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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

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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

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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. without refueling In 2014 DBI is 9th DI International Distributors Conference hosting its 10th May 5th Tony Blair elected for a third term in UK Held in St. Emilion, France Annual Diver July 7th Four bombs detonated in London by Al Qaeda First DBI Annual Diver Conference in Dublin. Conference. Jul 28th The Provisional Irish Republican Army call an DBI Conference guest speakers from: BWG, end to their thirty year long armed campaign in Polypipe, United Drug plus DI. Northern Ireland. Held at Alexander Hotel. Aug 29th Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S.

Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing more than 1,836 and causing over $115 billion in from here damage.

Jan 10th Apple release Macbook Pro 2006 The Diver Solution Version 6.0 Release. Release of 6 new portlet applications for DivePort, as well as a Jan 19th The New Horizons probe is launched by NASA on the first mission to Pluto. 2nd DBI zero-footprint client (NetDiver) that is integrated with the DivePort portal. Apr 27th Construction begins on the Freedom Tower for Conference Time Series Control Panel. Markers saved as steps. the new World Trade Center in New York City. Build Model Wizard. New Find interface. Celldiver. July 14th Hezbollah declares war against Israel New charts—bubble, radar and control. Sep 1st Luxembourg became the first country to complete the move to all digital television broadcasting. 10th DI International Distributors Conference Held in Sintra, Portugal Oct 17th The United States population reaches 300 million DBI Conference guest speakers from: Pallas Foods; Health Express Pharmacy; Dairygold plus DI. Dec 30th Saddam Hussein executed Held at Croke Park.

Jan 1Bulgaria and Romania officially join the European 2007 Dimensional insight founds DI-China as a subsidiary. Union. 11th DI International Distributors Conference 3rd DBI Jan Windows Vista released Held in St. Paul de Vence, France Jan 9 Apple launch the iPhone and Apple inc Conference DBI Conference guest speakers from: Minute Buyer, May 8th A new Northern Ireland Executive is formed Grafton Group plus DI.

Oct 17th The Dalai Lama receives the United States Held at Griffith College. Congressional Gold Medal.

Dec 20th Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II becomes the oldest ever monarch of the United Kingdom

Dec 21st The Schengen Agreement area increases to include 9 European Union member states; Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia on land and sea borders.

Global financial crisis begins

Jan 21st Stock Market Crashes—Black Monday 2008 New generation data discovery and visual data cleansing and manipulation tools. Dimensional May 6th Bertie Ahern resigns as Ireland’s Taoiseach 4th DBI insight founds DI-Europe as a subsidiary. Sep 15th Lehmann Bothers Files for bankruptcy The Diver Solution Version 6.1 Release. Sep 30th Bank s guaranteed by government in Ireland Conference New toolbars. Dive off Cross Tabs. Group with Oct 16th Barclays spreadsheet error results in Lehman Others. Bros chaos User Defined Dimensions. Diveport Environments. Dec Hidden Loans Controversy at Anglo Irish DI-Reporter & ProReporter. DI-Updater. In Ireland GDP contracts by 14% 12th DI International Distributors Conference

Held in Ermenonville, France DBI Conference guest speakers from: McLoughlins; Corium.

Held at The Royal Marine Hotel.

Jan 20th Barack Obama becomes the first African 2009 The Diver Solution Version 6.2 Release. American president of the United States Domain Editor. New Visual Integrator. Jan 20th Anglo Irish Bank Nationalised 5th DBI New Diveport Portlets & improved navigation. Feb 11th AIB and BOI banks recapitalised €3.5b Conference ProDiver new Graph engine. Aug 19th The Iraq war ends The Diver Solution is named Best in Klas in 2009 Best Oct 22nd Windows 7 Released in KLAS Awards: Software and Services .

Dec 21st NAMA is formed in Ireland costing €240m pa 13th DI International Distributors Conference Held in Mallorca, Spain DBI Conference guest speakers from: St Anthony’s Credit Union; Dundalk IT; Rajapack plus DI.

Held at The Royal Marine Hotel. Jan 27th Apple introduce the iPad 2010 Release 6.3 with radical changes to web based Data Visualization. Apr 14th Volcanic ash cloud disrupts travel for over a month 6th DBI Includes Tunnel. Date logic expanded. Nov Irish Government sought €85bn bailout from EU- Conference New Graph types, new click actions, & indicators. IMF Map Data directory for Diveport.

The Diver Solution is named Best in Klas

Top overall score Dresner Wisdom of Crowds .

14th & 15th DI International Distributors Conference Held in Rome, Italy and in Dublin, Ireland DBI Conference guest speakers from: Infotool, Dundalk IT; Woodies DIY plus DI.

