Ascential Software has announced that its new Enterprise Integration Suite now integrates with IBM`s DB2 Cube Views software to accelerate the development and reduce total cost of ownership for online analytical processing (OLAP) and business intelligence (BI) applications by making them easier to deploy and manage.
This new capability works with DB2 Cube Views` dimensional modelling to provide metadata management of information distributed throughout an organisation.
Ascential, represented in South Africa by CenterField Software, has developed a bidirectional MetaBroker interface between MetaStage, the metadata management component of the Enterprise Integration Suite, and DB2 Cube Views.
"MetaStage provides a clear and consistent view of the data`s descriptive information and lineage, including the data being modelled with DB2 Cube Views. It extends that visibility and usage tracking out to the BI analytical and reporting tools interacting with DB2 Cube Views," says Julian Field, MD of CenterField.
Ascential Software`s MetaBroker library now incorporates the OLAP functionality of DB2 Cube Views into MetaStage`s ability to provide analysis and management of business definitions and rules for data across the entire BI, data integration and data management infrastructure.
"DB2 Cube Views delivers on our focus of enabling enterprise reporting tools to gain significant improvements in the deployment and operational performance of business intelligence applications," says Karen Parrish, IBM`s VP of business intelligence. "IBM and Ascential are delivering a robust platform for simplified development and maintenance of high-performance business intelligence solutions, with a 360-degree analytics view of the enterprise."
The functionality of DB2 Cube Views modelling is further enhanced by Ascential`s DataStage data transformation application, which drives information from a breadth of heterogeneous data sources into the DB2 Cube Views model. This includes data from enterprise applications, legacy databases and mainframe sources, along with data being delivered at high speed from real-time sources such as Web services or IBM`s MQ software.
DB2`s scalable OLAP capability and Ascential`s parallel architecture enable companies to leverage any data volume and velocity they are likely to encounter in enterprise-class data warehouse and analytical deployments.
Corporate analysts and business line managers tapping the functionality of DB2 Cube Views gain full access to information throughout the business, benefiting from the performance of DB2 Cube Views` optimising technology and Ascential`s ability to deliver and transform high volumes of information, while ensuring its quality and tracing its source.
"The joint solution provides an environment where business users can easily represent and manage complex business metrics and reporting models driven by information residing in numerous locations throughout a company," concludes Field.
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