| XML Journal
December 12, 2007
DataDirect Launches New Release of XML Converters and XQuery Engine
"DataDirect Technologies announced the latest release of its DataDirect XML Converters and DataDirect XQuery products." |
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| Computer Business Review
December 6, 2007
DataDirect Updates XML Converters and XQuery Engine
Connectivity software developer DataDirect Technologies has launched version 3.1 of the XML converter and XQuery engine at the XML 2007 conference and exposition in Boston.
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| Application Development Trends
December 5, 2007
Application Development Trends Reports: DataDirect Issues 3.1 Versions of XML Products
This post covers dataDirects recent upgrades of its two XML products; Data Direct XQuery and Data Direct XML Converters… |
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| SDTimes
December 1, 2007
Performance and scalability are enterprise-computing requirements for transaction processing, business intelligence, ERP suites, content management and other applications
This article demonstrates that high-volume Web sites, e-business and Internet applications require a robust security model, and investigates why performance, scalability and security are defining characteristics of top middleware for distributed SQL processing. It includes a feature checklist that those charged with maintaining a healthy enterprise data connectivity will find useful in selecting a middleware solution.” |
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| DB2 Magazine
November 9, 2007
The Great Undead, Part 2: The mainframe and the PC
This post celebrates those technologies that, despite having been pronounced dead or dying, continue to live long and prosper… |
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ebizQ
October 29, 2007
ZapThink Calls DataDirect's Data Access Technology Instrumental to SOA
This article announces that an independent report from ZapThink, a research and advisory firm specializing in XML, Web services and service orientation, views data access technology from DataDirect Technologies instrumental to the technical foundation of Service-Oriented Architectures (SOAs).
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ServerWatch
October 25, 2007
Mainframes Take Back Center Stage
This article on mainframe resurgence includes a quote from Gregg Willhoit, chief software architect for DataDirect Technologies: "What has transpired with the adoption of SOA [Service Oriented Architecture] and Web services is the ability to more fully exploit the robust nature of the mainframe platform to handle multiple, parallel workloads. The net result is the mainframe is now more of an equal participant in the overall IT infrastructure."
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Database Trends and Applications: 5-Minute Briefing
October 22, 2007
DataDirect Announces SOA Middleware to Run on Mainframe Specialty Engines
This article announces the upcoming availability of DataDirect Shadow version 7, which introduces new capabilities that allow SOA integration processing and data queries to be diverted form the mainframe's GPP and offloaded to the zIIP and/or zAAP speciality engines, thereby reducing costs.
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Dr. Dobb’s Portal
October 21, 2007
XQuery Your Office Documents
This article, by Marc Van Cappellen, a director of development at DataDirect Technologies, explores how the XML foundation of office documents (ODF and OOXML) has opened up new avenues for document and data integration and manipulation. Data once locked in proprietary binary formats can now be easily leveraged using familiar XML tools and technologies such as XQuery.
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Techworld
October 19, 2007
DataDirect launches new Shadow version
Rob Evelyn, vice president of strategy for DataDirect, was interviewed for this article announcing Shadow Version 7: "We exploit both the zIIP and zAAP processors so users no longer get charged for using the general purpose processor: we estimate that they could save something like 90 percent of the workload, saving thousands of dollars."
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InfoWorld
October 19, 2007
DataDirect touts mainframe SOA technology
This article announces the upcoming DataDirect Shadow version 7 for mainframe SOA environments. Version 7 incorporates technology to exploit IBM mainframe specialty engines to reduce mainframe costs of ownership and improve SOA.
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NetworkWorld
October 19, 2007
DataDirect launches new Shadow version
This article announces the new version of DataDirect Technologies’ mainframe integration tool, Shadow 7. The new version will slash the total cost of ownership for IBM mainframe users. Rob Evelyn, vice president of strategy for DataDirect is quoted, saying "We exploit both the zIIP and zAAP processors so users no longer get charged for using the general purpose processor: we estimate that they could save something like 90% of the workload, saving thousands of dollars."
