Avaki Announces Support for IBM WebSphere.BURLINGTON, Mass. -- New Avaki Release Provides Support for IBM's WebSphere Application Server, Broadening Enterprise Options for Data Access and Integration On Demand Avaki Corporation, a leading provider of enterprise information integration (EII (Enterprise Information Integration) Similar to an EIS (executive information system), an EII aggregates current information from all data sources within an organization. ) software, today announced the availability of support for IBM's WebSphere(a) Application Server. With Avaki for WebSphere, customers can extend IBM's leading J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) A platform from Sun for building distributed enterprise applications. J2EE services are performed in the middle tier between the user's machine and the enterprise's databases and legacy information systems. and Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. platform with Avaki's data access and integration capabilities, taking full advantage of WebSphere's enterprise scalability and reliability. Avaki, an 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) business partner, is working with IBM on joint technology, selling, marketing, and other activities to deliver innovative and cost-effective solutions to their mutual customers. WebSphere is IBM's market-leading infrastructure software, or middleware, for creating, running and integrating e-business applications across a variety of computing platforms. Built on open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced such as Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE), XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. and Web services standards, and endowed with IBM's core strengths of reliability, scalability and security, WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Developer Studio(a) are used by tens of thousands of customers. More Enterprise Options, Support for Standards Tim Yeaton, Avaki president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , said, "Avaki is committed to making it as easy as possible for enterprises and their developers and architects to take full advantage of our software. We work closely with IBM to offer our joint customers enterprise strength solutions. The delivery of Avaki for WebSphere augments our range of enterprise options for data integration." Avaki for WebSphere is one example of how Avaki is broadening its software base to incorporate de facto [Latin, In fact.] In fact, in deed, actually. This phrase is used to characterize an officer, a government, a past action, or a state of affairs that must be accepted for all practical purposes, but is illegal or illegitimate. enterprise standards to provide enterprise-strength solutions. Avaki's Enterprise Information Integration (EII) software, now in its 5.1 release, creates a single data service layer that simplifies access and integration of data from multiple, heterogeneous, distributed data sources and helps companies deliver data efficiently to end-user applications such as corporate dashboards, customer service applications, and enterprise reports. With Avaki for WebSphere, companies can build and deploy applications that access data from multiple original data sources in near-real time while protecting production systems. In addition, Avaki's environment is open to home-grown and third-party data integration tools through its Enterprise Data Integration Framework. Within the framework, companies can take advantage of multiple data integration approaches and tools, including best-of-breed solutions for 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. and data cleansing See address cleansing and data hygiene. , along with Avaki's data integration features. The framework enables companies to bring all their data integration efforts under a single umbrella so they can gain enterprise-wide efficiency while retaining the flexibility to choose the best integration approaches and tools for the project at hand. About Avaki Corporation Avaki Corporation provides enterprise information integration software that helps companies in data-intensive industries deploy business information systems faster and at lower cost through better data integration. With software from Avaki, companies such as Pfizer, Aventis, and Pacific Capital Bancorp are delivering applications faster, reducing data management costs, and making enterprise data more widely available within and beyond corporate boundaries. Backed by Polaris Venture Partners, General Catalyst, and Sofinnova, Avaki is located in Burlington, MA. (a)Indicates a trademark or registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation |
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