DM: DTI SMART Award for Clementine Server Development

[Joe Evans]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Joe Evans
Email: joee@isl.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1256 355899

DTI SMART Award for Clementine Server Development
14th December 1998

Integral Solutions Limited (ISL) has received a SMART award from the 
DTI
to help fund the development of CHESS, a middleware component to boost
the performance of the Clementine Data Mining System against extremely
large databases.

CHESS (the Clementine High Efficiency Scalable Server) will provide an
efficient data mining environment for data warehouses. The first
versions are expected to ship in the first half of 1999. Clementine,
recently named a Millennium Product and itself a beneficiary of two
SMART awards, will provide a familiar interface on the user's desktop,
while CHESS optimises execution on the data warehouse server.

As well as a generic product running on industry standard databases 
such
as Oracle, Sybase and SQL Server, customised versions of CHESS will be
produced in partnership with data warehouse vendors. The first of 
these
will be developed in cooperation between ISL and Compaq-Tandem.

The SMART scheme provides funding for small and medium sized 
enterprises
and individuals to research, design and develop technologically
innovative products and processes. Selection criteria include 
innovation
and market potential.

Clementine is among the most popular data mining systems in the world.
It was developed to empower business professionals to mine their own
data, insulating them from the details of the underlying technology.

"We're very gratified to be recognised yet again as an innovator and
market leader," said Alan Montgomery, Managing Director of ISL. "We 
have
already proven the benefits of this kind of product, and CHESS will 
help
us expand into new markets. CHESS has received great interest from
current and potential customers in sectors including finance, retail,
government and telecoms."

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