KALIDO version 7. (Management News).The KALIDO 7 solution is designed to provide a global view of a business's operations using two information integration functions. A data warehouse that integrates data from operational systems, and a master set of definitions of the operational data. These enable the software to provide an overall picture of products, customers, and other organizations, without standardising on any particular coding structure in the company. The adaptive architecture of KALIDO 7 allows data structures to be changed without the re-engineering required with conventional integration methods. Independently-audited models show, it is claimed, that a KALIDO installation can provide an initial manpower cost saving of 35 per cent, plus a further 55 per cent saving in ongoing annual maintenance costs when compared to similar costs for a standard data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse solution. Comment: The new data management features in the KALIDO 7 solution include multiple versioning capabilities, combined with new security and audit controls. This allows users to run reports based on the information views they need, without affecting the published version of the master reference data, A new 'future publication' facility allows changes to reference data hierarchies in advance of the 'go live' date, avoiding the downtime required in alternative integration procedures. Additional features include Internet-based remote management from any PC together with support for SOAP, XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. , J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) A platform from Sun for building distributed enterprise applications. J2EE services are performed in the middle tier between the user's machine and the enterprise's databases and legacy information systems. , COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. , XML and .NET to assist global operations Global Operations is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Barking Dog Studios and published by both Crave Entertainment and Electronic Arts. It was released in March of 2002, following its public multiplayer beta version which contained only the Quebec map. and applications, such as web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. . www.kalido.com Logistics Software |
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