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Informix XML’s Its Metadata Transport Layer (3 Pages)
by M. Reed
May 22, 2000 Abstract : Informix® Corporation, has announced an XML Document Type Definition (DTD) for Extraction, Transformation, and Transport (ETT) of metadata. The DTD is designed to allow metadata sharing between different vendors’ products using the open XML standard.
Type: Article
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Informatica Conforms to Metadata Standard (3 Pages)
by M. Reed
Nov 10, 1999 Abstract : Informatica Corporation (Nasdaq: INFA), a major extract/transform/load tool vendor, today announced the general availability of MX2 1.6, the latest version of its Metadata Exchange (MX2) application programming interface (API). Informatica bills MX2 1.6 as the first object-oriented metadata exchange facility to support XML, a text-based programming language standard for integrating and managing bi-directional metadata exchange.
Type: Article
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Metadata Standards in the Marketplace – Why Do I Care? (And Where Does Godzilla Fit In?) (7 Pages)
by M. Reed
May 16, 2000 Abstract : Metadata (“data about data”) is essential for data warehousing. Metadata standards allow different products to interact. Without standards, different vendors’ tools cannot work together seamlessly and the customer’s warehousing effort is greatly complicated.
Type: Article
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Is There Finally a Metadata Exchange Standard on the Horizon? (3 Pages)
by M. Reed
Sep 28, 1999 Abstract : On September 27, a group of vendors including Oracle, IBM, Unisys, NCR, and Hyperion Solutions announced the submission of a metadata interchange standard to the OMG standards body. A common approach to metadata would allow products from different vendors to interact, a problem that has vexed customers for years. But will all the major vendors adopt the standard?
Type: Article
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Measuring the Value of Metadata by Baseline Consulting
Abstract : Ignoring the warning signs of missing metadata? Gramm-Bliley-Leach, Sarbanes Oxley (also known as “SOX” and “Sarbox”) and the Patriot Act are forerunners of the regulatory trend that has elevated the need for metadata. Increasing consumer demand for privacy and fallout from corporate accounting scandals are spurring regulatory agencies to putting better teeth into regulations; compliance increasingly depends on an ability to “prove it”—not just by certifying content, but also by demonstrating the process by which the information was developed and managed—and metadata is the key to traceability.
Type: White Paper
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Measuring the Value of Metadata by Baseline Consulting
Abstract : Ignoring the warning signs of missing metadata? Gramm-Bliley-Leach, Sarbanes Oxley (also known as “SOX” and “Sarbox”) and the Patriot Act are forerunners of the regulatory trend that has elevated the need for metadata. Increasing consumer demand for privacy and fallout from corporate accounting scandals are spurring regulatory agencies to putting better teeth into regulations; compliance increasingly depends on an ability to “prove it”—not just by certifying content, but also by demonstrating the process by which the information was developed and managed—and metadata is the key to traceability.
Type: White Paper
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Hummingbird Releases Genio 4.0 With Improved Support for Oracle, Business Objects, Cognos, and NCR (3 Pages)
by M. Reed
Jan 28, 2000 Abstract : Hummingbird Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ: 'HUMC' and TSE: 'HUM') has announced the immediate availability of Genio Suite 4.0. This release states improvements to usability, performance and openness to better support organizations as they implement large-scale enterprise data warehousing and e-commerce solutions.
Type: Article
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Now Just Where Did I Put My Search Engine? (3 Pages)
by Daniel Oldis
May 24, 2006 Abstract : Barraged with terms like 'structured and unstructured data,' 'enterprise search,' 'federated query,' and 'business intelligence and analytics,' corporate decision makers are awash in ambiguous and overlapping meanings. Making the distinction between metadata and data may reduce the confusion.
Type: Article
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Microsoft Goes Their Own Way with Data Warehousing Alliance 2000 (3 Pages)
by M. Reed
Dec 1, 1999 Abstract : Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) today announced that 47 applications and tools from 39 vendors throughout the industry have qualified for Microsoft« Data Warehousing Alliance 2000. Alliance members and partners are committed to delivering tools and applications based on the Microsoft Data Warehousing Framework 2000, an open architecture based on the open standards and services built into the Windows« 2000 operating system, Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and Office 2000.
Type: Article
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