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ETL industry veteran heads up product management

By | Published June 22, 2010

At the time we established expressor in mid 2007, we decided to assemble the very best data integration professionals in the industry. One of those individuals was Michael Ruland, who came to us from IBM. Michael had worked in the ETL/data integration space since its inception and served as a global technical architect in IBM’s [...]

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expressor vs Informatica / DataStage pricing

By mikew | Published May 20, 2010

We are often asked how expressor’s pricing compares with that of Informatica or IBM InfoSphere DataStage.  So let me take this opportunity and use a practical example for how a sales person of one of these two companies might quote you for an application that includes licenses for your development, QA & test, and production [...]

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YouTube video on lifecycle management for data integration

By systems | Published August 21, 2009

Just published another YouTube video segment from the Top 10 reasons to choose expressor series. Click below to see Rick Barton of Emunio Consulting talking about lifecycle management for data integration projects. And click here to download a copy of the Top 10 brochure. – Steve Casey, marketing

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data integration software pricing gone crazy

By systems | Published August 13, 2009

I was talking to one of our prospective customers the other day and was reminded again how addictive it is to fall into the enterprise software pricing trap, which is all about extorting every possible dollar out of a client’s IT budget so that the vendor can continue with its outdated and outrageous business model. [...]

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data integration cost reform (part one)

By systems | Published July 24, 2009

Many of us are enamored by the serious health care debate here in the US, which is aimed at providing coverage for every American while reducing the overall health care costs per capita (which are 6,000 dollars/year higher than in other industrialized nations) in the future. Without doubt, a similar cost reduction debate is beginning [...]

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Bloor Research recommends expressor software

By systems | Published July 2, 2009

The independent industry analysis firm Bloor Research has published an “InDetail Report” on expressor software, its place in the industry and the capabilities of the expressor semantic data integration system. Here’s a small excerpt from the report’s conclusion: “Anyone needing to process high volumes of data and/or needing to support complex processes should immediately put [...]

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share, share, it’s only fair

By systems | Published April 20, 2009

One of the questions I hear most often when talking to customers, partners, analysts or reporters is, “What does expressor mean by ‘semantic’ rationalization?” “Semantic” has quickly become one of those popular terms that is often misused or misunderstood if not placed in the proper technology or business context. I am not a marketing expert, [...]

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the tyranny of low expectations

By systems | Published November 10, 2008

Recently I have been talking to a potential expressor customer about performance. What always concerns me is the low expectations with regard to performance that most people have in data integration. This customer is in the retail space and is a household name. They currently utilize the Informatica product to load an EDW on a [...]

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