiner can also leverage and enhance the web log data
extraction and reporting capabilities of several popular Web log
parsing and reporting tools from Net*Genesis (www.netgen.com),
WebTrends (www.webtrends.com) and Accrue Software (www.accrue.com).
Planned for subsequent release in 2000 is VisibleWeb(TM), a COM and
Java based executive dashboard plug in for KnowledgeWebMiner,
providing non-analytic personnel with continuous, intuitive, visual
insight at their desktops into activity at their Websites.
"ANGOSS has been actively promoting the use of data mining and
data visualization technology in the Internet environment for over a
year as a significant enhancement to current web log reporting and
analysis solutions," commented ANGOSS President Eric Apps.
"KnowledgeWebMiner is a logical progression and extension of core,
proven technology that has been used with considerable success by some
of the world's leading companies in the financial services, telecom,
and retail arenas for almost a decade and that is already in active
use in several dot com environments. KnowledgeWebMiner is also going
to meet the high expectations of our customers for well engineered
solutions that are easy to use, realistically priced and scalable to
meet quite demanding performance requirements."
"KnowledgeWebMiner reinforces the soundness of our business
vision and technology strategy", commented ANGOSS Vice-President
Technology Ken Ono. "Our leadership position in the data mining
industry and unique technology architecture enable ANGOSS to offer
comprehensive solutions oriented to a range of functional application
areas and vertical market opportunities. KnowledgeWebMiner and
VisibleWeb illustrate both our continuing thought leadership in the
advanced analytics arena and our competitive reach into the Internet
infrastructure market."
Introductory pricing for KnowledgeWebMiner starts at $85,000 for
Windows NT/2000 and SUN Solaris platforms and includes a client-server
based solution and comprehensive training for up to 5 e-business
analysts. Customers with high volume Web sites have optional access to
ANGOSS's proprietary "in place mining" technology to get the complete
picture on their Web site activity by analyzing their entire Web
databases. ANGOSS's proprietary in place mining technology is
available for high performance database solutions from Whitecross Data
Explorations (www.whitecross.com), Tantau Software (www.tantau.com)
and COMPAQ Tandem (www.compaq.com), as well as for users running SQL
Server 7 from Microsoft Corporation and Sybase IQ.
Customers seeking product, pricing and availability information
should send your request to sales@angoss.com.
ANGOSS Software Corporation, headquartered in Toronto, Canada,
develops and sells industry leading data mining solutions "at the
intersection of the Warehouse and the Web". KnowledgeSEEKER(R) and
KnowledgeSTUDIO(R) are used by leading Global 2000 companies in the
financial services, retail, telecom, health care and advanced
manufacturing sectors. KnowledgeExcelerator(TM) and
KnowledgeAccess(TM), are data mining add-ins for Excel and Access, the
popular spreadsheet and database applications of Microsoft(R)
Corporation. KnowledgeWebMiner(TM) and Visible Web(TM) offer
comprehensive, high performance data mining solutions for e-business
professionals to enhance their e-business initiatives.
ANGOSS customers include AC Neilsen, Allstate Insurance, American
Insurance Group, Ameritrade, Bank of America, Bank of Montreal,
Barclays Bank, Bell Canada, Boeing, British Telecom, Cable & Wireless,
Chase Manhattan Bank, CIGNA, Discover Financial, E Coverage, Ernst &
Young International, Federated Department Stores, Fingerhut, Firemen's
Fund Insurance, First USA, Frost National Bank, GE Capital, General
Electric, MBNA, Mercer Management, MetLife, Microsoft, NationsBank,
Netcentives, Pfizer, Providian, R.R. Donnelley & Sons, Sybase, Texaco,
360 Group and Wachovia.
ANGOSS has offices or representatives worldwide, including the
United States, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Central and South
America, Scandinavia, and the United Kingdom. KnowledgeSEEKER,
KnowledgeSTUDIO, KnowledgeExcelerator, KnowledgeAccess,
KnowledgeWebMiner, KnowledgeExplorer, VisibleWeb and VisibleWarehouse
are trademarks or registered trademarks of ANGOSS Software
Corporation. Other trademarks and registered trademarks are the
property of their owners.
For more information, e-mail to info@angoss.com or call
1-416-593-1122.
Trademarks and registered trademarks not owned by ANGOSS Software
Corporation belong to their respective owners. This press release may
contain forward-looking statements relating to the future performance
of ANGOSS Software Corporation. Forward-looking statements, |
