http://dssresources.com/ DSSResources.COM publishes appropriate DSS related news releases, our focus is on new product introductions and decision support product adoption announcements. We also publish relevant conference/meeting announcements. Please send your NEWS to news@dssresources.com. http://dssresources.com/news/2506.php ORLANDO, Fla., May 16, 2008 -- Internet visionary turned e-health entrepreneur Steve Case predicts that converging trends in public policy, technology and consumerism in health care will combine to effectively "shake the snow globe," simultaneously creating disruption and opportunity, and leading to a revolution in American health care. The America Online co-founder, who now serves as chairman and CEO of Revolution Health, says in-part that consumers need to overcome security paranoia -- as they did in online financial transactions. "Consumers must be in control of the electronic health record, as there is far too much focus on 'who possesses the electronic storage cabinet,'" Case said, adding that in addition to trusting the technology, consumers must also preserve trusted relationships. "One of the most sacred relationships is between ... Fri, 16 May 2008 15:00:06 GMT http://dssresources.com/news/2507.php DALLAS, May 15, 2008 -- River Logic, Inc., the leading provider of integrated business planning, today announced the expansion of its award-winning planning software, Enterprise Optimizer(R). Enterprise Optimizer (EO) is now available with a 64-bit, parallel processing solver. This new 64-bit hybrid version of EO, known as EO64h, has the capacity to address up to 4 CPUs simultaneously. Using a 64-bit version of MIO (Mixed Integer Optimizer), EO64h reduces 'pre-solve' processing time by as much as 50%. In addition to faster 'pre-solve' routines, EO64h can effectively process models beyond the 2 GB limit found in the MIO 32-bit serial architecture. Carlos Centurion, River Logic vice president of strategy and marketing, said, "The growth of EO directly parallels the acceptance of integrated business planning as a competitive advantage. As a result, companies ... Fri, 16 May 2008 15:31:55 GMT http://dssresources.com/news/2501.php SUNNYVALE, Calif. and PARIS, May 14, 2008 -- ILOG(R) (Nasdaq: ILOG; Euronext: ILO, ISIN: FR0004042364) today announced a strengthening of its long-standing technology and business alliance with IBM(R). ILOG has been selected for IBM's Destination z Alliance Program, which aims to accelerate legacy modernization initiatives for IBM z-series customers. ILOG has also been tapped for IBM's ISV Advantage program for small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMB). IBM Destination z is a community organization which is focused on accelerating the modernization of customers' information technology environments to more efficiently operate their businesses. In response to increased demand for System z(R)-based decision management, ILOG recently introduced ILOG Rules for COBOL(R), which allows IBM customers to leverage the processing power of IBM System z for both new application development and ... Wed, 14 May 2008 07:03:52 GMT http://dssresources.com/news/2504.php FALLS CHURCH, Va., May 14 -- Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC) today announced that The Phoenix Companies, Inc. (NYSE: PNX) has licensed CSC’s Customer Service Accelerator software to improve customer service for its 650,000 life insurance and annuity policyholders and the financial advisors who distribute its products. CSC’s Customer Service Accelerator will present a consolidated customer view by integrating data from five disparate policy administration systems from multiple vendors, including two from CSC. Once the system is in place, Phoenix’s more than 200 call-center representatives and back-office users in Albany, N.Y., and Hartford, Conn., will no longer need multiple host system sessions open on their desktops. Instead, with the Web-enabled interface, they will be able to view data from all five systems on one screen, speeding access to pertinent information. To ... Fri, 16 May 2008 14:44:38 GMT http://dssresources.com/news/2502.php BOSTON, May 13, 2008 -- Global spending on business intelligence and performance management applications will reach $57.1B in 2008, according to a report released today by AMR Research. The study, which surveyed 400 IT and business leaders across Europe, China, and the United States, found that the spending emphasis in BI/PM software turned to tools and infrastructure in 2008 -- a 180-degree turn from the focus on information-driven and content-specific applications like dashboards and planning systems in 2007. The study also notes a marked jump in external consulting spending (a combination of outsourced services and integration). "External consulting spending was less than expected in 2007 as companies hired internally to meet anticipated needs," noted John Hagerty, vice president and research fellow at AMR Research. "But it has bounced back ... Wed, 14 May 2008 07:03:26 GMT http://dssresources.com/news/2505.php San Mateo, Calif., May 13, 2008 –- Actuate Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTU), the leader in delivering Rich Internet Applications Without Limits™, today announced that Actuate Performancesoft Views (Views) has been approved as a Business Intelligence Tool within the Department of the Navy. To gain approval for inclusion into the Navy’s approved business intelligence tool list, a functionality matrix and scorecard assessed 28 different applications. Views was one of seven applications achieving the ‘approved’ status. As a result of inclusion onto the list, Views is utilized on the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI), which provides a full range of network-based information services on a single, enterprise wide intranet. Specifically, NMCI links more than 400,000 workstations and laptops for 500,000 Navy and Marine Corps users across the continental United States, Hawaii, Cuba, Guam, Japan and ... Fri, 16 May 2008 14:52:34 GMT http://dssresources.com/news/2503.php BOZEMAN, Mont., May 12, 2008 -- RightNow(R) Technologies (Nasdaq: RNOW) today announced that more than 140 colleges and universities use its on demand customer relationship management (CRM) solution to recruit and retain students. The RightNow Higher Education solution includes guides and templates, based on industry best practices gleaned from RightNow's work with schools such as Columbia University, Imperial College London, and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. It is available under RightNow's software-as-a-service delivery model, which allows institutions to implement quickly, while minimizing up-front investment and risk. Today, higher education institutions consider attracting and keeping qualified students to be a top priority and major challenge given budget constraints, competition from other schools, and Internet-savvy prospective students that expect ... Wed, 14 May 2008 07:16:08 GMT http://dssresources.com/news/2499.php Paris, France, May 8, 2008 -- The Association for Information Systems (AIS) Special Interest Group on Decision Support, Data and Knowledge Management Systems (SIG DSS), the International Society for Decision Support Systems, is organizing a workshop under the umbrella of the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS-2008). The workshop theme is "Supporting real time decision-making: The role of context in decision suppport on the move." It will be held on Saturday, December 13, 2008 at Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris 6. Please check the workshop website: http://www-poleia.lip6.fr/~brezil/RTDMC-08/. Overview and Goals Traditionally decision support systems (DSS) address strategic and long-term decision situations. However, due to the dynamic nature of organisations and of the environment that impose a continuous and rapid replanning, it is equally important ... Thu, 08 May 2008 14:12:45 GMT