DataMirror Announces Newest Constellar Hub Customers
TORONTO, CANADA--
Growing Number of Companies Adopt DataMirror Constellar Hub
Solution for Enterprise Application Integration
DataMirror Corporation (TSE: DMC), a leading provider of
e-Business data integration and resiliency solutions, today
announced its newest customers implementing DataMirror Constellar
Hub. Within the last six months, a growing number of companies
have begun adopting the DataMirror Constellar Hub solution for
their complex data and application integration needs.
"In today's fiercely competitive business economy, selecting the
right enterprise application integration solution may be the most
important business decision a company could make," said Nigel
Stokes, Chairman, President and CEO of DataMirror. "More and more,
companies are recognizing the advantages of a fully functional,
powerful, data-rich infrastructure like that afforded by
DataMirror Constellar Hub. By integrating key systems into a
coherent whole, the DataMirror solution not only helps companies
generate a rapid return on investment but also improves their
ability to optimize relationships with partners, suppliers and
customers."
Leading international companies now benefiting from DataMirror
Constellar Hub include:
* CWS. The world's largest co-operative has selected DataMirror
Constellar Hub to migrate critical business data to its new Oracle
Applications platform. DataMirror Constellar Hub integrates CWS
Commercial Division's Baan and Bespoke data as well as numerous
legacy systems and relational databases in order to enhance and
simplify on-line data access using Interfaces for Oracle
Applications 11i. The Hub's pre-built Interfaces for Oracle
Applications have allowed CWS to build conversions and interfaces
to Oracle Applications much faster than they could by hand-coding.
Now, CWS remote workers and home-based users can enjoy easy,
reliable web-based data access to understand how their
organizational business processes work.
* Alliance & Leicester. A major UK financial services group with
over 5.5 personal finance customers and more than 9,000 staff,
Alliance & Leicester has implemented DataMirror Constellar Hub to
integrate its mainframe-based MVS data into an Oracle data
warehouse which supports its Prime Response(tm) customer
relationship management (CRM) system. The Hub has delivered to
Alliance & Leicester the benefits of integration to the
front-office and beyond, providing outward facing connectivity to
suppliers, partners and customers.
* Work24.co.uk. An Internet e-commerce-driven "supersite" for 3.6
million small and medium sized businesses in the United Kingdom,
Work24 selected DataMirror Constellar Hub to integrate its
campaign management, performance management and CRM applications.
The solution will enable users to perform web-based query and
analysis of customer and corporate data residing on Sun servers.
* UBS Warburg. An affiliate of UBS AG, one of the five largest
banks in the world, UBS Warburg is launching a new Internet based
investment banking initiative as part of its e-Services division.
DataMirror Constellar Hub has been selected to integrate a range
of applications including Siebel customer relationship management
(CRM) software, Broadvision, Olympic (an iSeries based banking
system) and an Oracle data warehouse.
* Telefonica DataCorp. Part of Telefonica, the leading
telecommunications operator in the Spanish and Portuguese speaking
world, Telefonica DataCorp has implemented DataMirror Constellar
Hub on Sun Solaris to transform raw publisher data from an Oracle
based monitoring system and populate a subscriber Oracle database
for reporting purposes. With the Hub, end users have access to
enriched data for various reporting duties.
Additional companies throughout North America and the rest of the
world are adopting the DataMirror Constellar Hub solution for
various enterprise application integration needs.
About DataMirror Constellar Hub
DataMirror Constellar Hub is a leading Oracle-based enterprise
application integration solution that enables the movement,
transformation and integration of data between heterogeneous
environments from a central point of control. Positioned at the
heart of the enterprise, DataMirror Constellar Hub empowers
organizations to rapidly integrate any combination of
applications. DataMirror Constellar Hub delivers unmatched
performance for customers with hundreds of application interfaces,
each of which demands the highest possible throughput. SAP/ALE
Connector interface certification for DataMirror Constellar Hub
enables current and potential DataMirror customers to benefit from
easy integration of information in SAP with other enterprise
applications. The latest version incorporates many new features
such as support for XML and HTTP to ensure that e-Business
transactions are readily integrated with the company's other core
systems.
With DataMirror Constellar Hub, companies can build new integrated
applications that reuse components of existing applications while
providing a structured process to deliver data across mixed-system
environments. This integration process requires both bulk
transfers, where EAI has its roots, and message queues, one of the
fastest growing segments of the EAI market.
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 (CTF) technology,
that gives customers the instant access, integration and
availability they demand today, across all computers in their
business.
Over 1,300 companies 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
ranked in the Deloitte and Touche Fast 500 as one of the fastest
growing technology companies in North America. For more
information, call 1-800-362-5955 or visit the DataMirror web site
at www.datamirror.com.
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