Sagent DirectLink Breathes New Life into ERP Data.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers META Group's METAmorphosis PLUS! Conference & Technology Showcase SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 3, 2003 New Sagent Connectivity Module Facilitates Extraction and Utilization of ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. Data from Applications Such As SAP, PeopleSoft, Oracle, and Siebel Sagent (Nasdaq:SGNT), a leading provider of enterprise business intelligence solutions, today announced the general availability of Sagent DirectLink for Packaged Applications, a new connectivity module that allows users to easily connect and analyze data from proprietary ERP applications such as SAP, PeopleSoft, Oracle, Siebel, and JD Edwards See J.D. Edwards. . Today's announcement was made at META Group's METAmorphosis PLUS! Conference & Technology Showcase, San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , February 3-5. Sagent DirectLink will enable business analysts as well as data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse professionals to readily access critical ERP information that until now has only been available through a manual process of complex coding. "Companies have made large investments in ERP systems to improve their business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets , and they can now extend the value of those investments by making their ERP data readily available for analysis," said Dave Henry, Sagent VP Marketing. "The ability to connect the wealth of data in ERP systems with other data sources means that companies performing business analysis will now have visibility into their entire business, enabling them to develop more effective strategies and measure their results. Sagent DirectLink, in conjunction with Sagent's new OpenLink front-end connectivity product, make Sagent the ideal data integration and transformation solution to complete any business intelligence application." Sagent DirectLink allows integration architects to easily establish connections between today's most popular packaged ERP systems and any existing enterprise business intelligence environment without cumbersome hand coding. This enables Sagent users to access, integrate and analyze ERP data buried in proprietary operational applications just as easily as any other data source. Sagent DirectLink also insulates a company from the risks associated with changes or updates to an ERP system during loading, is highly configurable for optimal performance and scalability, and offers a critical security layer to ensure the confidentiality of sensitive ERP data. Sagent DirectLink for Packaged Applications is based on industry-leading adapter technology from iWay Software and is available for both Windows and Solaris platforms. Sagent's partnership with iWay also includes the rights to resell iWay's data adapters. For a list of iWay's data adapters, please visit http://www.iwaysoftware.com/products/iWay_Adapter_List.html. To learn more about Sagent's integration with iWay, please visit www.sagent.com. About META Group META Group (Nasdaq:METG METG Military Effects Test Group ) is a leading research and consulting firm, focusing on information technology and business transformation strategies. Delivering objective, consistent, and actionable guidance, META Group enables organizations to innovate more rapidly and effectively. Our unique collaborative models help clients succeed by building speed, agility, and value into their IT and business systems and processes. For details, connect with www.metagroup.com. About iWay Software iWay Software, an Information Builders company, is a market leader in middleware that accelerates business integration. With facilities to integrate systems in real time, near-real time, or on a scheduled basis, iWay provides a complete reusable infrastructure for EAI (Enterprise Application Integration) Refers to various techniques used to share data and business processes in large enterprises. When companies acquire another organization, disparate information systems have to be made to work together. , B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business , e-commerce, mobile business, and e-government. iWay's experience with complex information systems led to the development of prepackaged pre·pack·age tr.v. pre·pack·aged, pre·pack·ag·ing, pre·pack·ag·es To wrap or package (a product) before marketing. Adj. 1. Intelligent Adapters to connect to more than 200 packaged applications, transaction systems, legacy data, relational databases, and e-business formats, without writing custom code. iWay Software integration solutions significantly reduce the time, cost, effort, and risk of integration projects throughout the enterprise. About Sagent Sagent's patented technology fundamentally changes the way that data warehouses are built and accessed. Sagent's unique data flow server enables business users to easily extend the structure of a data warehouse with new analytics that support immediate business needs. This technology is at the core of Sagent's ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) The functions performed when pulling data out of one database and placing it into another of a different type. ETL is used to migrate data, often from relational databases into decision support systems. , EII (Enterprise Information Integration) Similar to an EIS (executive information system), an EII aggregates current information from all data sources within an organization. and business intelligence solutions, as well as multiple partner solutions that address the needs of specific vertical and functional application areas. Sagent has more than 1,500 customers worldwide, including: AT&T, Boeing Employees Credit Union, BP Amoco, Carrefour, Citibank, Diageo, Heineken, Kawasaki, Kemper National Insurance, La Poste, NTT-DoCoMo, Siemens, and Singapore Telecom. Key partners include Advent Software, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, HAHT Commerce, Hyperion, Microsoft, Satyam, Sun Microsystems, and Unisys. The company also maintains a business partnership with CDC See Control Data, century date change and Back Orifice. CDC - Control Data Corporation Software Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. and software unit of chinadotcom corporation, which includes a strategic investment in Sagent. Sagent 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. . For more information about Sagent, please visit www.sagent.com. Note to Editors: Sagent and Sagent Solution are trademarks of Sagent Technology Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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