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Wal-Mart Stores (Bentonville, Ark.) has deployed an intelligent data-mining solution into its replenishment and decision support environment. The neural network-based software helps Wal-Mart refine store-item seasons and build more accurate predictive models for its computer-assisted replenishment systems. Stanford Telecom (Sunnyvale, Calif.) has added an intelligent agentbased component to its next-generation satellite communications monitoring systems. The systems will monitor satellite signals in near real time, alerting operators to out-of-tolerance conditions and the presence of unexpected signals. Home Automated Living (Dallas, Tex.) has integrated speech-recognition technology into its home-automation system, allowing users, by telephone, to deliver spoken commands to control their home systems.