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A Short History of Dynamic Business Informatics Diver BI Group & Dimensional Insight A Global Collaborative Network with Years of Experience Years of Dynamic Business Informatics’ Diver Conferences Years of Diver in Ireland Years of Dimensional Insight Jan 13th Computers across Britain hit by "Friday the 1989 Dimensional Insight was founded by Fred Powers 13th" virus and Stan Zanarotti in Lexington, MA, USA. They In 2014 we developed OLAP-based technology without pre- Jan 20th George H W Bush inaugurated as 41st US defined hierarchies or drill-paths. President & Dan Quayle becomes 44th Vice President celebrate 25 years of Diver Nov 10th Germans begin demolishing Berlin Wall technology. Dec 3rd Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and US President George H. W. Bush, declare the Cold War over The Macintosh Portable was released from here Feb 11th Nelson Mandela released after 27 years 1990 DI began marketing analysis tools to corporations. imprisonment in South Africa Submitted first patent request on BI technology. Mar 14th Mikhail S Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Congress Jun 1st Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,900.97 Aug 2nd First Gulf War begins Oct 3rd Reunification of East & West Germany Nov 7th Mary Robinson elected as 1st female president of Ireland Nov 13th The World Wide Web first begins Nov 22nd Margaret Thatcher announces her resignation as British Prime Minister Microsoft Office Introduced Feb 28th First Gulf War ends 1991 Apr 17th Dow Jones closes above 3,000 for 1st time May 16th Queen Elizabeth II becomes 1st British monarch to address US congress Sep 17th The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet. Dec 21st Soviet Union formally dissolves 11 of 12 republics sign treaty forming Commonwealth of Independent States Feb 11th Charlie Haughey retires as Taoiseach 1992 DI released Data Integrator – First ETL tool to be integrated with a BI solution (CrossTarget). In 1992, Mar 6th The Michelangelo computer virus begins to CrossTarget shipped with 3 components: Data affect computers. Integrator, Builder, Diver. Dimensional Insight adds Nov 3rd Bill Clinton (D) wins US presidential election European distribution. over President Bush (R) Jan 1st 12 member European Economic Community set 1993 DI released Windows interface for CrossTarget, up vast free trade zone called Diver 2.0. First to offer a web-based BI interface (DataFountain). First patent granted. Sep 30th MS DOS 6.2 released Submitted three more patent requests. Dec 28th Dow-Jones hits record 3793.49 Jan 1st Dow Jones passes 3900 (record 3,914.20) 1994 Diver Cross Target first used in Ireland at Dairygold by John Spillane. Vendor was System Options, Jan 14th Clinton & Yelstin sign Kremlin Accords In 2014 we partners Rufus Langley and Bob Corr. April 27th Nelson Mandela elected President of South celebrate 20 full Africa years of Diver May 6th Channel Tunnel Opens Technology in Ireland Beginning of the Celtic Tiger in Ireland 9.4% avg growth 1995 DI-Atlantis is first packaged, web-based BI Solution. Developed versions for the Unix and Linux Mar 7th Dollar worth 1.5330 Dutch guilder (record) 1st full Year of platforms. Other three patent requests granted. Mar 17th British pound hits 2.4545 to Dutch guilder Diver in Ireland Dimensional Insight adds Asian distribution. (record) completed May 12th Dow Jones for 5th straight day of the week sets a new record (4430.59) MS Windows 95 launched from here Feb 8th The massive Internet collaboration "24 Hours in 1996 1st DI International Distributors Conference Cyberspace" takes place. Held in Amsterdam, Netherlands Mar 25th The European Union bans the export of British beef as a result of "mad cow disease" (BSE). Jul 19th XXVI Olympic games open in Atlanta Georgia Aug 13th Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 3.0 Sep 27th In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture the capital city Kabul Oct 14th Dow Jones closes over 6,000 for 1st time Feb 23rd Scientists announced they succeeded in 1997 DataFountain re-named WebDiver. cloning an adult mammal, producing a lamb named 2nd DI International Distributors Conference "Dolly" Held in Gatwick, UK Apr 8th Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0 and dot-com bubble begins May 1st Tony Blair elected Prime Minister of UK Jun 26th Bertie Ahern elected as Taoiseach of Ireland Jul 1st Britain hands Hong Kong and the New Territories - ceded in 1841 - to the People's Republic of China. Sep 30th Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0 Oct 20th US accuses Microsoft of violating pact forcing IE browser on computers Oct 27th Dow Jones crashes record 554 pts to 7161 Nov 11th Mary McAleese becomes President of Ireland Dec 11th Kyoto Protocol adopted to fight greenhouse gases Jan 12th Nineteen European nations agree to forbid 1998 3rd DI International Distributors Conference human cloning. Held in Paris, France Feb 23rd Osama bin Laden publishes a fatwa declaring jihad against all Jews and Crusaders. 