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UW College of Business Receives $3.3 Million in Software Gifts

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Oct. 18, 2001 -- The University of Wyoming College of Business has received more than $3 million in software gifts that will be used in various educational programs.

Kenton B. Walker, director of the university's Solomon D. Trujillo Center for e.Business, says three corporations International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation, Rational Software Corporation, and Dataflux Corporation have contributed computer programs that give students hands on experience and increase their marketability after graduation. The software packages (in parentheses) are as follows:

International Business Machines Corporation (DB2 Universal Database and related products). DB2 provides the ability to store and retrieve all types of electronic information including traditional relational data, structured and unstructured binary information, documents and text in many languages, graphics, images, and multimedia (audio and video formats). DB2 Universal Database is a widely used software product competing with Oracle, Sybase and other enterprise database products. Estimated value more than $600,000.

Rational Software Corporation (Rational Suite Enterprise). This product provides an integrated set of software development tools. These tools are used throughout the software development lifecycle from requirements management to systems analysis and design. Estimated value $1.78 million.

DataFlux Corporation (dfPower Studio). Provides comprehensive and cost effective solutions to data cleansing and data integration problems. The software supports data standardization, data augmentation, and data verification. In addition, it is used to eliminate data duplication. Estimated value $1 million.

"The ability to incorporate leading edge software technology is significant to our efforts to improve technology education at the University of Wyoming, and we are extremely grateful to the granting companies," Walker says. "The products are being used in the e.Business master of science program and in the Department of Computer Science. There are numerous other opportunities to make use of these tools in the business and computer science curricula, and we anticipate doing so as faculty learn more about the capabilities of this software."

Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2001