Re: DM: CSI Visualizer Workstation Announcement

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Rhonda Delmater wrote:

> CSI's Visualizer Workstation Provides Important New Data Mining 
>Insights
>                 Data can be viewed in multi-dimensional space.
> MELBOURNE, Florida, January 7, 1997--Computer Science Innovations, 
>Inc. today announced the premier release of its Visualizer 
>Workstation, a compelling data mining solution that enables users to 
>virtually "fly" around and even through their data, viewing it from 
>various perspectives.  CSI's Visualizer Workstation enables analysts 
>to rapidly identify visual trends and correlations within their 
>data, and then apply powerful statistical and knowledge engineering 
>tools to refine their hypotheses.  This product leverages CSI's 
>knowledge discovery capabilities in an analytical workstation.
>
> "Most data mining tools today incorporate two- or- 
>three-dimensional graphical displays as seen in traditional business 
>graphics. CSI's workstation incorporates an N-Dimensional viewing 
>capability to aid analysts in discovering new insights about 
>prospects, customers, patients, or other populations of interest," 
>said Rudy Hallenbeck, VP Sales and Marketing at CSI.  The Visualizer 
>Workstation allows users to view, manipulate and analyze sets of 
>discrete data points in up to 10-dimensions simultaneously.  
>Nearness, occlusion, and perspective are preserved. It also provides 
>a user-friendly front-end for a combination of several CSI data 
>mining software functions including Select, Autocluster, Statistics, 
>and Knowledge-Based Trainer.
>
> Joe Brown, Data Warehousing Manager at Microsoft said "Data mining 
>technology provides interesting capabilities for analysts to 
>identify trends and relationships within their data.  We are pleased 
>that CSI has exploited some Microsoft product capabilities including 
>Visual C++, Windows NT Workstation, and ODBC, as a foundation for 
>their Visualizer Workstation data mining product."
>
> The CSI Visualizer Workstation is currently available with pricing 
>starting at $495 per seat for an individual analyst license. 
>Complementary Advisor tools are also available in configurations to 
>meet the requirements of a large enterprise.  For more information, 
>contact CSI at (407) 676-2923 or visit their web site at 
>http://www.csihq.com.
>
> Computer Science Innovations is a leading developer of 
>off-the-shelf and customized business intelligence tools and 
>applications including the Visualizer Workstation and Advisor 
>toolkit.  Established in 1983, CSI has become an international 
>system development and integration company that offers a range of 
>information technology products and services including end-to-end 
>system engineering, object-oriented software development, neural 
>networks and knowledge-based expert systems.
>
> For more information contact:
>
> Rhonda Delmater
> Program Manager
> Computer Science Innovations
> 1235 Evans Road, Melbourne, FL  32904-2314
> (407) 676-2923 x213
> fax (407) 676-2355
> rdelmater@csihq.com


What are the main differences of this software with Minesset (SGI)?
What is the size of de data wich is possible analize?