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Datamonitor ComputerWire
Reproduced with kind permission of DataMonitor ComputerWire
October 18, 2007
DataDirect Adds Zip and Zap to Mainframe SOA Tooling
This article announces that DataDirect is releasing a new version of its mainframe integration tool, Shadow 7 "DataDirect's Shadow mainframe data conversion and access tools support SOA while economizing on the MIPS. The new version of Shadow 7 adds BPEL 2 support, but focuses the processing away from the core z processor, meaning you pay for less MIPS."
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Application Development Trends
October 17, 2007
DataDirect Puts the zIIP in SOA Mainframes
This article details the significant upgrades included in Shadow version 7, DataDirect’s mainframe integration solution, which includes the unique ability to exploit IBM’s latest mainframe “System z” specialty engines (zIIP and zAAP) to lower total cost of ownership.
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eWeek.com
October 15, 2007
DataDirect Makes Mainframe SOA a zIIP, zAAP Snap
This article announces the release of DataDirect Shadow version 7, which incorporates new patent-pending technology that exploits IBM's mainframe specialty engines, which can reduce mainframe ownership costs and improve SOA performance |
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 | SearchVB.com
October 15, 2007 DataDirect database drivers now support MySQL
DataDirect has announced that its ODBC and JDBC drivers now support MySQL Enterprise Server. This support is available in the following products: DataDirect Connect for ODBC (32-bit access); DataDirect Connect64 for ODBC (64-bit access); DataDirect Connect for JDBC.
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| Network Computing
October 15, 2007 Progress Announces Sonic Deployment Manager and DataDirect Shadow 7
This article announces Shadow version 7, a new version of DataDirect’s mainframe integration package that features improved support for SOA standards and IBM's zSeries hardware. “The most important new features in Shadow 7 are support for BPEL (business process execution language) and the ability to run on IBM's zIIP (Integrated Information Processor) and zAAP (Application Assist Processor) Specialty Engine modules.”
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| SDTimes
October 15, 2007
DataDirect Shows Off New Shadow: New mainframe tools for SOA, new connectors for MySQL
This article announces the release of a major update to DataDirect’s Shadow mainframe integration suite and expanded support for DataDirect’s line of database drivers to include MySQL. “The forthcoming Shadow version 7 is based on technology that takes advantage of specialty processing engines in IBM’s System z9; DataDirect has at least one patent pending on the technology. The System z’s specialty processing engines offer mainframe customers a sort of free lunch: They are not speed-governed and do not count against one’s contracted mainframe processing capability, thereby reducing costs.” |
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| ComputerWeekly.com
October 12, 2007
Shadow Promises Mainframe Saving
With the release of Shadow version 7, DataDirect will enable businesses running IBM z/OS mainframes to save on software licensing costs by offloading applications on to dedicated mainframe processors. |
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Application Development Trends
October 9, 2007
DataDirect Rolls Out Enterprise MySQL Driver
DataDirect Technologies' latest database drivers now support MySQL Enterprise Server, the most widely deployed commercial MySQL database. DataDirect offers three solutions for MySQL Enterprise Server: DataDirect Connect for 32-bit ODBC access; DataDirect Connect64 for 64-bit ODBC access; and DataDirect Connect for JDBC access. |
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| DBTA 5-Minute Briefing
October 8, 2007
DataDirect Announces Support for MySQL Enterprise Server
DataDirect Technologies announced its database drivers now support the MySQL Enterprise Server, the commercial version of the open source database. The drivers include DataDirect Connect for ODBC, DataDirect Connect64 for ODBC, and DataDirect Connect for JDBC. The drivers support every leading commercial and open source operating system, application server and database. |
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 | CRN Channel News
October 1, 2007
Just say no to proprietary APIs
This article, by Terrence Cooke, vice president of international sales at DataDirect Technologies, details how licensing a third-party software development kit is the best approach to creating standards-based APIs over any proprietary data source to save development effort. He also explains the capabilities in a best-of-breed API SDK.
