Acta Technology Announces Partnership with MicroStrategy to Deliver Comprehensive Decision Support Solutions From SAP R/3 Data.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 21, 1998-- Acta joins MicroStrategy's Metadata 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. Integration Program and will integrate ActaLink for SAP with DSS (1) (Digital Signature Standard) A National Security Administration standard for authenticating an electronic message. See RSA and digital signature. (2) (Digital Satellite S Agent 5.5, enabling companies to rapidly deploy SAP-based data warehouses and data marts A subset of a data warehouse for a single department or function. A data mart may have tens of gigabytes of data rather than hundreds of gigabytes for the entire enterprise. See data warehouse. Acta Technology, Inc., the leading provider of data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse solutions for packaged applications, announced today that it has joined MicroStrategy's Extraction-Transformation-Loading (ETL) Integration Program and that the two companies have entered into a strategic partnership to provide organizations with robust DSS systems based on SAP R/3 data. Under the terms of the partnership, SAP customers will be able to leverage tight integration between DSS Suite, MicroStrategy's advanced ROLAP See OLAP. product line for decision support analysis, and ActaLink for SAP, Acta's award-winning product for moving data from SAP and non-SAP sources to a data warehouse or data mart. The integration will enable SAP customers to rapidly deploy prepackaged pre·pack·age tr.v. pre·pack·aged, pre·pack·ag·ing, pre·pack·ag·es To wrap or package (a product) before marketing. Adj. 1. and customized SAP-based data warehouses and data marts throughout an organization, providing users of 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. systems powerful analytical capabilities. ActaLink's integration with the SAP application layer allows companies to greatly reduce the cost and time associated with deploying and maintaining enterprise SAP data warehouses. The partnership will also result in the integration of MicroStrategy's DSS metadata with Acta's SAP-based metadata. Joint customers will have access to critical SAP data field descriptions in multiple languages through a simple right-mouse click in the DSS Agent 5.5 interface. This powerful "end-to-end" visibility of data will allow power users and administrators to answer such questions as, "When was the last time this data was loaded? Were there any errors when extracting information from the ERP system? What is the business description of the SAP R/3 data?" Answers to such questions will enable decisions to be made with complete and accurate information. "ERP systems, such as SAP, are characterized by large amounts of detailed transactional data that corporations want to analyze for business intelligence," said Jeff Coombs Coombs can refer to:
"By integrating the MicroStrategy and Acta solutions, we are reducing the time it takes to gain business intelligence from an ERP system," said Sanju K. Bansal, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. at MicroStrategy Inploy information throughout an enterprise, helping companies to significantly improve all aspects of their op initiative which provides end-users with a seamhe desktop while adding value to the ETL and ROe industry's first and only vendor focused exclusively on providing enterprise data warehouse solutions for industry's only extraction, transformation and ly held, Acta is funded by Greylock Limited Partnhttp://www.acta.com. Acta is a trademark of Acta Technology, Inc. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. |
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