Beyond 20/20's Exciting New Clients and Contracts

Health Canada
Health Canada has recently purchased Beyond 20/20's Web Data Server product to make Beyond 20/20 tables available to Data and Information System (DAIS) clients.

DAIS provides desktop access to thousands of data items and questions from key health, social and economic surveys and databases, with associated tables, reports and indicators.

DAIS is installed on hundreds of workstations across the Department, where it delivers raw data for custom analysis, along with published reports and tables, using locally installed statistical analysis tools and viewers.

Currently users download the file directly to their desktop where it is opened in Beyond 20/20's Browser. Making these tables available via the Web Data Server removes the need for additional software on the user's desktop, and makes data available to anyone with an Internet connection. By migrating the existing Beyond 20/20 desktop solution to the Beyond 20/20 Web solution, Health Canada will provide its data to a larger audience.

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) has recently purchased Beyond 20/20's Web Data Server and Visual Builder to disseminate the data from their product Housing in Canada (HIC). With Beyond 20/20, HIC can be used as a tool to make informed decisions, develop policies and programs, and plan.

HIC is an electronic database of comprehensive information on households and housing conditions, from the national to the community level. Derived from special tabulations of census data obtained from Statistics Canada, HIC links key demographic and socio-economic data to detailed assessments of housing adequacy, suitability, affordability and housing need, all measured using CMHC's recognized housing indicators.

Through Beyond 20/20, HIC provides you with the ability to track and address housing conditions and needs, and to look at how housing conditions have changed between 1991 and 1996.

Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada
The Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada purchased Beyond 20/20's Web Data Server to disseminate their employment statistics of the federal public service to the public. This will contain information on the employment within the federal public service from early 1980 to March 2003. The information includes statistics on items such as department, sex, employment equity, and occupation category.

The site is currently under development and should be available to the public sometime during 2003-2004. It will be mostly used for human resources planning, as well as different workforce studies.

National Assembly for Wales
The Statistical Directorate of the National Assembly for Wales will be using Beyond 20/20 Web Data Server to publish statistics on the Internet.

The National Assembly's Statistical Directorate provides support for decision-making, resource allocation, research and debate within government and the wider community by collecting, processing, interpreting and publishing statistics. Its services cover all the main areas of the Assembly's responsibilities including health, social services, the economy, employment, training, education, housing, transport, and the environment.

Forvus, Beyond 20/20's partner in the UK is developing and hosting a managed Web service, due to start in May 2003. The service will be available in both English and Welsh and will be used by Assembly staff and members of the public.

Scottish Enterprise
Scottish Enterprise is Scotland's main economic development agency. Future skills Scotland, an applied labour market research unit, was established by Scottish Enterprise in November 2002 in order to provide easily accessible labour market intelligence to businesses and the community.

They will be using Beyond 20/20 Web Data Server to present survey data related to the labour market via the Web. Forvus, Beyond 20/20's partner is the UK, is developing the core analysis pages of the Web site to store all data tables.

Beyond 20/20 Vista - the New Beyond 20/20 MS-OLAP Product

Beyond 20/20 Vista was released at the end of February 2003 and work is proceeding rapidly on version 2.0, which will be released in the last quarter of the year.

Beyond 20/20 Vista lets you deploy your Microsoft OLAP cubes quickly and easily from your SQL Server-based data warehouses. It also allows users to explore the data with reports, charts and maps, and then drill through to particular points of interest to expose the details held within record level data.

Beyond 20/20 Vista contains great features. Here are a few of them:

• Powerful cube size: Vista offers 128 dimensions and unlimited cube size.
• View options: Offer your users aggregated data, record level data, thematic mapping and chart views.
• High-impact visualization: Users can choose from a tabular report, thematic map or a variety of chart types.
• Instant creation of reports: Produce customized reports by selecting items, sorting, nesting, and dragging-and-dropping.
• Universal access: Powerful, yet intuitive user interface is easily accessed through a standard Web browser. No specialized client-side software or additional downloads required.
• Multiple hierarchies: Dimensions categorized in different ways using multiple hierarchies in Microsoft Analysis Services.
• Calculations: Capability of adding through Microsoft Analysis Services custom calculations, such as variance, standard deviation, percentages and many more.
• Quick access to items: Provide a search capability for the items so users can quickly create their reports.

For more information about Beyond 20/20 Vista, please link to our Web site.

Enhancements to Beyond 20/20 Data Connection Wizard Version 6.2

On April 23, Beyond 20/20 released a service pack for Data Connection Wizard 6.2. This service pack offers the following:

• Option to use specific dimension item codes. This option allows you to use the same item codes for a dimension across IVTs.
• Enhancement to footnote loading functionality when loading a large number of footnotes.

If you have Beyond 20/20 Data Connection Wizard, download the upgrade and enter your user name and password. If you don't remember you user name and password, please send a message to amvinet@beyond2020.com.

Make sure you see us at one of these upcoming events!

The International Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology Conference (IASSIST)
May 25-30, 2003 in Ottawa, Canada

Beyond 20/20 will be exhibiting at the International Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology (IASSIST) conference. IASSIST is an international organization of professionals working in and with information technology and data services to support research and teaching in the social sciences. Its members are from a variety of workplaces, including archives, statistical agencies, research centers, libraries, academic departments, GIS laboratories, government departments, and non-profit organizations. See www.iassistdata.org.