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HardCopy Magazine
September 2007
Getting Connected
This article covers the number of ways you can connect an application to a database, explaining standard APIs such as JDBC, ADO.NET, and ODBC and the third party drivers available for leading databases, including DataDirect. Mark Troester, DataDirect Director of Product Marketing, is quoted in the article about the reasons why you should purchase a third-party driver vs. using the driver provided by the database vendors, such as performance, scalability, and interoperability. |
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Database Trends and Applications
September 2007
In My View: The Importance of Industrial Strength Data Access
In this article, database middleware expert Ken North describes the important criteria for data access such as performance and scalability, multi-platform flexibility, security, and reliability. He also discusses the influences driving the need for industrial strength data access. |
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Datamonitor ComputerWire
September 5, 2007
Dover Picks DataDirect for Cross-Channel Translation
"The UK's Port of Dover, home of the cross-channel ferry, has streamlined its customs operations to cope with new messaging standards using DataDirect Technologies' XML converters." |
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CBROnline.com
September 5, 2007
UK Port Picks DataDirect for Cross-Channel Translation
The UK's Port of Dover has streamlined its customs operations to cope with new messaging standards using DataDirect Technologies' XML converters. |
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Computerworld UK
September 3, 2007
Port of Dover overhauls customs clearance messaging
"Port of Dover has now introduced XML Converters from DataDirect Technologies to handle its customs clearance messaging after realising that the in-house system's electronic data interchange (EDI) translator could not be developed to meet the new EDI for Administration, Commerce, and Transport (Edifact) standards enshrined in the SAD harmonisation rules." |
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The SOA Magazine
September 3, 2007
SOA and the Importance of XQuery
This article, by Carlo Innocenti, XML Architect at DataDirect Technologies, explores in-depth how the XQuery feature-set can be leveraged in support of SOA, including a description of XQuery and data management interfaces, XQuery code examples, as well as performance and scalability considerations. |
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SOA World Magazine
September, 2007
Product Review: Stylus Studio XML IDE - Providing tools to work efficiently with XML
Vijay Phagura, a professional Java/J2EE consultant with over 20 years of experience in software architecture and development, provides an in-depth review of DataDirect's Stylus Studio product: "Overall I found Stylus Studio very useful and it can save you tons of time and effort while fine-tuning XML applications. This tool can increase developer productivity and the quality of your applications." |
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Align Journal
August 29, 2007
Case Study: The Seattle Times Updates Its Infrastructure and Lets the Presses Roll
John Saum, manager of Architecture and Design with The Seattle Times IT Department, wrote this case study about how they modernized their infrastructure to enable real-time payment processing to its customers. Using the DataDirect Shadow mainframe SOA tool enabled the mainframe to act as a participant in the SOA implementation and leverage the inherent strengths of the mainframe – reliability, scalability, and security. |
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MC Press Online
August 28, 2007
Middleware? Who Cares? - One of the great clichés of the development world is that developers don't care about middleware.
This article, by Mark Troester, Director of Product Marketing at DataDirect Technologies, details the reasons that developers need to pay close attention to database connectivity or they risk seriously compromising the performance of the very application on which they have spent so much time and effort. |
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Baseline Magazine
August 24, 2007
Case Study: Miami-Dade County - How Web Services Increase Accessibility
This case study describes how Miami-Dade County needed to tap applications and data previously available only through its mainframe. They used DataDirect Shadow to make Web services available from the mainframe, along with developer tools to define the application code that would be exposed as services. |
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Java Developers Journal
August 16, 2007
SYS-CON Media Announces the 2007 Java Developer's Journal Readers' Choice Awards
SYS-CON Media, the world’s leading i-technology media and events company, has announced the winners and finalists of its 2007 Java Developer’s Journal Readers’ Choice Awards. The awards recognize the best products and tools for Java technologies in 29 categories… |
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Z/Journal
August 7, 2007
Mainframe SOA Performance and TCO: Exploiting zIIP/zAAP Specialty Engines Through Next-Generation Middleware
This article, by Gregg Willhoit, DataDirect Technologies' Chief Software Architect, explores the benefits of the System z9 Integrated Information Processor (zIIP) and System z Application Assist Processor (zAAP) specialty engines for mainframe middleware. |
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Open Source Matters Blog
The Impact of 'Open' XQuery
The Open Source Matters blog features an interview that Integration Developer News did with Carlo Innocenti, XML Architect, XML Technologies, DataDirect Technologies. |
