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In another sign of consolidation within the database vendor market, IBM has announced that they are acquiring the assets
of Informix Software (the database portion of Informix Corporation, which remained after the spin-off of Informix Business
Solutions into Ascential Software). IBM intends to use the a (...)
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In another sign of consolidation within the database vendor market, IBM has announced that they are acquiring the assets of
Informix Software (the...
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2001-05-02
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Metagenix’ MetaRecon reverse engineers metadata information by examining the raw data contained in the source(s) rather than
depending on the data dictionaries of the existing legacy systems (which are often incorrect). Other unique Metagenix approaches
include an "open book" policy, which includes pub (...)
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... extract/transform/load) scripts based on the information in the MetaRecon repository that can then be
compiled and executed in Ascential Software's DataStage ...
Published:
2001-02-15
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Demand for instant access to dispersed information is being met by vendors offering enterprise business intelligence tools
and suites. Portlet standardization, enterprise information integration, and corporate performance management are among the
proposed solutions, but do they really deliver real time i (...)
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Demand for instant access to dispersed information is being met by vendors offering enterprise business intelligence tools
and suites. Portlet sta...
Published:
2005-06-29
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Over the last year, Ardent Software (NASDAQ: ARDT) has announced a number of initiatives to strengthen their DataStage data
warehousing product, most recently a partnership with NEON Systems (NASDAQ: NESY), a provider of OS/390-MVS mainframe access
through their NEON Shadow Direct middleware. On October (...)
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The Market Rewards Ardent Software Initiatives. M. Reed - October 19, 1999. Comments: 0. Read Comments Event Summary. Ardent
has announced ...
Published:
1999-10-19
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Informatica Corporation’s Informatica PowerCenter 5 is a platform for integrating data to be deployed in e-Business applications,
analytic applications and data warehouses, including a wide range of data sources, from enterprise resource planning (ERP)
systems such as SAP R/3 and PeopleSoft, to web log (...)
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... They are similar in many ways to the product offering from Ascential Software in partnership
with Torrent Systems, which was also recently announced. ...
Published:
2001-04-05
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There are two types of extract transform and load (ETL) vendors. Business intelligence (BI) vendors integrate ETL functionality
into their overall BI framework, while best-of-breed data integration vendors, who provide enhanced ETL functionality, have
an increased focus on data cleansing and integrity. (...)
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There are two types of extract transform and load (ETL) vendors. Business intelligence (BI) vendors integrate ETL functionality
into their overall...
Published:
2006-03-07
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There are two types of extract transform and load (ETL) vendors. Business intelligence (BI) vendors integrate ETL functionality
into their overall BI framework, while best-of-breed data integration vendors, who provide enhanced ETL functionality, have
an increased focus on data cleansing and integrity. (...)
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There are two types of extract transform and load (ETL) vendors. Business intelligence (BI) vendors integrate ETL functionality
into their overall...
Published:
2006-03-07
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The arms race to marshal the most complete corporate performance management platform has intensified among major vendors.
Many have a comprehensive set of business intelligence (BI) functionality. (...)
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The arms race to marshal the most complete corporate performance management platform has intensified among major vendors.
Many have a comprehensiv...
Published:
2005-07-13
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Evolutionary Technologies (ETI) has announced the newest release of their flagship product, ETI•EXTRACT Tool Suite Release
4.2. ETI·Extract has long been well known as an ETL (extract/transform/load) tool, only recently have companies begun to
realize that data extraction and consolidation are key un (...)
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... five major extract/transform/load vendors: ETI, IBI (Information Builders), Carleton (now part of Oracle),
Prism (now part of Informix/Ascential Software by ...
Published:
2001-03-07
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Recently, SAP announced solid results for Q4 2001, in contrast to the current soft market. Although not all troubles seem
to have been left behind, as can be seen from reduced license revenue, and while some may question SAP's justification of
merging its two subsidiaries, a positive sign is that SAP has (...)
