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Beyond 20/20 Insights: Summer 2002
In this edition:
- New Beyond 20/20 Clients!
- Release of Beyond 20/20 Publisher's Edition 6.1
- New Implementations with the Beyond 20/20 Web Data Server, see it in Action!
- Beyond 20/20 will be exhibiting at Many Events this Summer
- Tip of the Month
New Beyond 20/20 Clients!
Beyond 20/20 is pleased to announce that Bolivia's national statistics agency, Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), has purchased a corporate license for Beyond 20/20's software products. This license marks Beyond 20/20's first client in South America, and adds INE to our growing customer list of national statistics agencies around the globe.
The contract includes a full range of Beyond 20/20 products, for both internal and external data dissemination. INE has purchased a license to install more than 450 Beyond 20/20 Professional Browsers - enough for every desktop in the organization. For external Web dissemination, they have chosen the latest version of the Beyond 20/20 Web Data Server, and INE has selected the Beyond 20/20 Publisher's Edition and Toolkit for its development tools. Future projects include the dissemination of trade data via the Web. INE is now equipped to lead the way in South America for advanced data dissemination and visualization through the Internet.
Beyond 20/20 is thrilled to announce that the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy (OSB) is a new client. The OSB has purchased a range of Beyond 20/20 products including Web Data Server, Data Connection Wizard and Publisher's Edition.
The mandate of OSB is to collect data, monitor, analyze and report on bankruptcies across the Canada. The OSB wants to make effective use of the Beyond 20/20 Web Data Server for internal OSB dissemination and examination of reports and charts.
The Canada Health Act Division from Health Canada is another new Beyond 20/20 client. They have purchased licenses for the Beyond 20/20 Professional Browser and Publisher's Edition. They will be using these products for internal dissemination and analysis of data related to health insurance in Canada.
We are very pleased to announce that the Manitoba Bureau of Statistics has adopted the Beyond 20/20 Web Data Server for Web data dissemination purposes. The Manitoba Bureau of Statistics had chosen the Beyond 20/20 Builder and Beyond 20/20 Desktop Browser to help disseminate a comprehensive set of socio-economical information within the Manitoba government. This information will include topics such as demographics, economic activity, labour market performance, foreign trade, and the environment. Considerable information from recent Canadian Population Censuses will be also available via the Web Data Server.
The objective of the Manitoba Bureau of Statistics is to create a "one-stop shop" for access to data within the Manitoba government. With Beyond 20/20, they can do this easily and efficiently.
In addition to these great new clients, Beyond 20/20 has added York University to its list of educational clients. York University purchased licenses for the Beyond 20/20 Web Data Server, Data Connection Wizard and Builder.
York University will be using the Web Data Server on their Web site for precarious employment data. This data is compiled by Statistics Canada and will be accessed by the faculty and students from York University. The data will provide information on the demographics of people in precarious employment for different industries in Canada. Most importantly, it will be very helpful for the research on Canadian minority groups.
Release of Beyond 20/20 Publisher's Edition 6.1
Beyond 20/20's newest Spanish release of Publisher's Edition will be delivered this month. Version 6.1 features a trilingual (English, French and Spanish) Browser interface, which will better support growing usage of Beyond 20/20 products in South America.
New Implementation with the Beyond 20/20 Web Data Server, see it in Action!
Last month, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) started using the Beyond 20/20 Web Data Server on their Neighbourhood Statistics site.
The main objective of ONS is to make statistics available so that everyone can easily access the state of the nation, the performance of government and their own position. Beyond 20/20 has been able to help ONS reach their objectives with the Beyond 20/20 Web Data Server. Take a look at how Beyond 20/20 has helped them make their data easily accessible to the public.
Beyond 20/20 would like to thank Forvus, our partner in the UK, for all their help in making ONS a Beyond 20/20 client.
On May 27, 2002 Statistics New Zealand started using the Beyond 20/20 Web Data Server to disseminate their Census data. Take a look at how Statistics New Zealand is using the Beyond 20/20 Web Data Server on their site.
