Maxus Systems International Inc.

Maxus Systems International Inc. develops, markets, and maintains decision support visualization applications for the financial analysis, business intelligence, and data mining markets. Maxus also provides related professional consulting services and publishes a financial information website at www.investorspace.com. Since the introduction of METAPHOR MIXER in 1991, Maxus has pioneered high-performance, visual computing tools. This patented technology enables the development of advanced decision visualization applications for the financial industry and has been successfully applied to such diverse and demanding uses as Navy command and control displays and corporate data mining. Today, Maxus provides enterprise-level decision support systems and professional services based on it's suite of MM-Finance decision visualization applications. Maxus specializes in advanced user interfaces and content management techniques, having deployed them in demanding financial and defense-related environments, where accuracy and speed are essential. The MM-Data Mining software suite brings the same advanced technology to corporate data mining, allowing organizations to see and better understand the patterns of their business. Utilizing its experience in finance and military command and control systems, Maxus works with customers and solution partners to design and build applications that enhance situation awareness and deliver topsight over the enterprise. METAPHOR MIXER was nominated for a Computerworld Smithsonian Award. It was the application chosen by Intel Corp. to showcase the launch of the Pentium processor at the CeBit Computer Fair. METAPHOR MIXER was shown at the Guggenheim Museum -- the first exhibition of its type ever held in a major American art museum. METAPHOR MIXER has been cited by numerous publications as a leading example of new achievement in the fields of business intelligence software and decision visualization. METAPHOR MIXER is among the pioneer systems applying gameware solutions to business information management problems.