Cognos licenses database drivers from DataDirect Technologies.DataDirect Technologies, a provider of components for connecting data and applications, and Cognos (Nasdaq:COGN) (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :CSN CSN Crosby, Stills, and Nash (band) CSN Centrala studiestödsnämnden (Swedish: state education grant and loan program) CSN Confédération des Syndicats Nationaux (French) ), the world leader in Business Intelligence (BI) and corporate performance management, has announced that Cognos has purchased a corporate development license for DataDirect Connect for ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) A database programming interface from Microsoft that provides a common language for Windows applications to access databases on a network. , software components for connecting applications to all major databases on all major platforms. Cognos has purchased the corporate development license of DataDirect Connect for ODBC to test and certify DataDirect Connect drivers for use with the current and future release of the company's enterprise-class business intelligence (BI) solution. Cognos Enterprise BI Series 7 offers mission-critical performance, reliability, and scalability, as well as unique operational event detection and alerting to wireless devices. Cognos' license includes a full suite of wire-protocol ODBC drivers, including direct and efficient access to Microsoft SQL Server A relational DBMS from Microsoft that is a major component of the Windows Server System. It is Microsoft's high-end client/server database and is closely integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office System. from 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. This is the only ODBC SQL Server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. driver based on Microsoft's source code, which was ported to UNIX by DataDirect Technologies. "Cognos offers customers scalability to tens of thousands of users, robust UNIX and Microsoft support, and excellent performance and reliability," said John Vandermay, VP of Foundation Services at Cognos. "We are working with DataDirect Technologies because their data connectivity components provide the functionality, performance and scalability our customers demand." DataDirect Technologies is the only vendor that offers a suite of wire-protocol ODBC drivers for all major databases across all major platforms. This wire-protocol ODBC technology eliminates the need for database client software, thus simplifying installation and dramatically improving performance. A recent independent benchmark study by database expert Ken North showed DataDirect Connect for ODBC drivers to outperform applications coded in the native database languages. "Cognos promises their customers a 'no-compromise' breadth and depth of application choice, reflective of the unique needs of enterprise user communities," said Eric Egertson, Vice President of OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and sales for DataDirect Technologies. "With the most comprehensive and best performing data connectivity availability, we can help Cognos keep that promise." |
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