Data Junction, represented by CommerceQuest South Africa, has released Integration Architect and enhanced integration engines to handle distributed integration for enterprises of all sizes. Data Junction now offers customers a single integration platform designed to grow and scale for integration projects of all sizes, delivering low total cost of ownership.
"Yesterday companies had to deal with outdated integration solutions that are tied to a pie-in-the-sky central server. Those tools are typically bulky, expensive, hard-to-manage and resource depleting," said Mike Hoskins, President of Data Junction. "Today, with these new offerings from Data Junction, companies in both the Fortune 100 and the SMB can utilise a solution that effortlessly integrates information between multiple applications with a return on investment never before seen in integration implementations."
Integration Architect presents a comprehensive integrated development environment for distributed integration solutions. Among the tools available within Integration Architect are Explorer, Integration Process Designer, Integration Map Designer, Adaptor Schema Designer, Document Schema Designer, Extract Schema Designer and GoPeep!:
* Integration Architect creates single integration processes that will integrate data from structured record sets (ASCII, ISAMS, etc), documents with canonical form (EDI, XML, etc) and unstructured data (reports, e-mail, etc)
* Integration Architect Explorer provides a consolidated view of integration processes and manages the repository contents created by the various design tools.
* The Integration Process Designer is enhanced to allow developers to visually create executable complex event-driven message flows. Users gain efficiency using simple flow-chart symbols to link any number of steps together in a single, automated integration project.
* The new Integration Map Designer includes an updated user interface, new Wizards for increased simplicity, and enriched overall functionality.
* The Adaptor Schema Designer provides a visual interface for designing record layouts of source and target data.
* Totally new and Java-based, the Document Schema Designer creates structures from all 'master' schema standards including EDI, HIPAA, SWIFT, iDocs and more.
* Formerly known as the Content Extractor, the Extract Schema Designer is the only alternative to manual coding scripts for integrating data sources such as email, report data, HTML or any other raw text.
* The GoPeep! data browser allows users to view virtually any application file or URL in an easy-to-use record and field format. It allows actual live data content to be viewed while designing and debugging.
Data Junction has also moved its integration platform to a completely open XML-based metadata repository for managing and exchanging data and their corresponding integration processes. The new XML-based underpinnings that define an integration process allow Integration Architect to gain considerably more reuse by separating Map objects, enhancing reusability in medium to large-scale production environments.
Multiple enhancements and added functionality also strengthen Data Junction's Integration Engine for optimal performance in heavy volume real-time integrated environments. With improved scalability and automated management of integration processes, the Integration Engine has been enriched to serve as the backbone for reliable data conversion throughout the enterprise. A 'server-less' approach and the smallest footprint in the industry give customers the ability take advantage of more distribution choices. The Integration Engine will be available as a 24x7 service (Win32 or Unix) resident in memory for event-driven, real-time integration scenarios. It will also be available as an Integration/Message Broker, as a JCA service, and as a SNMP agent.
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