Arbor Software has extended its joint integration effort with Informatica under Informatica`s second-generation Metadata Exchange (MX2) architecture, which was announced separately.
Under the MX2 initiative, Informatica is delivering new object-oriented (OO) MX2 APIs that will offer tighter metadata integration with Arbor Integration Server and Informatica PowerMart.
Earlier this year, Arbor and Informatica announced a joint integration effort to provide integration between Informatica PowerMart and Arbor Integration Server (AIS). AIS, in beta, is a suite of graphical tools and scalable data integration services that minimize the time and expense to create, deploy and manage OLAP applications from data warehouses, data marts and transaction processing applications using Arbor Essbase OLAP Server.
Informatica plans to deliver metadata integration between PowerMart and AIS. This will automate the process of building and managing Arbor Essbase OLAP applications from Informatica PowerMart.
MX2 is a set of COM-based APIs that provide access to Informatica`s open metadata repository, delivering a point for seamless integration between PowerMart Suite and AIS. MX2 will enable joint Arbor and Informatica customers to access rich OLAP-aware PowerMart metadata that describes the multidimensional aspects of data in the warehouse, including facts, dimensions, levels, hierarchies and aggregation. This multidimensional view of PowerMart warehouse data will enable customers to accelerate the deployment of OLAP applications using Arbor Essbase.
"Informatica`s MX2 initiative allows us to extend the integration work we have under way to combine Informatica`s proven technology with Arbor Integration Server," says Steve Fioretti, director of channel marketing for Arbor. "With large, enterprise deployments becoming more common, customers need scalable, manageable, cross-platform solutions. By joining forces with Informatica, we can together provide a compelling solution that will allow our customers to deploy a wide range of analytic applications, such as budgeting, forecasting, planning and sales analysis."
"Informatica has revolutionised the data warehousing industry by making it faster and easier than ever before to deliver scalable data warehouses," says Diaz Nesamoney, president of Informatica. "The new MX2 APIs will allow us to integrate PowerMart with Arbor Essbase. This will provide value to our customers through a tightly integrated solution for both data warehouses and OLAP solutions."
* Arbor products are represented in South Africa by the IBD Group.
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