A thought-leader on business intelligence technologies, makeplain™ contributes to many industry conferences and discussions.
January 2011 – makeplain™ launches version 3 of its website
Sept 2010 – Gary Saarenvirta speaks at Canadian Healthcare Anti-fraud Association conference in Niagara Falls, Ontario
July 2010 – Gary Saarenvirta participates in a panel discussion for IT world on how to bridge the gap between IT and executives. See the transcript
October 2009 – Gary Saarenvirta, Makeplain CEO, receives the distinction of being one of 152 worldwide IBM Information Champions. Gary's Information Champion Profile
March 2009 – Information Week publishes cover story on the billions of dollars healthcare costs Canadians, referencing makeplain's 2005 national fraud survey and presents how data mining technology is the solution.
January 2009 – makeplain™ hires senior database support specialist and launches remote dba and operational support services
October 2008 – SAS, the world's largest privately held software company, and makeplain™ partner to develop and deliver cost-effective business solutions for mid-size retailers based on SAS's leading analytics technology and makeplain expertise.
October 2008 – IBM Software Lab and makeplain™ co-presented makeplain™ fraud detection solution built on IBM’s Balanced Warehouse at IBM’s Information on Demand Conference Oct 26-31 in Las Vegas. Check out the presentation IOD Presentation
Sept 2008 – makeplain™ launches it IBM Infosphere Balanced Warehouse Proof of Concept data centre to allow customers to trial IBM Infosphere software products