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... Reports for seamless operational reporting of more than 500 predefined report templates and the option
to completely integrate with Ascential Datastage, which ...
Published:
2002-02-25
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Targeting your best customers and personalizing your relationship with them, implies an in-depth understanding of their behavior. (...)
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Targeting your best customers and personalizing your relationship with them, implies an in-depth understanding of their behavior.
Published:
2002-12-21
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Evolutionary Technologies (ETI) has announced the newest release of their flagship product, ETI•EXTRACT Tool Suite Release
4.2. ETI·Extract has long been well known as an ETL (extract/transform/load) tool, only recently have companies begun to
realize that data extraction and consolidation are key un (...)
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... five major extract/transform/load vendors: ETI, IBI (Information Builders), Carleton (now part of Oracle),
Prism (now part of Informix/Ascential Software by ...
Published:
2001-03-07
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Recently, SAP announced solid results for Q4 2001, in contrast to the current soft market. Although not all troubles seem
to have been left behind, as can be seen from reduced license revenue, and while some may question SAP's justification of
merging its two subsidiaries, a positive sign is that SAP has (...)
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... Reports for seamless operational reporting of more than 500 predefined report templates and the option
to completely integrate with Ascential Datastage, which ...
Published:
2002-02-25
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On April 19, SAP announced upbeat results for Q1 2001, contradicting thereby the current market malaise. However, flat currency
adjusted license revenue in the US and expected cascading economic slowdown from the US to other markets, may feel like a
cutthroat competition, a loss of market share and the f (...)
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On April 19, SAP announced upbeat results for Q1 2001, contradicting thereby the current market malaise. However, flat currency
adjusted license r...
Published:
2001-05-17
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Sybase, Inc. has announced an agreement to acquire New Era of Networks (also known as NEON). After completion, Sybase will
create a new e-Business division integrating NEON and other parts of its product suite. Within the last month, Sybase has
announced record earnings and completed a three-year re-en (...)
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Sybase, Inc. has announced an agreement to acquire New Era of Networks (also known as NEON). After completion, Sybase will
create a new e-Busines...
Published:
2001-03-08
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Data quality has direct consequences on a company's bottom-line and its customer relationship management (CRM) strategy.
Looking beyond general approaches and company policies that set expectations and establish data management procedures, we
will explore applications and tools that help reduce the negat (...)
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Data quality has direct consequences on a company's bottom-line and its customer relationship management (CRM) strategy.
Looking beyond general ap...
Published:
2004-03-08
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With its solid and improving cash position and current development work in progress for contemporary Internet-based, 'software
as a service' enterprise and collaborative commerce applications, and given its intentions to continue to sell both directly
and indirectly with accredited VARs within certain ve (...)
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With its solid and improving cash position and current development work in progress for contemporary Internet-based, 'software
as a service' enter...
Published:
2003-06-13
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With its solid and improving cash position and current development work in progress for contemporary Internet-based, 'software
as a service' enterprise and collaborative commerce applications, and given its intentions to continue to sell both directly
and indirectly with accredited VARs within certain ve (...)
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With its solid and improving cash position and current development work in progress for contemporary Internet-based, 'software
as a service' enter...
Published:
2003-06-13
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While SAP’s determination to become service-oriented architecture applications Lingua Franca evangelist should be of vital
importance to its customers and for the general market direction, one should in the short-term expect tremors rather than
tectonic moves and a speedy extinction of many pre-histori (...)
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While SAP’s determination to become service-oriented architecture applications Lingua Franca evangelist should be of vital
importance to its custo...
Published:
2003-03-05
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The BI market is ripe for consolidation, but not necessarily for the reason of capturing the scarce remaining market share
like in the ERP case, but more likely for the reasons of garnering the most complete CPM portfolio. (...)
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The BI market is ripe for consolidation, but not necessarily for the reason of capturing the scarce remaining market share
like in the ERP case, b...
Published:
2003-08-09