Held at The Royal Marine Hotel.

In Ireland unemployment rises to 14% 2011 The Diver Solution is named Best in Klas Jan 25th Arab Spring begins in Egypt Tops 5 Categories in BARC BI Survey 10 7th DBI Mar 9th Enda Kenny elected as Taoiseach of Ireland No 1 in 3 Categories Dresner Wisdom of Crowds

May 2nd Osama bin Laden assassinated by US Navy Conference Introduction of first DI Application: DI Physician Seals Performance Advisor.

May 17th Queen Elizabeth II visits Ireland 16th DI International Distributors Conference Held in Dublin, Ireland May 23rd Barack Obama visits Ireland & ancestral home DBI Conference guest speakers from: Selco; H & K; July 8th Space Shuttle’s final mission GS1; Touchstone plus DI. Sep 22nd CERN announce Neutrinos break speed of Held at The Royal Marine Hotel. light 20th October DBI founds Diver BI Group—a team of Nov 11th Michael D. Higgins is President of Ireland Diver experts in the UK and Ireland. Set up of website & social media pages for Diver BI Group.

Feb 15th UK reaches 17yr high unemployment 8.4% 2012 The Diver Solution Version 6.4 Release. Mar 1st Euro Zone unemployment at historical high 10.7 Actionable Dashboards and enhanced user- % 8th DBI empowered capabilities with integrated dynamic data access capabilities and input portal. Release of Mar 30th Mastercard & VISA breach in security affects Conference the DI Mobile information delivery environment. 10m people New Gantt Charts. New flexibility with Quickviews. Mar 30th American mega millions lottery world record of $640m Diver Portlet. Ability to change dimensions.

Spanish unemployment at record high—youth at 50% Diveport editing enhancements.

April 25th UK dips back into recession Graph Templates. Print Anything functionality.

July 25th Summer Olympics begin in London Plus Teamer, DiveTab preview and Advisor Apps.

Oct 20th Ireland, Local Govt Mgt Agency database used The Diver Solution is named Best in Klas for compiling names for new Property Tax includes Tops 13 Categories in BARC BI Survey 11 dead people and children. In Top 5 all Categories Dresner Wisdom of Crowds Oct 26th 2012 Windows 8 launched 17th DI International Distributors Conference

Held in Santiago de Compostela, Spain DBI Conference guest speakers from: DMBI; ADM Londis; Chartwell IT; Temple Street Hospital plus DI. Held at The Royal Marine Hotel.

Feb 22nd UK Credit Rating downgraded from AAA to AA 2013 Showcase of Production, Workbench, Spectre by Moody’s. Builder.

Feb 28th Brains of two rats successfully connected and 9th DBI Tops 5 Categories of BI Segment in Klas share information Conference Tops 4 Categories of BARC BI Survey 12 Mar 21st European Space Agency reveal Universe at Top of segment Dresner Wisdom of Crowds least 13.82bn years old Top in 3 Categories Gartner BI Report April 30th Apple largest bond offering of private company at $17bn 18th DI International Distributors Conference

May 7th Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 set Held in Vienna, Austria record highs DBI Conference guest speakers from: BWG; Polypipe: DMBI; Chartwell IT; plus DI. Jun Ireland 1.66 million homeowners sent demands for property tax—including dead people whose properties Held at The Royal Marine Hotel. were not transferred. DBI showcase Gap Analysis and DiveTune. Sep 15th Ireland successfully exited the bailout programme

Nov 27th Greece is first developed market to be demoted to an emerging market by MSCI Index

Jan 29th Scientist convert normal cells to stem cells in 2014 The Diver Solution Version 7.0 Preview mice Top overall score Dresner Wisdom of Crowds Feb 18th Ukrainian Revolution begins 10th DBI Tops 5 separate categories & 100% recommended Feb 27th Swedish Public Employment Service invites Conference 25th Anniversary of Dimensional Insight 61,000 people to a job interview by mistake 20th Anniversary of Diver in Ireland Apr 8th Windows XP no longer supported 10th Anniversary of Diver Conferences in Ireland Jul 12th Germany win the World Cup Final against Argentina 19th DI International Distributors Conference

Jul 18th Malaysian passenger plane shot down over To be held in Strasbourg, France Ukraine leading to economic sanctions against Russia This year’s DBI conference held at The Royal Marine Hotel. August - ongoing tensions and military actions in Gaza, Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan. Relaunch of DBI website and new logos for both DBI and Diver BI Group Ebola Virus kills thousands in West Africa

Oct 22nd Canadian Parliament attacked by Isis

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