One of the main objectives of IASSIST is to organize an annual conference involving participants from North America and Europe. The 2003 IASSIST conference will be a joint meeting between IASIST and CAPDU (the Canadian Association of Public Data Users). This event promises to be one of the largest gatherings of data professionals ever held in Canada.

If you are attending this conference, please stop by Beyond 20/20's booth on Thursday, May 29 during the poster-session to view a live demonstration of Beyond 20/20's products - such as our new mapping features and OLAP application!

The National Association for Public Health Statistics Information Systems Conference (NAPHSIS)
June 8-12, 2003 in New York, NY

Once again this year, Beyond 20/20 will be exhibiting at the Project Directors Joint Biannual Meeting organized by the National Association for Public Health Statistics and Information Systems (NAPHSIS), and the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program (VSCP). This upcoming conference promises to be an exciting event in the health data and vital statistics industry. Its theme is Vital Information: Re-engineering to Meet the Nationwide Challenge, and features such speakers as Steven Schwartz, Registrar and Assistant Commissioner of the New York City Bureau of Vital Statistics, and Thomas Frieden, the New York City Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene. Conference highlights include two days of breakout sessions, an awards luncheon and plenary speeches featuring top-notch speakers from several prominent state health agencies and from federal health data agency, NCHS.

If you are planning to attend this conference, stop by Beyond 20/20's booth to view a demonstration of our health-specific Web solution which allows data users to calculate age-adjusted rates!

You can find additional information about the NAPHSIS conference at www.naphsis.org.

E-Gov
June 9-12, 2003, Washington, DC

The E-Gov 2003 Conference and Exposition is an annual event intended to educate all levels of government on e-government issues, emerging trends, and new technology. With over 10,000 attendees at the exhibition last year, the 2003 event is sure to be just as exciting as the last.

Running from June 9-12, 2003, e-Gov offers attendees a complete educational experience, with multiple venues designed to address diverse learning experiences. Throughout the exhibition on June 11 and 12, attendees and exhibitors can network, collaborate, and actively teach and learn how to select technology to improve government operations.

Beyond 20/20 is participating in the exhibition again this year. You can find us in booth #524, to the right of the main exhibition hall entrance. Whether you come to view a demonstration or just to learn more about our dissemination solutions, our representatives will be happy to help you.

For more information about e-Gov 2003, visit www.e-gov.com.

The Council of Chief State School Officers National Conference on Large-Scale Assessment
June 22-25, 2003, San Antonio, Texas

Beyond 20/20 will be exhibiting at the 33rd National Conference on Large-Scale Assessment in San Antonio, Texas from June 22 - 25, 2003. Organizing the event once again this year, The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) expects over 900 participants who have a common professional interest in student assessments at all grade levels. We at Beyond 20/20 are looking forward to meeting conference delegates from federal, state, and local education agencies, and demonstrating how Beyond 20/20's No Data Left Behind solution can help each of them not only comply with the No Child Left Behind legislation, but also become leading advocates of it.

If you are planning to attend the conference in San Antonio, please stop by our booth for a demonstration of our software solutions. For more information about the upcoming CCSSO conference, please visit www.ccsso.org/conf.html.

The National Center for Education Statistics Forum & Summer Data Conference
July 21-25, 2003, Washington, DC

Once again this year, the National Center for Education Statistics will be hosting STATS-DC, the Summer Data Conference for 2003. Beyond 20/20 is please to be attending again this year and demonstrating its software solutions for the dissemination of federal, state and local education and student assessment data. With the implementation of the No Child Left Behind legislation, Beyond 20/20 knows the importance of making data available both to the decision-makers within government and to the public at large, so that no child is left behind. At the conference, we will show attendees how Beyond 20/20's No Data Left Behind solution can help them comply with the legislation, easily and efficiently.

If you plan to attend STATS-DC 2003, visit Beyond 20/20's table in the demonstration area! For more information about the conference, go to www.nces.ed.gov/conferences/confinfo.asp?confid=14.

International Statistical Institute
August 11-20, 2003, Berlin, Germany

Beyond 20/20 will be exhibiting at the upcoming biennial conference organized by the International Statistical Institute (ISI). This August, the exhibition of the 54th Session 2003 will follow the theme: "Statistics, Information and Networks." This will be an excellent place for members of ISI to gather from all over the world to learn about modern information and communication media that can be applied directly to the world of statistics.

The exhibition of the 54th ISI Session will take place at the International Congress Centrum (ICC) in Berlin, one of the biggest, most advanced and most successful congress venues in the world. With an expected turnout of 2,500 to 3,000 participants from around the globe, this conference is sure to be an exciting and educational experience for both the attendees and the exhibitors. With such an expansive international client base, Beyond 20/20 will have another great opportunity at ISI to meet with its worldwide clients and to learn more about their data dissemination requirements.

If you are planning to attend ISI Session 2003 in Berlin, please stop by Beyond 20/20's booth for a product demonstration or for more information about our solutions. If you would like to learn about ISI Session 2003, visit www.isi-2003.de.

Tip of the Month

Did you know that when you search by keyword for a report in Beyond 20/20's Web Data Server version 6.3, and you open one of the reports from your search results, the items of interest will be filtered? Searching by keyword produces a customized report that contains only the items of interest. Quickly filter data from thousands of items to just the items of interest.