A thought-leader on business intelligence technologies, makeplain^™ contributes to many industry conferences and discussions.

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

June 2008 – makeplain^™ partners with SRM Tech Canada, an Indian Offshore development company to develop and maintain makeplain^™ powerful analytics solutions.