Callixa and CrossAccess Form Strategic Relationship; Companies Join Forces to Expand Open Standards-based Data Integration Across All Platforms.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Callixa, the provider of high-performance, scalable 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. ) platforms, and CrossAccess Corporation, a leader in legacy data integration for enterprise-wide e-business initiatives, announced today that they have formed a strategic relationship to address the need for a single solution to integrate relational and non-relational legacy data for enterprises. The Callixa Integration Server(TM) provides a standard access layer for writing and reading relational data sources, in addition to providing the data abstraction See abstraction. (data) data abstraction - Any representation of data in which the implementation details are hidden (abstracted). Abstract data types and objects are the two primary forms of data abstraction. layer that shields the user or application from the complexities of the underlying data. CrossAccess' eXadas(TM) integration technology provides immediate, bi-directional access to non-relational legacy data, an ideal solution for applications that require transparent integration of legacy data sources such as IMS (1) See IP Multimedia Subsystem. (2) (Information Management System) An early IBM hierarchical DBMS for IBM mainframes. IMS was widely implemented throughout the 1970s under MVS and continues to be used under z/OS. , VSAM (Virtual Storage Access Method) An IBM access method for storing data, widely used in IBM mainframes. It uses the B+tree method for organizing data. VSAM - Virtual Storage Access Method , IDMS See CA-IDMS and IDMSX. 1. (language, database) IDMS - A pictorial query language, an extension of Sequel2. ["A Management System for an Integrated Database of Pictures and Alphanumeric Data", G.Y. Tang, Computer Graphics Image Processing 16:270-286 (1981)]. , Adabas, Datacom, DB2 and Sequential. The combined solution provides an open standards-based integration with any data source in the enterprise. New data sources and legacy information can quickly be included for real-time use in new and existing applications, enterprise portals, CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. , e-business initiatives and others. "The exciting part is that together we are addressing a recognized need for our customers with a real alternative that seamlessly integrates heterogeneous data in the enterprise, rather than the patchwork solutions available to them in the past," says Anna Sidana, vice president of Marketing and Alliances at Callixa. "For example when we refer to `customer information,' we refer to all sources of customer information, seamlessly rationalized across legacy, portal and other enterprise applications -- without the need to disturb the underlying data sources. This is what our customers really want. This is `virtual CRM.'" The two companies have targeted a number of potential early wins for their joint offering, including several insurance firms desiring a central portal for employees, customers and partners. Together Callixa and CrossAccess offer an unparalleled solution for companies with heterogeneous data dispersed across multiple divisions and platforms. "The real winners in this partnership will be our customers," said Jim Kanir, CrossAccess vice president of Sales and Channel Relations. "This joint venture truly opens the possibilities for expanded data integration across all platforms." About Callixa Callixa, a leading provider of Enterprise Information Integration (EII) solutions, helps companies overcome the critical challenge of data access and integration in enterprises running multiple, disparate databases. Callixa unifies and delivers information, on-demand, for the entire enterprise. Callixa provides the first enterprise platform capable of creating a standard access layer for writing and reading data to and from the legacy data sources of the enterprise. The company's solution and services allow companies to rapidly build business applications without the time and expense of developing and maintaining specific customized data integration access for each application. For more information about Callixa and the Integration Server, visit www.callixa.com. About CrossAccess Corporation CrossAccess Corporation is the leading provider of legacy data integration for enterprise-wide e-business initiatives. Its software is specifically designed to help companies navigate the many paths to e-business and accelerate e-business applications. The eXadas suite of products includes eXadas Data Integrator (XDI (XRI Data Interchange) An emerging OASIS standard for data exchange and synchronization on the Internet. XDI is based on the OASIS XRI digital identifier standard for i-names and i-numbers (see XRI and i-name for details). ), enabling direct SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. data access to mainframe data stores and eXadas Synchronization Manager (XSync), for real time alert-driven database synchronization and action launching. CrossAccess maintains strategic relationships with BEA BEA - Basic programming Environment for interactive-graphical Applications, from Siemens-Nixdorf. , 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) , Sagent, Decision Support Inc. and other database and tool vendors and is an approved GSA (1) (Global mobile Suppliers Association, Sawbridgeworth, U.K., www.gsacom.com) A membership organization of suppliers of GSM products and services. Its goal is to promote GSM as the worldwide mobile communications standard. See GSM Association and GSM. IT Schedule contractor. Headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., CrossAccess is on the Web at www.crossaccess.com. Note to Editors: Callixa is a registered trademark of Callixa Corporation. eXadas, eXadas Data Integrator and eXadas Synchronization Manager are trademarks of CrossAccess Corporation. Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. |
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