Links to Oracle Express and SAS are scheduled to ship as options by the end of 1999. The Excel and SPSS links will be standard features of Clementine. Clementine users will be able to read and write Excel and SPSS data and invoke procedures from these software packages. ISL has also added several new algorithms in version 5.0, a radial basis function network and k-means clustering. Shearer sees it as more holistic approach to scaleable data mining.
Most people think scaleable data mining is making algorithms go faster.
We say that does nothing except optimize the use of computer time. Shearer promises that a process support tool will be released shortly after the model is finalized. The Clementine solutions exporter allows users to export the entire Clementine visual programming environment as an application. And, any tweaking of the model would mandate a reworking of the additional code. ISL is developing several front ends that will be used to package and deliver these complete programs.