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Data integration software – what makes it easy-to-use?

By mikew | Published August 31, 2010

As with any enterprise software, there are a number of criteria that determine if it is perceived to be easy to use relative to competitive offerings. In this blog entry, I’d like to examine some of the ease of use criteria that any ETL/data integration software should adhere to. Later on, I’d also like to [...]

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The importance of metadata in data integration

By mikew | Published August 26, 2010

End user companies are consistently stressing the importance of metadata as shown in various research studies conducted by Gartner, TDWI, and other analyst firms. So you ask, what has gone wrong; why are so many ETL and data integration vendors still not fully addressing this important aspect in their products? Let’s first look at some [...]

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Metadata: the cornerstone for tomorrow’s healthcare information management systems

By mikew | Published August 21, 2010

Our next monthly webinar on September 9 will feature Dr. David Fenstermacher, the Chair and Executive Director of the Department of Biomedical Informatics at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute.  The Moffitt Research Institute uses the expressor semantic data integration system to build its newComparative Effectiveness Research (CER) data warehouse. Dr. Fenstermacher [...]

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screenshot of the day: expressor Studio 3.0 pre-release 2

By systems | Published August 19, 2010

expressor Studio 3.0 is a free, easy to use, powerful (ETL and) data integration application that is based on breakthrough technology innovations to enable true semantic integration. expressor Studio lets you easily connect to a wide range of data sources, map your data fields to common business names and types, and graphically design complex data [...]

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Free vs open-source ETL. Is there a difference?

By mikew | Published August 17, 2010

The ETL / data integration market is constantly evolving and open source vendors have been leading the charge in providing some and in some instances all of their software for free. Those who chose to charge for just maintenance and services only have a hard time making their business models work. Those like Talend who [...]

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expressor insight series: in-sql motor

By | Published August 13, 2010

expressor 2.3 includes a large collection of connectors (motors) for relational, flat-file, xml, SAS files, Cobol-copybook, and other source and target data formats.  This blog entry is about explaining to you what our in-sql motor in expressor 2.3 is all about. Our in-table motor executes the equivalent of the statement SELECT * FROM table_name, where [...]

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Andy Leonard on data warehouse basics

By systems | Published August 11, 2010

Next week, on Aug 18, Andy Leonard will be starting the first part of his webinar series, which focuses on a discussion on data warehouse basics.  Andy will discuss what a data warehouse is and why you’ll get somewhat different answers depending on who you ask.  He will be looking at the beginning of this, [...]

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Building a scalable data warehouse for SQL Server

By mikew | Published August 6, 2010

Join Microsoft SQL Server MVP, Andy Leonard, and expressor Senior Director of Product Management, Michael Ruland, for this 4-part webinar series. The first session, Part 1, will take place on August 18, 2010 from 12pm EDT to 1pm EDT. Parts 2-4 will follow. • Part 1 – data warehousing basics • Part 2 – importance [...]

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August 2010: what is new at expressor?

By mikew | Published August 6, 2010

Our monthly newsletter – August 2010 edition – features an interview with CEO Bob Potter and summarizes a variety of exciting new company and product news, including: interview with CEO Bob Potter Skechers USA selects expressor for new data warehousing initiative expressor issues Q2 2010 momentum release expressor upgrades eval edition expressor/PPC webinar recording on [...]

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