Statistics New Zealand is a government department of New Zealand's national statistical office. The department's function is to produce timely, accurate official statistics on a range of economic and social matters of general importance to New Zealand. Organisations that need and use its statistics include the legislature, government departments, local authorities, businesses, research and quasi-government organisations, professional and trade associations, universities, and the general public.
Beyond 20/20 will be exhibiting at Many Events this Summer
Beyond 20/20 exhibited at e-Gov 2002 in the Washington Convention Center on June 26 and 27, 2002. E-Gov 2002 is North America's largest e-government-focused conference, targeting issues relevant to all levels of government. This conference is a 2-day exposition showcasing over 350 industry partners. Conference highlights included a keynote address delivered by Rudolph Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City, a Government Solutions Center and Pioneer Awards to demonstrate best practices in government. In addition, there were six keynote addresses, 30 sessions and 12 half-day tutorials addressing a range of e-government concerns.
If you were not able to attend this event or if you did not get a chance to come by our booth, contact us for a demonstration at demo@beyond2020.com or at 613-563-3993.
For more information about e-Gov 2002, you can visit the Web site at www.e-gov.com.
We are pleased to announce that Beyond 20/20 is participating in the 2002 Data Users Conference, organized by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). This year's Conference emphasizes current NCHS data activities and their relationship in addressing today's health issues. Held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC, on July 15 to 17, 2002, the Conference will feature over 40 workshop sessions on NCHS resources available to data users. Special interest subjects, interactive workshops and small groups sessions will be offered on health topics, data issues, products, and services. Not only will Beyond 20/20 have a booth in the exhibit hall, but NCHS will be holding an interactive workshop on how to use Beyond 20/20's products to access and analyze health data! This is one workshop that you should not miss!
For more information about the 2002 Data Users Conference, please visit the NCHS Web site at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/events.htm.
STATS-DC 2002, a conference organized by the National Center for Education Statistics, will have an array of individuals from state education agencies, local education agencies (LEAs), schools, interested researchers and policymakers, and federal representatives. STATS-DC 2002 will be on July 24 to 26, 2002 in Washington, DC.
With a customer like NCES, Beyond 20/20 is excited to have the opportunity to participate in this conference and demonstrate its latest and greatest products to this group of individuals. Data users in the elementary and secondary education field will get to view demonstrations of Beyond 20/20's data dissemination solutions, and see how easy it is to manipulate, view and analyze education data using our tools. If you plan to attend this conference, stop by our booth!
For more information about this conference, visit the NCES Web site at http://nces.ed.gov/conferences/confinfo.asp?confid=12.
This summer Beyond 20/20 will be exhibiting at JSM 2002 in New York, New York on August 12-14. JSM (Joint Statistical Meetings) is an annual conference held jointly by the American Statistical Association, The International Biometric Society (ENAR and WNAR), the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and the Statistical Society of Canada. With a historical attendee base of over 4,000, it is the largest gathering of statisticians held in North America each year. In addition to a vast exhibit hall with state-of-the-art statistical products, JSM 2002 will have an abundance of oral presentations, panel sessions, continuing education courses, social activities and networking opportunities. We are looking forward to demonstrating Beyond 20/20's data dissemination products to this group of statisticians in New York!
If you plan to attend the conference, visit Beyond 20/20 in Booth # 1007 in the exhibit hall. We'll be ready to show you a demonstration of our latest products.
If you would like more information about JSM 2002, please visit the American Statistical Association's Web site at http://www.amstat.org/meetings/ or e-mail meetings@amstat.org.
Tip of the Month
Did you know that with the Beyond 20/20 Browsers you can change the dimension in a chart by dragging and dropping it from the table? Once you have your table open, select the Chart button and then select the Tile button, which is the third from the left, and this will display your table and chart at once on your screen. Then, select a dimension from the table and drag and drop it in the chart. This will give you a chart with the dimension you dragged from the table. It's that simple!
Beyond 20/20 would like to wish everyone a great summer!
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