Snapbridge Software Unveils Snapbridge FDX Technology for Real-Time Federation of Data and Content.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 3, 2003 Snapbridge FDX See full-duplex. fdx - full-duplex to provide the basis for enterprise information integration, content management, and powerful 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. development tools Snapbridge Software today unveiled Snapbridge FDX(TM), a patent-pending technology for integrating large amounts of different kinds of data in real-time. Snapbridge FDX fuses multiple data sources such as account detail from relational databases, flat file mainframe data, email correspondence, digital images from content repositories, feeds from third party resources, other information from the Internet, etc., to create composite objects that can be viewed, or updated as part of a transaction--regardless of where the data is stored, how it is formatted or when it was created. Snapbridge FDX capitalizes on the XML standard for structuring and expressing information, allowing the system to operate on structured data and semi-structured content (documents and images) at the same time. Snapbridge FDX information integration software combines revolutionary, open-standards based technologies for indexing, normalization In relational database management, a process that breaks down data into record groups for efficient processing. There are six stages. By the third stage (third normal form), data are identified only by the key field in their record. , aggregation, correlation and "semantic" data delivery, resulting in the industry's fastest, most flexible, and most comprehensive information integration solution. "Snapbridge FDX is the first standards-based approach to information integration that Delphi Group has seen emerge from the Enterprise Information Integration (EII (Enterprise Information Integration) Similar to an EIS (executive information system), an EII aggregates current information from all data sources within an organization. ) software segment. Based on a schema-free architecture, this design has impressed us as an alternative to the significant up-front data modeling required by other offerings," said Nathaniel Palmer Nathaniel Brown Palmer (1799 – 1877) was a seal hunter, explorer, sailing captain, and ship designer. He was born in Stonington, Connecticut. During the 1810s the skins of Antarctic Ocean seals were highly valued as items for trade with China. , Chief Analyst, Delphi Group. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Angus MacDonald The names Angus Macdonald, Angus MacDonald, or Angus McDonald may mean: Canadian politicians
About Snapbridge FDX XML processing traditionally requires significant computing resources due to the rich nature of XML data sets. Snapbridge FDX is a a patent-pending XML-based data federation technology that is optimized for the complexities of working with XML in real time, in a computationally economic manner. Snapbridge FDX uses pipeline processing A category of techniques that provide simultaneous, or parallel, processing within the computer. It refers to overlapping operations by moving data or instructions into a conceptual pipe with all stages of the pipe processing simultaneously. to execute XML transformations--a unique approach that delivers unprecedented performance, flexibility, and scalability of processing of even the largest and most complex data sets. Snapbridge FDX further accelerates XML processing through use of a meta-data index, which produces federations that are contextually correct for any given query. The Snapbridge meta-data index enables high-speed "surgical" access to all an organization's various and dissimilar data sources, normalizing and displaying data as XML content and indexing every element, attribute, and relation -- with the unique ability to access data whether it is within Snapbridge FDX (physically federated Connected and treated as one. See federated database and federated directories. ) or whether the data is left where it is (virtually federated). This eliminates the need for complex and time-consuming creation of schemas and meta-data to represent data sets, since Snapbridge FDX manipulates the data sets themselves. Snapbridge FDX utilizes open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced and is capable of federating virtually any data -- from structured (for example, relational databases, flat files, and 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. ) or semi-structured files (for example, documents, Microsoft Word A full-featured word processing program for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. Included in the Microsoft application suite, it is a sophisticated program with rudimentary desktop publishing capabilities that has become the most widely used word processing application on the market. , Microsoft Excel, and media files). FDX provides transactional bi-directionality, enabling the ability to update and write, as well as view data -- key to transaction processing and enterprise data synchronization. The Challenge of Data Federation Today's critical enterprise initiatives -- customer care, risk management, multi-channel publishing, supply chain management, etc. -- rely on federating data from numerous dissimilar data sources. Yet integrating information is one of the toughest challenges facing any IT organization. Critical information is spread across, and outside the organization, in incompatible formats -- account detail from relational databases, flat file mainframe data, email correspondence, digital images from content repositories, feeds from third party resources, other information from the Internet, etc. The difficulty increases as the number of data sources grows within and outside a company, and as the volume of information they contain grows also. Most companies accomplish data federation today by writing custom code, and then spend a great deal of time and money fixing and maintaining it as their needs and systems change. Gartner estimates that up to 70% of application development budgets are allocated to data federation efforts. About Snapbridge Software Snapbridge provides powerful products and services for information integration, content publishing and XML development. Patent-pending Snapbridge FDX data federation technology delivers unprecedented performance, flexibility, and scalability. Founded in 2001, the Snapbridge team consists of world-class engineers and management from top companies including SUN, TIBCO TIBCO The Information Bus Company , BEA BEA - Basic programming Environment for interactive-graphical Applications, from Siemens-Nixdorf. , SAP, iXL -- including members of the teams that defined XML and Java. Snapbridge is working with a number of leading companies in financial services, telecom, travel, media and other industries. The company is headquartered in San Diego and is privately held, with investment backing from JP Morgan Partners and Mission Ventures. For more information, please visit www.snapbridge.com. |
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