DM: Data General and ISL to supply integrated data mining solutions

[Joe Evans]

PR Contacts:
Joe Evans
ISL     
+44 (0)1256 355899      
joee@isl.co.uk          

Carlos Soares   
Data General    
+1 508/898-6674 
carlos_soares@dg.com    

Jim Dunlap      
Data General    
+1 508/898-6546 
jim_dunlap@dg.com

http://www.isl.co.uk
http://www.dg.com

DATA GENERAL AND ISL TO SUPPLY INTEGRATED DATA WAREHOUSING AND DATA
MINING SOLUTIONS
ISL's Clementine Enables Customers to Make Better Decisions 

Basingstoke, UK September 15, 1998 - Integral Solutions Ltd (ISL), 
today
announced it has signed a Cooperative Marketing agreement with Data
General based in Westboro Massachusetts, USA. Under terms of the
agreement, Data General will add ISL's Clementine Data Mining System 
to
its DG/INSiiGHT(TM) data warehousing solutions portfolio.

At the same time, ISL is announcing immediate availability of the
Clementine Data Mining System on Data General's Intel-based AViiON NT
servers, including the AV 8600 eight-processor system. A UNIX version,
to be available on the AV 20000 and AV 25000 NUMA servers, will follow
at the launch of Clementine Version 5.0 in October. The two companies
are already working on joint projects in the United States, and plan 
to
extend operations in the future.

"We have carefully selected best-of-breed products for our data
warehousing solutions portfolio," said Carl Bonta, director of Data
Warehousing Solutions at Data General. "Clementine is one such 
product.
It is easy to use, easy to implement, and is highly rated by analysts
and users. Furthermore, ISL's data mining expertise can greatly ease 
the
building and deployment of data mining systems."

"We're very happy to work with Data General in providing 
enterprise-wide
data warehousing solutions. Its clustered AViiON NT systems, NUMA
architecture, and CLARiiON Fibre Channel storage provide the 
horsepower
for serious data mining applications. As a result, Data General's
platforms are ideal for Clementine," said Alan Montgomery, Managing
Director of ISL. "Our skills and technology complement each other 
well.
We look forward to many successful projects together." 


Clementine Data Mining System

Clementine is a data mining system which helps business users find 
vital
information within data and deploy this new knowledge in areas such as
estimation, forecasting, classification, diagnosis and decision 
support.
Clementine allows users to extract selected data, manipulate it, and
visualize trends and relationships through a simple "visual 
programming"
interface. 

At the heart of Clementine are machine learning "engines" for neural
networks and rule induction. They can automatically identify
relationships in data and generate rules to apply to future cases. 
These
techniques are powerful, but with Clementine their complexity is 
hidden;
the engines are automatically configured to suit the data, enabling
users to focus on business issues, not analytic detail.  

Data General's AViiON Server Family

Data General's AViiON family includes servers for UNIX or NT
applications. Data General's NT-based AViiON line includes the
entry-level AV 2150, which is available with single or dual 300-MHz
Pentium II processors; the AV 3700 and AV 3700R, which have up to four
400-MHz Pentium II Xeon processors; and the powerful AV 8600 
enterprise
server, with up to eight 200-MHz Pentium Pro processors. These systems
are also available in award-winning NT Cluster-in-a-Box(TM) and
TermServer-in-a-Box(TM) packages.

UNIX servers include the 32-processor AV 20000 NUMA server and the
64-processor AV 25000 NUMA server. The AV 20000 is the Oracle8 
decision
support benchmark leader in performance and price/performance. 

About Data General

Data General (NYSE:DGN), based in Westboro, Massachusetts, is a major
supplier of storage and enterprise computing solutions for customers
worldwide. The company's products include CLARiiON Fibre Channel 
storage
systems, high-end NT and UNIX AViiON servers, and related software and
services. The company reported fiscal 1997 revenues of $1.5 billion.
Additional information on the company, its products, and services is
available on the Internet at www.dg.com.

About ISL

ISL is a leading full service date-mining company, supplying world 
class
consultancy and training in support of its award-winning Clementine
product. Clementine was the first enterprise-strength data mining
offering to be aimed at business users and it is consistently
acknowledged by users and analysts as the leading interactive data
mining system.

The ISL group has affiliates in King of Prussia, PA (ISL Decision
Systems Inc.) and the United Kingdom (Integral Solutions Limited) and
Singapore and there is a network of distributors serving countries
around the world. More information is available on the World Wide Web 
at
www.isldsi.com. 

# ENDS #

AViiON and CLARiiON are registered trademarks; Cluster-in-a-Box and
TermServer-in-a-Box are trademarks; and DG/INSiiGHT is a service mark 
of
Data General Corporation. Clementine is a registered trademark of ISL.
All other brand names and product names referred to in this press
release are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective
holders.