Data Access

Wireless Palm VII ~ Look Ma No Hands!

by P. Hayes ... A Basic Plan for 9.99 (USD) per month includes 50K of data access monthly, with each 1K above the 50K an extra .20 cents. An Expanded ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Wireless/2000/06/research_notes/PN_WR_MPH_06_26_00_1.asp - 12k - 2000-06-26 Summary: The Palm VII is a logical wireless extension of the Palm Pilot platform. The Palm VII is a data-driven device allowing access to such information as news, sports, weather, e-mail, driving directions, and yellow pages.

Computer Associates Splashes Into the Data Warehousing Market with ...

by M. Reed ... Given its incomplete integration with mainframe data access products, DecisionBase may also not be the appropriate product for customers with a heavy reliance ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/DataWarehousing/1999/09/research_notes/PN_DW_MFR_9_99_1.asp - 18k - 1999-09-01 Summary: Computer Associates DecisionBase is an Extract/Transform/Load tool designed to help in the population and maintenance of data warehouses. First released in March of 1998, the product is geared towards large implementations with the need for metadata management. The current release is 1.9, which is the fo

Ardent Software: Will Informix Merger Affect their Success?

by M. Reed ... allow access to structured (ie, relational database tables), and unstructured (ie, XML or text files), in a seamless manner to allow data access and integration ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/DataWarehousing/2000/04/research_notes/VN_DW_MFR_04_10_00_1.asp - 16k - 2000-04-10 Summary: With Informix’s completion of its acquisition of Ardent Software, it remains to be seen how effective this marriage will be, and whether Ardent will be allowed autonomy to continue its success in the extract/transform/load and data integration infrastructure.

SCM System/SCM Software Comparison and Evaluation

... language for user driven alert creation Declarative user report language Delivery layer allows role-based design, data access, and semantics Delivery protocols ... http://scm.technologyevaluation.com/supplier-relationship-management/ - 9k - 2009-04-15

PhoneFish.com to Offer E-mail for Wireless Access Phones

by P. Hayes ... While PhoneFish is presently offering e-mail only, the future demand necessitates advancements in synchronization, management, and data access. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/GroupwareMessaging/2000/03/news_analysis/NA_GW_MPH_03_30_00_1.asp - 5k - 2000-03-30 Summary: PhoneFish is a two-way wireless Internet solution for small to medium sized businesses, which require consistent wireless access to POP-based email.

IBI + IBM = EAI

by M. Reed ... The sheer breadth of data access interfaces will make this product difficult to compete with (when the customer has a heterogeneous environment). ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/DataWarehousing/2000/12/news_analysis/NA_DW_MFR_12_14_00_1.asp - 8k - 2000-12-14 Summary: The latest entrant in the race to support IBM's MQSeries Integrator Version 2 is Information Builders (IBI) with its Middleware Technology Group's 'Enterprise Connector for MQSeries Integrator'. The product provides SQL access to over 80 different data sources, and should prove a good fit with MQSI. In

Rewrite or Wrap-Around Old Software? Part One: Event Summary

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... vendor makes a big, expensive commitment to the technological underpinning (eg, programming language, operating system platform, and data access technology) it ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/06/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_06_07_04_1.asp - 17k - 2004-06-07 Summary: Product architecture is going to do much more than simply provide the technical functionality, the user interface (UI)/presentation, and the platform support. It is going to determine whether a product is going to endure, whether it will scale to a large number of users, and whether it will be able to in

Now Just Where Did I Put My Search Engine?

by Daniel Oldis ... "Just ask your business question, and our product will do the query," was the "holy grail," or the highest aim of data access. Likewise ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessIntelligence/2006/05/research_notes/MI_BI_XDO_05_24_06_1.asp - 16k - 2006-05-24 Summary: Barraged with terms like 'structured and unstructured data,' 'enterprise search,' 'federated query,' and 'business intelligence and analytics,' corporate decision makers are awash in ambiguous and overlapping meanings. Making the distinction between metadata and data may reduce the confusion.

Geac Gets Its Commonsense Share Of Consolidation, With Revolving ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Additionally, enterprises face the increasing need for integration, analytics and real-time data access to comply with stricter public disclosure mandates of ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2003/08/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_08_12_03_1.asp - 19k - 2003-08-12 Summary: By continuing to achieve stable financial performance and leverage customer requirements to deliver new product enhancements, as well as undertake palatable acquisitions such as Comshare, Geac might well overcome a lingering general feeling that it missed its opportunity to be a top-notch applications ve

Access to Critical Business Intelligence: Challenging Data ...

by Olin Thompson & P.J. Jakovljevic ... believes that it is essential to leverage effectively all of the available database capabilities, so that the GPS solution includes native data access for each ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessIntelligence/2005/07/research_notes/TU_BI_XOT_07_15_05_1.asp - 26k - 2005-07-15 Summary: There is a perception that if business users are given access to enterprise databases and raw query tools, they will create havoc in the system, which is a possibility—unless the business intelligence (BI) product developer understands the potential problem and addresses it as a business-critical facto