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Withtheincreasingreliance
of individual and regional
economies on information
technology and being con-
nected via the Internet , a
large natural disaster has
the potential to cause more
than the inconvenience of a
few daysof cold showers and
thawed food.
Bringing everyone up to
speed and creating a plan to
address the technological
preparedness and needs of
the Cape is the idea behind
OpenCape.
Cape Cod CommunityCol-
lege Director of Information
Technologies Dan Gallagher,
a retired Navy IT security
specialist , developed the
concept after discussions
withfellow professionals and
in partnership withthe Cape
Cod Technology Council.
OpenCape would build and
maintain a survivable tele-
communicationsnetwork for
the entire region.
The goal would be to keep
key voice and data links
intact under the most dev-
astating circumstances. At
OpenCape's core is a series
of completely self-contained
microwave transmissions
points linked to physically
secure datalineswithredun-
dant pathways for informa-
tion flow.
Gallagher and his col-
leagues have identified po-
tential sites and partner-
ships, and the time has come
to seek wider comment on
the idea.
To explore all of the im-
plications of Open Cape ,
the Cape Tech Council and
college will host a public
day-long OpenCape Summit
in the Tilden Arts Center
June 22.
The event's goal is to cre-
ate acommon understanding
of wireless and broadband
technologies; to discuss the
creation of a partnership
organization to administer
OpenCape; to develop an
outline description of the
core components, technolo-
gies, geographic placement,
and capabilities of a surviv-
able telecommunications
network; and to identify
responsibilities and timelines
of action to further the Open-
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Surviving technology:
Creating the Cape's
IT disaster plan
TechFiles
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By Stan Elias )
The term "Business Intelli-
gence"canhave abroad spec-
trum of meanings depending
onwhetheritisbeingused by
the owner of amom-and-pop
shop, the owner of abusiness
with two or three locations,
or the owner of a small local
chain of a half-dozen retail
outlets. These individuals
share a need to know more
about their customers and
the business environment
in which they work, but the
information they need can
vary dramatically. Fortu-
nately, there are software
packages that provide the
needed information and usu-
ally a little more.
Businessintelligencepack-
ages from commercial soft-
ware developers provide a
broad array of analyses and
reports. Packages from Cog-
nos Corporation (http://www
cognos.com) , Pegasystems
(http://pega.com), DataMir-
ror Corporation (http://www.
datamirror.com) and SAS
International (http://www.
sas.com), for example, offer
a broad variety of reports,
interpretations and on-line
hand-holding - at a price
- and are probably overkill
for themajority of small-busi-
ness owners.
Small-business owners
might do better to choose
from the packages available
as shareware, downloadable
from the Internet. These
programs offer many of the
same features as the com-
mercial programs, but with
fewer bells and whistles and
reduced support. The costs
are significantly lower aswell,
rangingfrom free (!) to about
athousand dollars -stillless
than asubscription to one of
the commercial packages.
Keep in mind that if one
of these packages does not
meet all of your needs, there
is no reason not to use two or
more,although the costs and
learning curves may become
prohibitive.
What follows is a samplin g
of the business intelligence
packages available from two
of the most respected Web
sites that offer downloads.
A branch of the Ziff-Davis
computer publishing empire,
zdnet (http.V/www.zdnet.
com) offers shareware and
freeware that address virtu-
ally every aspect of computer
use, ranging from hard-core
business applications to
gaming and recreation. The
other source is cnet (http://
www.download.com), a pro-
vider of on-line tutorials and
newsletters, aswellasshare-
ware and freeware there for
the taking.
The difference between
shareware and freeware is
simple. Shareware is down-
loaded as a trial package
with limitations. The limita-
tions may be reduced capa-
bilities, a time limit, a "nag
screen" that pops up if you
try to print, or something
else. These limitations are
removed when the user pays
a registration fee, usually
by credit card, and is given
a registration number. The
registration fee and number
provide not only unlimited
use of the software , but usu-
ally telephone support from
the author and a printed
user's manual. Freeware, on
the other hand, is just that
- absolutely free. What you
see is what you get. But,
because you get what you
pay for, there is usually no
support available, and if you
want ahard-copymanualyou
will probably have to print it
yourself.
Both zdnet and cnet have
long-standingreputations for
providing virus-free down-
loads, but it would be pru-
dent to have alldefenses well
in place before downloading
and installingnew software,
even from a trusted site.
In no particular order,here
are several packages you
might want to consider.
Relationship Intelligence
for Outlook 2.0, published
by Leverage Software. This
program is $35 to buy, free
to try and has no limitations.
This program was rated four
CONTINUED ON PAGE A:9
Business
Intelligence II:
Software that
tells a story
Former Star City
Grill and current
Roger & Gray
building would
be razed
By David Still II
dstill@barnstablepatriot.com
MIXED SIGNALS? As representatives of Circuit City met withthe town's
site plan review committee, a for sale sign remained on the Star City
Grill site near the Hyannis rotary.
It's been a poorly kept
secret that Circuit City has
been nosingaround Route 132
looking for its first Cape Cod
location , but confirmation
came last week.
Representatives for the
home entertainment and ap-
pliance chain appeared before
Barnstable's site plan review
committee with a 23,500-
square-foot proposal for the
former Star City Grill and
current Rogers and Gray
Insurance Company location
on Route 132.
The two lots will bejoined
into one 2.35-acre sitethat will
meet most, if not all, setback
and parking requirements,
according to attorney Pat
Butler,whorepresented devel-
oper Berkshire Development
LLC, before the reviewboard.
BerkshireDevelopment,LLC,
based in Springfield
The two buildings repre-
sent a little more than 10,000
square feet of existing space,
4,000 of which is the insur-
ance building.Town assessing
records fist a total value of
just over $2 million for both
properties.
Butler said this week that
an application will be filed
shortly with the Cape Cod
Commission under the so-
called "knock down/rebuild"
section of the Development of
Regional Impact regulations.
This allows an applicant to
apply directly to the com-
mission for a meeting with
the regulatory committee to
determine if an exemption
or limited DRI proposal is
warranted. The determining
factoriswhethertheproposed
use is less detrimental than
the previous activities.
Butler started sketching
out points of that argument,
noting the decrease in water
usage from a full restaurant
operation to retail use.
Traffic is going to be the
critical factor, however, and
a traffic study is expected
back in a couple of weeks,
Butler said. In preliminary
meetings with the commis-
sion, astudy area was defined.
CONTINUED ON PAGE A:12
Permitting starts
for Hyannis
Circuit City store