Data Conversion - information integration

Oracle and Microsoft Join the MITI Metadata Bridge Love In

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:32:13 +0000

I dont think Oracle or Microsoft enjoyed being the only vendors to move backwards in the last Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Integration tools. Both vendors may look for help and join in the metadata sharing love in. Over the last 18 months Oracle and Microsoft have been working with metadata broker vendor MITI to deliver a set of metadata bridges for exchanging metadata with various

The Many Faces of Data Migration with the IBM Information Server

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:54:45 +0000

I was surprised to read a research report that listed IBM as a "Challenger" in data migration software since they usually show up in data integration reports as a leader.

Data Integration Olympics: Informatica versus IBM, SAP, Microsoft and Oracle

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:19:21 +0000

One of the most fascinating battles in the data integration Olympics is the run of pure play data integration vendor Informatica against the giant IT software vendors.

Will DATAllegro be the Microsoft SQL Server Stairway to Heaven?

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:32:25 +0000

Microsoft are aiming for the stars, they want DATAllegro to push the SQL Server database into the hundreds of terabytes.

Microsoft Subpoenas Oracle for the Dirt on the JuxtaComm Deal

Thu, 08 May 2008 07:22:58 +0000

Microsoft has issued a Subpoena on Oracle to release the details of a confidential patent infringement settlement with JuxtaComm to help with their own patent infringement battle.

IBM Information Server leads Informatica on the SalesForce.com Scoreboard

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:10:35 +0000

IBM and Informatica have both released data integration and data quality products for SalesForce.com data but on the AppExchange leaderboard it's IBM by a short nose.

12 Ways to Make Data Integration Cheaper

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:12:13 +0000

I review 8 Gartner tips for making data integration cheaper and add three of my own.

No one backs down in the JuxtaComm versus ETL vendors lawsuit

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:17:58 +0000

It looks like the defendants are ready to slug it out with Teilhard/JuxtaComm/Shopplex in the ETL patent trial over billions of dollars in ETL licensing fees.

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 sets ETL world record - now only four years behind competition

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:46:49 +0000

Microsoft launched SQL Server 2008 this week and in a new world record benchmark result showed how the SSIS ETL tool is faster than competing tools from four years ago.

With a wave of the magic wand Oracle produces a data integration suite

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:27:08 +0000

Oracle brings together applications from a series of acquisitions to produce an eclectic data integration suite.

2009 Trial Date Set: JuxtaComm and Teilhard versus IBM Microsoft Informatica SAP etc

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:13:14 +0000

The biggest ETL trial of them all is set for November 2009 with Teilhard suing most major ETL vendors based on a blindingly obvious and broad ETL patent.

Tackling the myth that Informatica needs to be acquired

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:38:50 +0000

Most large vendors have been in accelerated acquisition mode for a couple years now so Informatica acquisition rumours abound.

The 2007 data integration flashback - big vendors and the open source gold rush

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:06:01 +0000

Looking back at what the data integration vendors did in 2007.

XAware drops makes an open source leap of faith - no more million dollar customers

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 07:28:30 +0000

The application integration software vendor that went from $50,000 per CPU to free. I talk to the Executive Chairman to find out how they pulled that off.

The Data Integration Impact of IBM buying Cognos

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:15:49 +0000

Looking at what Cognos data and IBM data integration customers can expect with the acquisition.