Acta Leads ETL Industry in Performance; Benchmark Tests Demonstrate ActaWorks 5.1 Leadership in High Performance Data Extraction, Transformation, Loading and Integration.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 2001 Acta Technology, the creator of the first data integration platform to combine real-time and batch data movement, announced today that ActaWorks 5.1 now leads the industry in performance for batch data movement and transformation. In benchmark testing verified by a third party auditor, ActaWorks 5.1 running on an HP N-Class box with 8 CPUs performed 2.5 times faster than Informatica's PowerCenter in data ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) The functions performed when pulling data out of one database and placing it into another of a different type. ETL is used to migrate data, often from relational databases into decision support systems. , moving 2.1 MB of data per second per CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. in a typical data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse environment. Gradient Systems, an independent performance auditor, witnessed the execution of the extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) benchmark tests. During the benchmark tests, ActaWorks 5.1 extracted from two tables with a join, performed three transformations and loaded the data into a target fact (or transaction) table. "In benchmark tests we verified that ActaWorks 5.1 has the fastest data movement we are aware of for any ETL tool including Informatica's PowerCenter," said John M. Stephens, Jr., principal, Gradient Systems. "ETL performance has a direct impact on business efficiencies, and Acta is taking a lead in having its results independently audited to provide additional strength to their industry-leading results," Stephens continued. "ActaWorks 5.1 is now the fastest data integration tool on the market today," said Chuck Altomare, vice president of Engineering for Acta. "By deploying ActaWorks, companies will not only be able to save time and money by being able to more quickly design and implement data integration projects across the enterprise, but also handle the growing amounts of data that need to be moved during fixed time windows." The just-released ActaWorks 5.1 doubles the batch performance of ActaWorks 5.0. This improved performance is due to the Acta Performance Optimizer, which provides: -- Automatic workload distribution, a rules-based engine that puts the ETL work where it is most efficient -- at the source, target, or in the ActaWorks engine -- Intelligent threading, which automatically assigns more CPU resource to the more complex data flows -- Support for parallel processing and database partitioning that take advantage of all available computing resources About Gradient Systems, Inc. Gradient Systems, Inc. is a full-service consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a focused on performance evaluation Performance evaluation The assessment of a manager's results, which involves, first, determining whether the money manager added value by outperforming the established benchmark (performance measurement) and, second, determining how the money manager achieved the calculated return and benchmarking. Founded in 1997, Gradient has played an instrumental role in the creation of industry standard benchmarks for the database and storage industries. Gradient works with its clients nationwide to integrate performance objectives in all facets of the product lifecycle Product lifecycle or product life cycle is the course of a product's sales and profits over time. The five stages of each product lifecycle are product development, introduction, growth, maturity and decline. , from design and development, through marketing and deployment, to evaluation, characterization and enhancement. About Acta Technology, Inc. Acta provides the industry's first and only batch and real-time data integration platform expanding extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) technology beyond its traditional data warehousing role to more effectively integrate Business Intelligence (BI), Enterprise Resource Planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. (ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. ), Customer Relationship Management (CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. ), Supply Chain Management (SCM (1) (Software Configuration Management, Source Code Management) See configuration management. (2) See supply chain management. ), and eCommerce solutions. With Acta's highly scalable data integration software, enterprises can rapidly design and deploy data flows that provide customers, employees, suppliers, and partners with the critical information they need, faster and at lower cost. Acta's more than 230 customers include Alcatel, Chevron, CommerzBank, Hewlett-Packard, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Monsanto, Shell, Unilever, and other leaders in the Global 2000. The company partners with leading systems integrators and enterprise software vendors including IBM, Accenture, Business Objects, Manugistics, PeopleSoft, SAP and Siebel Systems. Established in 1996, Acta has corporate headquarters in Mountain View, and international headquarters in London, Frankfurt, and Paris. Note to Editors: eCaches and ActaWorks are trademarks of Acta Technology, Inc. All other product and company names mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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