The Hurwitz Group has rated Acta Technology, represented locally by Global Technology Business Intelligence, as the leading product in the data staging market.
Hurwitz, a leading research and analyst firm serving the IT industry - has validated Acta`s packaged approach for staging data for business intelligence from SAP R/3. In its review of multiple software providers, Hurwitz Group ranked Acta, the pioneering leader in enterprise data caching, highest overall.
The report, entitled "Competitive Landscape for Data Warehouse Solutions in the SAP R/3 Environment", has ranked Acta first for the completeness of its available packaged solutions and the ease and completeness of its integration with SAP. The report concludes that "Acta satisfies more requirements - for both packaging of pre-built components and for R/3 data savvy - than any other software vendor in the market segment." Acta also scored high marks for meta data (impact analysis), and legacy/mainframe data integration. Such integration is becoming increasingly important to e-businesses as they look for ways to share key historical information inside and outside the enterprise.
Acta: quick-to-market and SAP-aware
"Acta has taken a leadership role in producing packaged data solutions that address practical, real-world needs," says Philip Russom, the report`s primary author and Director of Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence for Hurwitz Group. "With its deep SAP expertise and experience, and its industry-leading packaged approach, Acta has taken the right steps to ensure integration with SAP."
Integrating a data warehouse or other data cache with SAP R/3 is one of the greatest challenges an IT professional can face, due to the large number of hard-to-access data structures in SAP R/3. The Hurwitz Group report discusses each of these, with recommendations for best practices and vendor tools that can assist IT organisations with SAP integration.
"The complexity of SAP data structures makes the data movement requirements extremely demanding," says Russom. "SAP users clearly understand the benefits of packaged solutions designed by experienced, SAP-aware vendors." The Hurwitz report warns companies to be wary of generic tools that force the user to develop their own solution from scratch because of the potential risk, cost and time delays of hand-building solutions for data extraction and movement.
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Acta provides companies with the first data platform for enabling companies to compete across all channels in the networked economy - including e-marketplaces, direct e-commerce, and traditional markets. For e-commerce applications, Acta sells Commerce e-Caches, a suite of XML-enabled caches that enable the rapid delivery of data essential for B2B e-commerce. For internal decision support and e-analytic applications, Acta sells Analytic eCaches, a suite of caches designed for analysis in areas such as sales, costs, accounting, human resources, and inventory. All eCaches are built on ActaWorks, an award-winning data movement-and-management solution.
For further information regarding the Hurwitz report, contact Hurwitz Group, (508) 872-3344, or www.hurwitz.com.