10th April 1998 Good Friday Agreement for peace in NI May 18th United States v. Microsoft: The United States Department of Justice and 20 U.S. states file an antitrust case against Microsoft. Aug 15th Apple released the iMac Aug 15th Omagh bomb in Northern Ireland, the worst terrorist incident of The Troubles Sep 4th Google founded by Sergey de Brun and Lawrence E. Page Jan 1st Ireland became Euro area member using dual 1999 DI released DiveLine – a unified server for delivering currency BI solutions via the Web, LAN, WAN, Citrix, or any remote connection. DiveLine integrates with all Feb 12th President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United major platforms including IBM hardware/operating States Senate in his impeachment trial. systems, Windows, UNIX and Linux, and offers a rare single-server architecture for low support/ May 3rd The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above maintenance requirements. 11,000 for the first time in its history at 11,014.70. 4th DI International Distributors Conference Jun 9th Kosovo War: the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Held in Dublin, Ireland and North Atlantic Treaty Organization sign a peace treaty. Oct 12th The Day of Six Billion: The proclaimed 6 billionth living human in the world is born. Dec 2nd The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive. Dec 31st Boris Yeltsin resigns as President of Russia, leaving Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as the acting President. Jan 1st Y2K computer crash avoided by program 2000 Dimensional Insight adds Latin American changes to date fields distribution. Mar 10th Dot-com bubble burst NASDAQ peaked at 5th DI International Distributors Conference 5,048.62 Held in Valletta, Malta May 4th ILOVEYOU computer virus affects tens of millions of Windows users End of Celtic Tiger—growth now avg 5.9% Jan 9th Apple announced iTunes at the Macworld Expo 2001 No DI International Distributors Conference held in San Francisco Jan 15th Wikipedia launched Jun 7th Tony Blair's Labour Party wins another landslide victory in the General Election in UK Sep 11th Al Qaeda attacks the US World Trade Center, the Pentagon and so begins the War on Terror Oct 7th The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan starts with an air assault and covert operations on the ground Oct 23rd Apple releases the iPod Oct 25th MS Windows XP Released and later the Xbox Jan 1st Euro only currency in Ireland IEP is abolished 2002 Diver Version 5.0 Release—completely rewritten. Feb 19th NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to DI-Diver & ProDiver. First company to offer hosted-BI map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission solution – InterReport. imaging system. 6th DI International Distributors Conference May 24th Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Held in Sete, France Treaty. Jul 1st The International Criminal Court is established to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression. Nov 21st NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members. Mar 19 Invasion of Iraq by US & Allied forces 2003 Dynamic Business Informatics founded by Bob Corr—previously called System Options. Jan 24th The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation. 7th DI International Distributors Conference Apr 16th The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens Held in Marbella, Spain admitting 10 new member states to the European Union. May 23rd The Euro exceeds its initial trading value as it hits $1.18 for the first time since its introduction in 1999. Jun 18th Google launches AdSense Jul 15th AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape Communications Corporation. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day. Dec 13th Saddam Hussein captured Feb 4th Facebook founded by Mark Zuckerberg 2004 John Spillane joins Bob Corr in partnership at DBI. Mar 29th The Republic of Ireland becomes the first DI introduced DivePort – a portal that is fully country in the world to ban smoking in all work places, integrated with analytic interfaces. including bars and restaurants. 8th DI International Distributors Conference Apr 1st Google introduces Gmail: the launch is met with Held in Florence, Italy scepticism on account of the launch date. Apr 24th The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously Aug 3rd The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11, 2001 attacks. Jan 30th First free parliamentary elections in Iraq since 2005 DI named US Small Business Administration 1958 Massachusetts Small Business Exporter of the Year. Feb 15th YouTube is launched in the United States. 1st DBI DI-Atlantis rebranded as The Diver Solution: Mar 3rd Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an Conference End-to-End Enterprise Business Intelligence solution. airplane around the world solo without any stops Dimensional insight founds DI-Asia as a subsidiary.
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