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Sysix Technologies Joins Informix and
HP Certified Data Warehousing
Program
Performance Guarantees for Pre-Tested Configurations Dramatically Cut
Customer Risk
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 26, 1999--Informix® Corporation (Nasdaq:IFMX -
news), the technology leader in enterprise database-powered solutions, today announced that Sysix
Technologies has become the first implementation partner in the Informix/HP Certified Data
Warehousing Program (CDW), offering a data warehousing performance guarantee for Sysix-based
CDW projects.
Because CDW delivers pre-tested and pre-configured data warehousing solutions, Sysix -- a
full-service integrator for the delivery of information technology (IT) solutions -- will now be able to
offer its customers unparalleled cost-effectiveness and speed in data warehousing architecture design
and implementation.
''Announcing this key partnership at the Data Warehouse World Exposition in Chicago reaffirms the
Informix and HP commitment to lead in the delivery and support of successful data warehousing
implementations,'' said Leonard Palomino, vice president and general manager of the Data
Warehousing division at Informix. ''The expansion of the CDW program to include Sysix will further
simplify the use of custom and turnkey data warehouse and data mart solutions for business critical
analysis.''
Saving Time and Money in Data Warehousing Implementations
Informix and HP announced CDW in December of 1998 to save time and money for customers
who use data warehouses that range in size from departmental data marts to terabyte-class,
enterprise-wide data warehouses running across UNIX® system and Windows NT® platforms. By
reducing the complexity, cost and risks of implementation, design and upkeep, CDW ensures that
customers can focus on the business-critical information that data warehouses are intended to
provide.
In addition, Sysix participation in the Certified Data Warehousing program now offers CDW
customers an unprecedented data warehousing performance guarantee from Sysix. This guarantee is
extended when customers work with Sysix as their ''one-stop-shop'' data warehousing integrator
and provider of all of the CDW components required from hardware to software.
''Customers demand rapid-value for their data warehouse investment and our CDW program
reduces the risks faced by customers by providing a solution that has been tested for real-life mission
critical business environments,'' said Patrick Rogers, worldwide marketing manager for HP's
Business Critical Computing Business Unit. ''The combination of the HP/Informix CDW program,
along with Sysix's expertise, allows businesses to focus on optimizing their data warehouse to reduce
costs, increase revenues and enhance profitability.''
Cutting Implementation Time for Sysix Consultants
According to Sysix, the pre-tested and pre-configured data warehousing features of CDW will
substantially reduce the time required to analyze implementation requirements -- and eliminate
hundreds of hours in building, designing, installing and maintaining data warehouses.
''At Sysix, we have a long history of successful data warehousing implementations with HP and
Informix, because of our mutual track record of delivering the right technology to solve the right
business problems. We are excited to be part of the CDW program, since it will both cut costs and
streamline the delivery of data warehousing solutions for our customers,'' said John Onder, vice
president of consulting for Sysix Technologies. ''Our alliance in the CDW program also enhances
our 'one-stop shop' market strategy for all data mart and data warehousing needs.''
Track Record for Success
Sysix brings to the CDW program a proven track record of successful data warehouse
configuration, testing and implementations. The respected systems integrator has long been an
Informix and HP reseller, with extensive Informix Red Brick® Warehouse experience and status as
a HP OpenWarehouse partner. In order to become an implementation partner in the Informix/HP
Certified Data Warehousing program the following criteria must be met:
-- HP certified OpenWarehouse partner
-- HP certified Product Knowledge
-- Expertise in the Informix Decision Frontier(tm) Solution Suite
including Informix Red Brick Warehouse product expertise
-- Expertise in Certified Data Warehousing configurations and
testing requirements or practices
-- Successful deployment of Informix/HP data warehousing
implementations
As a CDW partner, Sysix can deliver complete end-to-end data warehouse solutions. Sysix will
now embrace all facets of the program's architecture which leverages Informix Decision Frontier
Solution Suite consisting of the following elements: the industry's most powerful database engines,
Informix Dynamic Server(tm) and Informix Red Brick Warehouse; the sophisticated data-extraction,
transformation and loading tools, Informix Formation(tm) and DataStage; and the most complete
ROLAP environment for multidimensional data analysis and administration, MetaCube®.
CDW also includes Seagate Crystal Info -- an enterprise reporting and distribution tool -- and HP's
high-performance UNIX system and NT enterprise servers, high-availability products and scalable
storage solutions. Other facets of CDW include HP OpenView and Informix Enterprise Command
Center and the recently announced HP OpenView SMART Plug-In for Informix.
About Sysix Technologies
Sysix Technologies is celebrating its 11th year as a full-service system integrator and consulting firm.
The Company's services include Data Warehousing, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Applications, including Baan and Lawson Software, Electronic Commerce, Clinical and Regulatory
Applications and Enterprise Computing.
With customers in 40 states, as well as several installations in Europe and Canada, Sysix is adept at
analyzing and solving technical and business issues and providing the best solutions available. Sysix,
qualified by Hewlett-Packard as a UNIX and NT ''Master Level'' reseller, is headquartered in
Chicago with branch offices in Atlanta, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Lombard, Ill., Los
Angeles, Milwaukee, Wis. and Seattle. Visit Sysix at www.sysix.com.
About Informix
Informix Corporation, based in Menlo Park, Calif., provides innovative database products 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.
