Decision-ism Deploys Objectivity Within Aclue Decision Supportware; Decision-ism's Aclue Offers Powerful Data Mart Management Capabilities.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 1998-- Objectivity, Inc., the leading provider of distributed, scalable object databases, today announced that its flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , Objectivity/DB, has been selected by Decision-ism, Inc. of Boulder, Colorado The City of Boulder (, Mountain Time Zone) is a home rule municipality located in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. Boulder is the 11th most populous city in the State of Colorado, as well as the most populous city and the county for inclusion within its Aclue Decision Supportware. Objectivity/DB's advanced distributed architecture handles huge databases, spread across many heterogeneous servers, while providing a single logical view of the federated database A collection of databases that are treated as one entity and viewed through a single user interface. See EII, virtual database and federated. . Objectivity/DB is deployed in many of the world's most demanding database applications within 25% of the Fortune 100 and Global 100 companies. Aclue Decision Supportware from Decision-ism delivers on-line analytical processing (database) On-Line Analytical Processing - (OLAP) A category of database software which provides an interface such that users can transform or limit raw data according to user-defined or pre-defined functions, and quickly and interactively examine the results in various dimensions (OLAP (OnLine Analytical Processing) Decision support software that allows the user to quickly analyze information that has been summarized into multidimensional views and hierarchies. OLAP tools are used to perform trend analysis on sales and financial information. ) 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. Aclue helps organizations gather, cleanse, transform and aggregate data from one or more production applications and/or data warehouses. Aclue then exports this data into smaller, focused data marts that suit the specific needs of individuals or groups of users. Aclue exports directly into Arbor Software's Essbase or Oracle's Express multidimensional OLAP cubes. Based on a central Business Information Model, Aclue serves as an information broker and ensures consistent and synchronized data delivery to multiple data marts via a "read-once, write-many" architecture. Objectivity/DB is used as the staging area staging area n. A place where troops or equipment in transit are assembled and processed, as before a military operation. Noun 1. to hold both the business information model (metadata) as well as the imported data. Cubes are then exported from the data collected in Objectivity/DB. Aclue's audit/drillback facilities, which allow business users to view data logistics and the detail that is aggregated within cells of their cube, also dynamically access Objectivity/DB. Every license of Aclue includes Objectivity/DB as an embedded component. A CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) A software-based interface from the Object Management Group (OMG) that allows software modules (objects) to communicate with each other no matter where they are located on a private network or the global broker provides connectivity between Aclue's C++ server and 100% pure Java Refers to initiatives from Sun that specify 100% compliance with its Java specification. The goal is to maintain a consistent, single interface for Java so that all Java Virtual Machines can run all Java programs. See Holy Grail. client modules. "The data mart and data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse markets have traditionally been dominated by relational database relational database Database in which all data are represented in tabular form. The description of a particular entity is provided by the set of its attribute values, stored as one row or record of the table, called a tuple. products that have proven to be resource and maintenance intensive, with delayed access to critical information," said David Caplan, 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. of Objectivity, Inc. "Aclue customers benefit from the speed, flexibility, and transparency of Objectivity/DB as Aclue delivers OLAP cubes, while requiring minimal maintenance and administrative overhead," added Caplan. "Aclue Decision Supportware is now in production within major Arbor and Oracle customer sites such as AirTouch International and Duke Communications," said Rob Vonderhaar, vice president of marketing for Decision-ism. "Decision-ism has recognized that Objectivity/DB's inherent support for the efficient storage and rapid, flexible manipulation of multidimensional data make it uniquely suited to serve as the staging area within Aclue. Objectivity/DB is a critical underlying technology within Aclue, helping us to best meet the needs of our customers." More About Decision-ism, Inc. Decision-ism, Inc., develops and markets data mart management software that gathers and transforms data from various sources - operational systems, source applications, data warehouses, into focused OLAP data marts that support decision-making by business professionals. Decision-ism's flagship product is Aclue Decision Supportware. Aclue allows organizations to leverage their investment in Arbor's Essbase or Oracle's Express by delivering consistent, clean, high-quality data marts that handle individual needs. With its support for rapid data mart prototyping and centralized management and generation of OLAP cubes, Aclue reduces IS workload while increasing users' confidence in the data. Decision-ism is a privately-held company and is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado with sales offices in California, Chicago, and Connecticut. For further information, send e-mail to info@decisionism.com, visit Decision-ism's Web site at www.decisionism.com, or call (303) 546-8863. More About Objectivity, Inc. Objectivity, Inc. is the leading provider of distributed, scalable object databases with unrivaled support for mixed-language development and mixed-hardware environments. Objectivity boosts developer productivity, shortens time to market, and provides the ideal platform for mission-critical applications requiring continuous performance and adaptability to future technologies. Objectivity, Inc. is headquartered in Mountain View, California For the census-designated place, see Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California. For other places called "Mountain View", see . Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. , USA. For more information, contact Objectivity by e-mail at info@objectivity.com, on the World Wide Web at http://www.objectivity.com or by calling (650) 254-7100. -0- Note to editors: The symbol between the "n" and the "i" in Decisionism is a bullet and might not transmit on all systems. Decision-ism and Aclue Decision Supportware are trademarks of Decision-ism, Inc. All other product names contained herein remain the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Objectivityons Dana Rogers, 303/449-8849 dana@gofarfast.com |
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