SPEX ETL Tools 2001 report selects Sagent Data Load Server as a leading ETL solution
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-June 25, 2001-Sagent (Nasdaq: SGNT), a leading provider of Business Intelligence solutions, today announced that Sagent Data Load Server received excellent marks in ETL Tools 2001, an evaluation of extract, transform and load (ETL) tools. SPEX Research, the leading Internet authority for enterprise and Web-based software technology evaluations, conducted the review. SPEX is a division of META Group, a leading research and consulting firm, focusing on information technology and business transformation strategies.
Sagent Data Load Server earned exceptional marks in the areas of functionality, usability and technology. According to the SPEX Evaluation, Sagent's Data Load Server is "a solid product with particularly strong development and administrative features." Additionally, it states that Sagent's "history in business intelligence and current focus on analytical applications make the Data Load Server a suitable solution for customers looking for ETL strategies in these areas."
The study singled out Sagent Data Load Server for its scalability, as a result of included load balancing and fail over features, as well as its parallel and pipelined loading architecture, and built-in load monitoring and debugging capabilities. Additionally, the study identified Sagent's partnership with SAS Institute, the market leader in e-intelligence and data warehousing, as a strong point because it enables Sagent users to license SAS statistical libraries for advanced calculations and data transformations. The study also documented that the Sagent Data Load Server comes with more than 60 standard transforms out of the box, two of which are general purpose with the flexibility to create sophisticated analytic processing procedures, thereby offering more transformations. Another recognized strength is Sagent's Address Cleanser and Coder that provides built-in address-cleansing features and automatically standardizes addresses to defined standards.
The SPEX research focuses on such vital decision points as integration and architecture; platform support; data extraction, cleansing and transformation; and metadata management.
"Sagent Data Load Server's excellent marks in META's research study is evidence of our leadership and continuing efforts to evolve the power of data integration solutions," said Bob L. Flynn, vice president, marketing & strategy, Sagent. "Furthermore, this evaluation confirms that Sagent's focus on analytical applications and the building of an end-to-end solution make for a strong showing in the competitive market of business intelligence solutions."
About Sagent Data Load Server
Sagent Data Load Server is a high-performance application server for data extraction, transformation and loading. Featuring a multi-threaded, agent-based architecture, Data Load Server rapidly integrates information from multiple complex sources, including relational databases, flat file systems and multidimensional data warehouses and data marts. A centralized repository, powerful administration tools and support for all leading database platforms ensure that Data Load Server integrates seamlessly with existing IT infrastructure.
About SPEX
SPEX is the leading Internet authority for enterprise and Web-based software technology evaluations. A division of META Group (Nasdaq: METG), SPEX provides comprehensive enterprise software evaluations via the Internet to help global companies quickly select critical business applications and IT solutions. Additional information about SPEX and samples of SPEX evaluations can be found at www.checkspex.com. SPEX also delivers the premier portal for enterprise software selection and year round focused online conferences and exhibitions, EShortlist.com(tm), which can be found at www.eshortlist.com.
About Sagent
Sagent's suite of Business Intelligence solutions enables companies to measurably impact their business by implementing highly successful customer relationship and financial management initiatives. Through Sagent's powerful enabling technologies, organizations can easily and rapidly turn company data into relevant information that can be used for effective decision-making, analysis and reporting. Information can be extracted from multiple sources (internal and external), optimized for decision support and delivered in a customized format for Web-based or client applications. Even the most complex analytic application can be developed in weeks, not months.
More than 1,500 companies have selected Sagent software to enhance customer retention, cross-sell/up-sell, improve customer service, increase efficiencies of marketing campaigns, streamline business operations, analyze financials, and reduce costs. Customers include AT&T, BP Amoco, Boeing Employees Credit Union, Bristol Meyers, British Telecom, California State Automobile Association, Citibank, GPU Energy, Hughes Aircraft Employees Federal Credit Union, Johnson & Johnson (UK), Kemper National Insurance, Provident Central Credit Union, Safeway and Siemens. Sagent retains strategic relationships with partners such as Advent, Commerce One, Compaq, EDS, IBM, Microsoft, NEC and SAS. Sagent is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and can be reached at www.sagent.com.
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