Informix Formation Speeds Data
Transformation for Building Business
Critical Data Warehouses
Data Extraction, Transformation and Load Tool Combines Performance with
Connectivity to All Informix Databases
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 26, 1999-- Informix® Corporation (Nasdaq:IFMX -
news), the technology leader in enterprise database-powered solutions, today unveiled
Formation(tm) 1.4 at the DCI - Data Warehouse World Conference in Chicago. Originally designed
to handle the volume and speed/performance required for clickstream data collection and
processing, this powerful data extraction, transformation and load (ETL) tool now features complete
native connectivity to all Informix databases--along with 28 new usability enhancements and faster
performance through the automatic parallelism of smart components which can utilize all available
CPU resources during job execution. This enhanced performance and usability helps customers
streamline the processing of their business critical data into enterprise-wide data warehouses.
''Customers who rely upon high capacity and high performance extraction, transformation and
loading of source data into data warehouses will be pleased to know that our benchmark testing of
Formation 1.4 has shown an average operator performance increase of 20 percent,'' said Bob
Walters, vice president, business development, Informix Data Warehousing Division. ''Now with
complete native connectivity to all Informix databases and enhanced ease of use, Formation is the
ETL tool of choice for unsurpassed performance for the manipulation of complex, business-critical
data.''
Expanded Power and Flexibility in ETL Processing
Formation eliminates the need to write complex custom code to collect, prepare and deliver data to
the data warehouse environment by utilizing an innovative client/server architecture that allows the
user to construct and deploy complex, multi-target transformation routines assisted by an intuitive,
graphical user interface. In addition to providing complete native connectivity to Informix Dynamic
Server(tm) and Informix Dynamic Server with Advanced Decision Support Option(tm), Formation
now offers native connectivity to Oracle8 Server, Informix Red Brick® Warehouse and Microsoft
SQL Server. These critical features--along with surrogate key lookup and automatic
parallelism--ensure greater ease of use in importing, exporting and sharing jobs and functions among
users in disparate computing environments. Other features new to Formation include comprehensive
ISO 9000 compliance and multibyte character sets to support languages other than English, such as
the Kanji characters of written Japanese.
Smart Design and Smart Components for Smart Execution
To provide sophisticated data extraction, transformation and load processing, Informix has enhanced
Formation 1.4 with smarter design capabilities and smart components for more efficient execution.
By enabling the generation of surrogate keys, Formation's 20 transformation-specific operators allow
the seamless exchange of data from Windows NT to multi-processor UNIX boxes in production
environments. Users with tight load windows and demanding transformation requirements will also
appreciate the industry's most advanced join techniques, made possible by over 70 standard
operator functions for manipulating numerous types of data critical to the enterprise.
Smart Data Processing for the Corporate Data Warehouse
The new features of Formation 1.4 will be critical to streamlining enterprise-wide operations along
with enhancing the competitiveness of customers of previous versions of Formation as well as those
new to the product. By providing an individual user with the ability to design, share and update
custom features, customers will be able to exploit the capabilities of a single integrated application
that extracts, cleanses, transforms and delivers data for integration into a single data store.
Availability
Formation 1.4 will be generally available in June of this year.
Informix Extends Commitment To
Red Brick Warehouse Customers
With Enhanced Features
Additional Vendor Ports and Speedier Load Times Boost the Performance of
Informix Data Mart Engine
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 26, 1999-- Informix® Corporation (Nasdaq:IFMX -
news), the technology leader in enterprise database-powered solutions, today announced
enhancements to Informix Red Brick® Warehouse as part of its continued commitment to support
the data mart component of its best-of-breed data warehousing environment, Informix Decision
Frontier(tm) Solution Suite. The enhanced performance of the already powerful data engine provides
Informix Red Brick Warehouse customers another crucial advantage in the fast-paced world of data
warehousing and analytic e-commerce. The enhancements announced today as part of Informix Red
Brick Warehouse version 5.1.7 provide an essential stepping stone to the upcoming launch of its
latest generation of Red Brick Warehouse with new Web-analytic capabilities, code named
''Spiderman.''
''This new enhancement enables Informix customers to gain a competitive edge by being able to
draw data quickly from their multi-vendor enterprise,'' said Leonard Palomino, general manager,
Informix data warehousing division. ''With version 5.1.7 we've added a 64-bit Sun Solaris port, and
Intersolve 3.11 driver manager for IBM AIX and Sun Solaris, to the existing Informix Red Brick
Warehouse capabilities and platforms.''
Informix Red Brick Warehouse Paves the Way for Tomorrow's
E-commerce
Informix Red Brick Warehouse scalablility has proven to be the world's best analytic data mart
platform with an exceptional ability to store and manipulate the vast amounts of complex and
customer-specific data required in today's one-to-one marketing for the Internet economy. The new
enhancements announced today expand Informix Red Brick Warehouse's position to power Analytic
Merchandising, the ''next wave'' in e-commerce information technology. Analytic Merchandising
takes one-to-one marketing to the next level by enabling customers to turn volumes of data into
business insights. Personalized content is developed and delivered with behavior-based customer
information gathered in real time by the sophisticated analytical data mining tools of Informix Red
Brick Warehouse and Informix i.Sell(tm) e-commerce solution.
Informix Red Brick Warehouse is tightly integrated in the Informix Decision Frontier Solution Suite, a
best-of-breed solution that includes Informix's new MetaCube® 4.2 advanced ROLAP analytic
engine. This robust solution powers the business-critical applications of Web business today and lays
the foundation for technology advances over the coming years. Informix continues to maximize its
years of experience and expertise in delivering enterprise class engines and data warehousing
solutions that allow its customers to profit from sales and marketing advantages. |
