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Progress Software – DataDirect Connect. Paul Griffin Product Marketing Manager January 20, 2012. Agenda. Company background Product Overview Product Features Customer Support. DataDirect’s Corporate History. Formally known as TechGnosis (1987) Pioneer (1988) Q+E (1993)
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Progress Software – DataDirect Connect Paul Griffin Product Marketing Manager January 20, 2012
Agenda • Company background • Product Overview • Product Features • Customer Support
DataDirect’s Corporate History • Formally known as • TechGnosis (1987) • Pioneer (1988) • Q+E (1993) • INTERSOLV (1994) • MERANT (1999) • DataDirectbusiness unit spun off from MERANT to form privately-held, independent software vendor, called DataDirect Technologies. (2001) • Acquired by Progress Software, Inc. in 2003 • Privately-held OpenAccess Software acquired in 2006 – allows ODBC and JDBC access to unique & proprietary data sources through SDK
Critical Applications Reply on Progress DataDirect • Thousands of Corporate IT departments rely on DataDirect for their critical applications • 92 of the Fortune 100 • 8 of 10 top world banks • Worldwide customer base in all industries
Corporate Overview • Over 300 software vendors embed DataDirect technology • Over 60% of top 50 software vendors • 8 of top 10 packaged software vendors • 9 of top 10 application development and deployment vendors • 8 of top 10 system infrastructure vendors
Leading Provider to the Software Industry Business Applications
Product Overview – Connect • Wire-protocol connectivity to all major databases • No client libraries means better performance and easier deployment • Standards-based connectivity to all major databases • Support for multiple databases, and multiple versions of each database - with only one set of application code to develop and maintain • Flexible deployment – all platforms
Product Overview – Sequelink/Open Access • Flexible deployment – all platforms, all API’s: OLE DB, ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET, 32-bit and 64-bit • Sequelink-specific • Can connect to any database from any platform, as long as the database has an ODBC or JDBC driver • Open Access-specific • Connectivity to proprietary data sources • Standards-based connectivity to web services
Product Overview – Data Integration Suite (DIS) • XML Converters • Convert EDI to XML • Stylus Studio • Easy to use IDE • XQuery • Expose XML as a web service • Query relational and XML data • Insert XML data into relational databases
Product Features - Performance • Stronger throughput • More efficient use of memory and CPU cycles • Performance tuning options allow developers to optimize performance based on what the application is doing
Codeless Configuration/Rapid Application Modernization • Bulk Load • Stream data from cloud or relational data sources to other data sources • Allows for faster data integration and data migration to multiple data sources • Application Failover • Security • Kerberos • SSL
World Class Customer Support • Award winning technical support: • 24x7x365 • Live telephone support, extensive web resources • Co-located with development and QA teams in Europe, USA & Asia • NorthFace Award 10 consecutive years • Member of TSANET
Summary • Full featured, high-perfomance data access components from any platform/application, to any data source • Vendor viability, expertise, and award-winning customer support • Customer Case Studies: <link>
Contact Information • Paul Griffin • Phone: (919) 461-4314 • Email: paul.griffin@progress.com