Data Junction announces Cambio for Windows; $199 software tool extracts databases from text, report files.AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 3, 1996--Cambio(TM) for Windows, a new software tool that makes it easy and affordable to mine structured data from raw text and reports, and put the data into databases and spreadsheets, was announced today by Data Junction A Data Junction by Data Junction Corp. is an ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) tool which automates the integration of multiple data sources and applications and includes modules for design and execution. External links Data Junction Corp. dfsfdsdfsdf (R) Corporation. Running on Windows 3.1, Win95 and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. , Cambio is a visual tool designed to automatically capture useful fields of data from complex, irregular text files and reports, and build those fields into clean database records. In addition to standalone usage, Cambio also can be integrated as a front end to the company's widely used universal data conversion product, Data Junction for Windows, to exploit an even richer set of manipulations and conversions to more than 50 database formats including Oracle, Lotus Notes and Microsoft Access. "All too often valuable data is locked away in inaccessible legacy systems, buried in obscure formats that can only be retrieved as printed reports or text files, or embedded in textual data streams from online services and the Internet," said Mike Hoskins, president of Data Junction Corporation. "Before Cambio for Windows, the traditional way of extracting this kind of database data required slow and expensive custom programming, or tedious work with inferior text parsing See parse. parsing - parser and import tools." Featuring an easy-to-use graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to , Cambio processes text data from a variety of sources, including print files, screen dumps, Internet text downloads, e-mail messages, tagged Ascii files, OCR OCR in full optical character recognition Scanning and comparison technique intended to identify printed text or numerical data. It avoids the need to retype already printed material for data entry. output, multi-line Ascii or EBCDIC (Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code) Pronounced "eb-suh-dick." The binary code for text as well as communications and printer control from IBM. records, mailing labels, data publishers like DIALOG and LEXIS, online text and news services like Reuters, CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). textbases, and more. Cambio displays the original text in a graphical data window for viewing and manipulation. Using a mouse to mark up the source data patterns, user-selected fields and records can be quickly and easily extracted from any line or sequence of lines, and assembled into a database view, for exporting to popular formats such as dBASE, FoxPro, Excel, Lotus 123 and Delimited de·lim·it also de·lim·i·tate tr.v. de·lim·it·ed also de·lim·i·tat·ed, de·lim·it·ing also de·lim·i·tat·ing, de·lim·its also de·lim·i·tates To establish the limits or boundaries of; demarcate. Ascii. Pop-up dialogs guide users in defining a comprehensive set of pattern recognition rules and actions for extracting clean data, including line style recognition, pattern matching, data field parsing and defining, full-text searching and debugging. Cambio also includes the capability to: read any kind of report architecture; handle floating headers, details and footers; autoparse columnar and tagged data; support large fields and records; and handle virtually any file size. In addition, users can automate the extraction process by saving and reusing Cambio settings. By feeding saved Cambio extraction settings into Data Junction, users have a runtime deployment option for batching conversions with complete logging controls. Available now from Data Junction Corporation or its authorized resellers, Cambio for Windows is priced at $199. It carries an unconditional 30-day money-back guarantee. Data Junction Corporation, formerly Tools & Techniques, Inc., is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. founded in 1985. It has been serving the needs of the data conversion marketplace for more than eight years. With an installed base of more than 60,000 licenses, the company's flagship product, Data Junction, is the most widely used data conversion tool on the market today. For five consecutive years Data Junction has won the prestigious Data Based Advisor: Reader's Choice Award for the best data conversion utility. Based in Austin, Data Junction Corporation employs 20 people. -0- Editor's Note: For more information, your readers may contact Data Junction Corporation at 800/580-4411, 512/459-1308 or visit Data Junction on the World Wide Web at www.datajunction.com CONTACT: GTT GTT, n See test, glucose tolerance. GTT Glucose tolerance test, see there Communications, Austin Deborah Wood, 512/347-1014 loislane@gttcom.com |
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