DataMirror Introduces Breakthrough in Metadata Management
for Business Intelligence and CRM
TORONTO, CANADA--
New MetaCapture Facility Makes Business Intelligence Data More
Meaningful to End Users
DataMirror Corporation (TSE: DMC), a leading provider of
e-Business data integration and resiliency solutions, today
announced that the Company's Transformation Server product family
now provides breakthrough metadata management capabilities
afforded through Version 2.2 of its Enterprise Administrator
graphical user interface.
Enterprise Administrator for Transformation Server Version 2.2
features a powerful new MetaCapture facility that allows users to
view their entire replication network in a single snapshot and
export detailed metadata directly into front-end query and
reporting tools or Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
applications without custom coding. MetaCapture is an open
solution that supports the Object Management Group(TM) Standard
for Metadata Integration, Open Information Model (OIM) and XML
Interchange Format (XIF). DataMirror is also committed to
providing future support for the next version of the Object
Management Group's Common Warehouse Metamodel (CWM(TM)) which is
currently in development.
"OMG is pleased that DataMirror has announced future support for
the Common Warehouse MetaModel (CWM) standard," stated Bill
Hoffman, president and COO of the Object Management Group. "The
CWM standard for metadata exchange and interoperability requires
the support of software vendors like DataMirror."
Other replenishment solutions provide access to metadata using
proprietary programmatic interfaces or formats that are difficult
to integrate and manage without custom coding. By contrast,
DataMirror offers a truly open standards-based solution that
addresses the challenges of standardizing metadata across
different applications and databases.
Metadata allows business users as well as technical administrators
to track the lineage of the data they are using by providing
information about where the data came from, when it was delivered,
what happened to it during transport, and other descriptions which
can be tracked. Metadata allows decision makers to get a clear
understanding of the data on which their decisions are based.
Examining detailed metadata enhances the user's understanding of
the data he or she is using and contributes to effective business
intelligence.
"Metadata management is absolutely essential to ensure a
successful business intelligence or CRM implementation," said
Nigel Stokes, Chairman, President and CEO of DataMirror
Corporation. "How well the data replenishment solution you choose
manages metadata will directly affect the performance of
presentation tools and the overall effectiveness of the data
warehouse. Using Transformation Server, organizations can now
easily export metadata to another repository such as Microsoft
Repository or directly into end user query and analysis tools.
Without this functionality, companies often must resort to
time-consuming custom development that may negatively impact time
to market."
Additional Features and Functionality
In addition to new MetaCapture capabilities, Enterprise
Administrator Version 2.2 includes intuitive drag-and-drop
functionality that allows Transformation Server customers to
easily drag data from the publisher or source system directly into
database tables on the subscriber or target system. With this new
drag-and-drop feature, managing a complex replication network
spanning multiple databases and computers is now as simple as
moving PC files between different folders on your desktop
computer.
About Transformation Server
DataMirror's award-winning Transformation Server software is
flexible business data integration software that simplifies the
process of working in a heterogeneous world. It lets users easily
and seamlessly integrate and synchronize data in real-time among
mixed system environments. Because Transformation Server is easy
to implement and requires no programming changes to applications
and databases, customers can realize a rapid return on their
software investment. Transformation Server's real-time,
bi-directional replication and out-of-the-box integration
capabilities make it ideal for a range of applications including
e-Business, business intelligence, customer relationship
management and a host of other distributed data applications.
Available via the Internet
Fully functional versions of DataMirror software are available for
download via the Internet by visiting
www.datamirror.com/trialsoftware. For more information and to
receive product literature, please contact a DataMirror
representative at 1-800-362-5955.
About DataMirror Corporation
DataMirror (TSE: DMC) delivers solutions that let customers
integrate their data for competitive insight and e-Business
resiliency. DataMirror's comprehensive family of products includes
advanced real-time capture, transform and flow technology, that
gives customers the instant access, integration and availability
they demand today, across all computers in their business.
Over 1,300 customers use DataMirror to integrate their data.
Real-time data drives all business. DataMirror is headquartered in
Toronto, Canada, and has offices worldwide. DataMirror has been
recognized by PROFIT Magazine as the fastest growing software
company in Canada over the past five years. For more information,
call 1-800-362-5955 or visit the DataMirror web site at
www.datamirror.com.
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