Carleton announces key partnership with IBM to support AS/400 data warehousing solutions.BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 9, 1997-- Partnership Agreement Represents Revenue Potential Of Over $1 Million In Licensing Of Carleton's Product PASSPORT As part of the continuing effort to build key partnerships with leading technology providers, Carleton Corporation announces today an extensive alliance with 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) to support AS/400 data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse solutions. Carleton Corporation, a leader in data warehousing solutions for over ten years, was chosen by IBM to provide the essential data extraction Data extraction is the act or process of retrieving (binary) data out of (usually unstructured or badly structured) data sources for further data processing or data storage (data migration). and cleansing software solution necessary to populate To plug in chips or components into a printed circuit board. A fully populated board is one that contains all the devices it can hold. and build a data warehouse. In the new marketing, product and service agreement between the two companies, Carleton's product PASSPORT will be bundled with IBM's AS/400 to promote the functional data warehousing capabilities on the AS/400 platform. Carleton's PASSPORT is a comprehensive data extraction, transformation and cleansing tool used within a data warehouse to automate the process of mapping, extracting, cleansing, transforming and formatting data from source production database management systems (e.g. AS/400, DB2, 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. , Oracle, Sybase, 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 , etc.) to target database management systems. By enhancing the data warehousing capabilities of the AS/400 with key partnerships with companies like Carleton Corporation, IBM forecasts doubling the number of AS/400 customer installs in 1997 to over 600 systems. IBM forecast's licensing Carleton's PASSPORT into one of every four AS/400 data warehousing solutions sold. This partnership agreement represents revenue potential of over $1 Million in licensing of the PASSPORT product alone. PASSPORT is only one of three products currently available through Carleton's MetaCenter Strategy offerings. The other products, SourcePoint, an automated scheduling and data warehousing loading tool and the Warehouse Control Center, a navigation, subscription and data mart 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. management tool, will also be able to support the AS/400 platform in the future. IBM AS/400 Advanced Series AS/400 is the world's most popular business computing computing - computer system, with more than 425,000 shipments worldwide. AS/400 systems - which are easy to install, implement, use and upgrade - support from one to 7,000 users, and offer access to over 28,000 applications. AS/400 Advanced Series include systems based on fast 64-bit, PowerPC technology, and start as low as a $7,995 solution for small business or departments. The IBM home page can be found on the Internet at http://www.ibm.com The AS/400 home page can be found at http://www.as400.ibm.com Carleton Corporation Carleton Corporation is a premier provider of advanced data warehousing management software solutions to global Fortune 2000 organizations and public agencies. Carleton is the founder of the data warehouse Success Builder program and The MetaCenter Strategy. The MetaCenter is an integrated tool set developed in conjunction with the premiere providers of Data Warehousing technology in the market today. To fulfill ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. the MetaCenter strategy, Carleton Corporation has selected "best-of-breed" tools to complement the data extraction and transformation capabilities of its product PASSPORT. These currently include SourcePoint, an automated scheduling and data warehouse loading tool and the Warehouse Control Center, a navigation, subscription and data mart management tool. Together, the three product offerings, combined with the one source contact for service and support, create a seamless development and management system for a multi-tier data warehouse environment. With sales and support offices throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada, Carleton distributes its technology and consulting services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" through direct sales and channel partners. Carleton is headquartered at 700 Technology Park Drive, Billerica, MA 01821. Phone: (508) 439-9239, Facsimile (508) 439-9229. Worldwide web site at http://www.carleton.com . -0- All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Robert Collins Sterling Hager, Inc. 617-259-1400 x234 |
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