Informix Extends Red Brick Integration With Connectivity Between MetaCube and Informix Red Brick Warehouse
Leadership in Large-Scale Data Warehousing Broadened With ROLAP
Solution for Smarter, Faster Business-Critical Decisions
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 28, 1999-- Informix® Corporation (Nasdaq:IFMX - news), the technology leader in enterprise database-powered solutions, today announced at DWI The Spring
Implementation Conference further integration of Informix Red Brick® Warehouse into its Decision Frontier(TM) Solution Suite with the release of MetaCube® 4.2, the most complete ROLAP environment for multi-dimensional analysis and administration for Informix-, Oracle- and Red Brick-based data warehouses and data marts. MetaCube 4.2 is a sophisticated and fully functional data administration, management, and analysis solution that helps customers quickly and incisively drive decisions from their data. The announcement marks the full integration of Informix Red Brick Warehouse as a data mart solution with Decision Frontier Solution Suite, a move that Informix committed to when it acquired Red Brick Systems last fall.
Combining Informix Red Brick Warehouse's established data mart leadership with MetaCube 4.2's performance and scalability, Decision Frontier Solution Suite provides customers a powerful platform for the delivery of analytic solutions. Decision Frontier Solution Suite combines the comprehensive and extensible ROLAP environment with the performance and scalability of Informix database engines -- creating an ideal solution for accessing, identifying and analyzing key information elements that drive business success.
''Our customers depend on Informix technology to power high-end, multi-terabyte data warehouses and data marts -- delivering the robust, business-critical solutions customers need to run their businesses,'' said Bob Walters, vice president, business development, Informix Data Warehousing Division. ''MetaCube 4.2 and Red Brick Warehouse give customers a one-two punch in their efforts to get the
'smartest' information out of their data warehouses and data marts.''
Multi-Platform Support
Because business and MIS managers depend upon flexibility for information management in warehouse environments, Informix has ensured that MetaCube 4.2 features true multi-platform support. The solution's open interface supports applications built with third-party tools -- and allows more connectivity options than ever before. Database servers supported by MetaCube 4.2 include Informix Dynamic Server(TM), Informix Dynamic Server with Universal Data Option(TM), Informix Dynamic Server with Advanced Decision Support Option(TM) and Extended Parallel Option(TM), Informix Red Brick Warehouse, and Oracle.
''Any data warehouse or data mart customer of Informix, Oracle or Red Brick will benefit from MetaCube's ROLAP capabilities,'' Bob Walters said. ''This release firmly establishes our position as the leading provider of business-critical, open system data warehousing solutions.''
Superior Analysis; Power and Ease of Use
MetaCube 4.2 is designed to deliver a smarter view of business data that is critical to effective decision support. By giving organizations insight to metrics they could not see before, MetaCube facilitates and enables predictive analysis. MetaCube allows organizations to look at business areas like finance, sales, marketing, and customer service from all angles, and effectively transform those views into business-critical information that drives strategic decision making.
MetaCube 4.2 also removes the complexity of access to large volumes of data in a data warehouse or data mart. Its intuitive, multidimensional view of data is designed for easy navigation by business analysts and decision-making executives alike who require rapid and sophisticated analytic capabilities in a data warehousing environment: decision-makers concerned with analysis, delivery, and timeliness will
find MetaCube meets their requirements, and provides a ''friendlier face'' to their analysis. MetaCube 4.2 allows easy, efficient and secure access to data warehouses and data marts through both a
client/server interface and Web browser.
Driving Business Success
By leveraging the unique capabilities of Informix Red Brick Warehouse -- made possible by the acquisition of Red Brick Systems by Informix in December of last year -- MetaCube 4.2 provides customers with investment protection and added functionality to meet the continuous evolution of data warehousing requirements in the most demanding enterprise environments. MetaCube 4.2 enhances data warehouse and data mart value by presenting information in everyday business terms, and its multidimensional view of business operations will help business managers make decisions that positively affect the bottom line.
MetaCube 4.2 can be complemented with reporting tools like Seagate Info, for flexible and attractive enterprise distributed reporting, and other analytic applications for maximum business benefit.
Availability
MetaCube 4.2 will be generally available in June.
About Informix
Informix Corporation, based in Menlo Park, California, provides innovative solutions that assist the world's major corporations to attain competitive advantage. Informix is widely recognized as the
technology leader for corporate computing environments ranging from small workgroups to very large parallel processing applications. Informix's database server, application development tools, superior
customer service, and strong partnerships enable the company to be at the forefront of major information technology solution areas including data warehousing, high performance OLTP, and Web/e-commerce. For more information, contact the sales office nearest you or visit our Web site at www.informix.com. |
