Ardent Software Speeds the Deployment of Business Intelligence and Analytical Applications for SAP Users.WESTBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 17, 1999-- DataStage Packaged Application Connection Kits for SAP BW and SAP R/3 Help Maximize the Efficiency of SAP Data Warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse Solutions Ardent Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:ARDT ARDT Asset Redeployment Team ARDT After Receipt of Downtime ARDT Age Replacement during Delay Time ), a leading global data management software company, today announced its active support for the SAP Business Information Warehouse SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW) is the name of the Business Intelligence, analytical, reporting and Data Warehousing (DW) solution which is one of the major enterprise software applications produced by SAP AG. (BW) through a series of products and services enabling users to leverage both SAP and non-SAP data for decision processing. DataStage Release 3.6, Ardent's industry-leading data integration product suite for data warehouse creation and management, provides immediate enhanced SAP support with its Packaged Application Connection Kit (PACK) for SAP R/3. The company will soon augment that support with a PACK for SAP BW. Ardent will be demonstrating both tools at SAP's Sapphire show on September 13 in Philadelphia. Ardent's DataStage Extract PACK for SAP R/3 enables users to extract data directly from SAP R/3 systems natively and integrate it with data from other sources, leveraging the powerful visual design process of DataStage for modeling and deploying source-to-target transformations and loads. This process is supported by an extensive set of built-in libraries for complex transformations. Ardent's DataStage Load PACK for SAP BW adheres to the SAP standard interface protocol, BAPI (Business API) An interface to one of SAP's earlier R/3 applications. It enabled third-party developers to write enhancements that interacted with the R/3 modules. See R/3. BAPI - Business Application Programming Interface , supporting high performance loading of the Business Information Warehouse from heterogeneous sources. "As 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. solutions become increasingly complex, end-users will require more powerful data management tools to successfully integrate these systems with 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. and warehouses throughout the enterprise," said Henry Morris, research director at International Data Corporation. "Ardent's SAP extraction and population products represent the type of tools companies will need to maximize existing investments in large ERP systems." "It is important that companies implementing SAP and other ERP solutions leverage the data generated by those systems in their business intelligence and analytical applications. When managed effectively, this information can be an invaluable strategic asset," said Mikael Wipperfeld, vice president of data warehouse marketing at Ardent Software. "Ardent's DataStage PACKs for SAP R/3 and SAP BW meet our customers' demand for tools that help maximize the efficiency of their SAP data warehousing solutions." The SAP R/3 system is the world's most successfully deployed client/server business software supporting diverse enterprise functions such as accounting and controlling, production and materials management Materials management is the branch of logistics that deals with the tangible components of a supply chain. Specifically, this covers the acquisition of spare parts and replacements, quality control of purchasing and ordering such parts, and the standards involved in ordering, , quality management and plant maintenance, sales and distribution, and human resource / project management. The SAP BW is designed specifically for decision support needs, and is optimized for SAP R/3 systems. SAP BW is open to different source systems, and includes a broad range of predefined reporting templates geared to the specific needs of particular industries and user types, such as production planners, financial controllers, or human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. directors. Ardent's DataStage PACK products extend support for heterogeneous sources. Availability Ardent's DataStage Extraction PACK for SAP R/3 is available today. Supported platforms include Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. NT (Intel and Alpha NT). Support for all major UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). platforms will be shipping within 60 days. Ardent's DataStage Load PACK for SAP BW will be shipping within 60 days. Supported platforms will include Microsoft Windows NT (Intel and Alpha NT) and all major UNIX platforms. For more information about Ardent's SAP-enabled products, visit the Ardent Software Web site at www.ardentsoftware.com. Ardent Software's data integration solutions streamline the design and implementation of business intelligence, analytical, and e-business applications for the enterprise. Ardent's DataStage, MetaBrokers, Quality Manager, and Warehouse Executive provide scalable, flexible, cost-effective data warehousing solutions for many of the world's leading companies. Ardent's data integration offerings provide the industry's most powerful infrastructure platform from department to data center, and facilitate heterogeneous data migration, data cleansing See address cleansing and data hygiene. , data transformation, meta data management and ERP solutions. About Ardent Software Ardent Software is a leading global data management software company. Ardent develops and markets data integration software for data warehouse and analytical applications, and embedded databases (1) Database software that is included with an application rather than offered as a separate database management system (see DBMS). Tending to be compact and efficient, an embedded database generally includes fewer features than a full-blown DBMS. and tools for developing and deploying packaged operational applications. With worldwide sales and service operations, and 1,000 resellers in more than 50 countries, Ardent is one of the top software companies in the world. More than 60,000 customers and 2.2 million users in virtually every aspect of business and government use applications powered by Ardent's products and technologies to solve their complex data management problems. Ardent is headquartered in Westboro, Massachusetts. The company's common stock trades on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol "ARDT." For more information, visit Ardent's web site at www.ardentsoftware.com. Statements expressing the beliefs and expectations of management regarding future performance are forward-looking and involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, quarterly fluctuations in results and other risks. These risks are detailed from time to time in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including the Company's Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended December 31, 1998. Actual results may differ materially from management's expectations. DataStage, Iterations, O2 Technology, Prism, RedBack, System Builder  This article's grammar usage needs improvement. Please edit this article in accordance with Wikipedia's . , UniData, UniVerse and wIntegrate are registered trademarks of Ardent Software, Inc. Other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of the respective trademark holders.
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