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DATA MINE Aug. 9, 1999 Making Sense of Storehouses of Data It's not enough to have huge storehouses of corporate data. You need to be able to analyze the information to make smart decisions. That's giving rise to rapid growth in worldwide sales of so-called business intelligence software from the likes of HNC Software, Hyperion Solutions, and Oracle. The business intelligence marketplace 1998 $603.2 million 1999 $879.1 million 2000 $1.26 billion 2001 $1.76 billion 2002 $2.4 billion 2003 $3.2 billion DATA: Dataquest Inc. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP					MORE NUGGETS Online Shopping Drops Is cybershopping finally coming down to earth? What I Did on My Winter Vacation The final months of 1999 will be grueling for many info tech workers fighting Y2K. More Execs Get Job-Wise on the Web... Increasingly, senior execs are going online to manage their careers. Gays Flock to Cyberspace The global gay and lesbian online population is expected to climb to 17.1 million people by 2005. Travel Dollars up in Cyberspace Consumers are feeling more comfy about paying online for travel. The Mother Lode A collection of items from the Data Mine