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Health Imaging News
August 2, 2007
DataDirect Technologies latest HL7 benefactor
Health Level Seven (HL7), an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based healthcare IT standards development organization announced that DataDirect Technologies has become the organization's latest benefactor member. HL7 benefactor members provide financial support to the organization for the development of industry-critical standards and products |
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SQL Server Magazine
August 2007
SQL Server Standouts: The 2007 Editor's Choice Awards honor 17 exceptional SQL Server products
SQL Server Magazine's August cover story on Best Products features DataDirect Connect for ADO.NET, which was the gold winner in the development tools category. The magazine quoted an ISV senior software engineer whose company uses DataDirect Connect: "DataDirect was the logical choice ... well suited to [their] requirements, and pleasantly bug free. A significant benefit is that DataDirect ADO.NET's APIs more closely resemble JDBC APIs than do those of other vendors [thus] reducing the effort in maintaining parallel Java and .NET versions of products." |
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SQL Server Magazine
August 2007
The Best of TechEd 2007
For the third consecutive year, Penton Media's Windows IT Pro, SQL Server Magazine and Office & Sharepoint Pro.com announced that DataDirect Technologies' DataDirect Connect for ADO.NET data providers were selected as a finalist for the Best of Tech-Ed 2007 Awards in the Database Developer and Administration category. |
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DMReview
August 1, 2007
Just Say No to Proprietary APIs
Dipak Patel, senior director of development for OpenAccess at DataDirect Technologies, wrote this article which details how easy and cost-effective a comprehensive API SDK can make it to provide standards-based access to applications previously restricted to access via proprietary APIs. |
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IBM Systems Magazine
July/August 2007
Case Studies: Order in the Court - A division of a Florida court consolidated its varied data sources
This case study of the 17th Judicial Circuit, State of Florida, details how the Court consolidated its data sources using DataDirect Shadow to move mainframe data to the System i DB2 database in real time. |
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IBM Systems Magazine
July/August 2007
Product News: Shadow
This story covers the new capabilities in the DataDirect Shadow mainframe integration suite, including new security optimization and management features, Web services tester and an enhanced development for rapid service-oriented architecture (SOA). |
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Information Week
July 7, 2007
Two Ways To Deal With SOA's Data Integration Challenge
DataDirect Technologies is mentioned in this article as an alternate way to integrate data across Web services. |
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Insurance Networking News
July 1, 2007
Mixing SOA and Batch Apps
This article, by Gartner research vice president Dale Vecchio, discusses how service-oriented architecture can fit with batch processes. He mentions the use DataDirect's Shadow product to provide the navigation and communication support for Web services. |
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Datamonitor Computerwire
June 22, 2007
DAF Trucks Takes Mainframe to SOA
"Europe's third largest supplier of trucks, DAF Trucks, announced that Progress Software's Data Direct Technologies Shadow z/Services is the key enabling component for integrating mainframe systems into its service-oriented architecture." |
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ComputerworldUK
June 20, 2007
Truck firm DAF shifts from mainframe to SOA
European truck giant DAF is using Shadow z/Services from DataDirect Technologies to integrate its mainframe legacy systems into its SOA. |
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SD Times
June 2007
The Fifth SD Times 100
DataDirect Technologies is selected as one of the SD Times 100—those companies that demonstrate leadership in their market: "Its connectivity and integration tools continue to set the mark for others in the industry. In 2006, the company's new XQuery technology joined the fray and made its mark." |
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TheServerSide.NET
June 14, 2007
Hibernate, NHibernate, drivers and data
Jack Vaughn of TheServerSide.NET recently interviewed Jonathan Bruce, DataDirect's Program Manager for .NET, at Microsoft Tech-Ed in Orlando. Bruce explained what happens when data drivers are overlooked when implementing Hibernate/NHibernate. |
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Database Trends & Applications
May 29, 2007
DBTA's 5-Minute Briefing quotes DataDirect XML Technologies Program Manager Minollo Innocenti, on the 3.0 release of DataDirect XQuery: "The new version of the API 'will have a major impact on how easily users will be able to use DataDirect XQuery and the level of flexibility, performance and scalability that people will be able to enjoy…' " |
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Enterprise Systems
May 29, 2007
DataDirect Accelerates DB2 for z/OS Performance
Enterprise Systems announces the new version of DataDirect's Shadow mainframe integration suite. The revamped Shadow offers new data connectivity features and development tools for mainframe DB2 and IAM databases. |
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| Redmond Developer News
May 22, 2007
DataDirect XQuery 3.0 Released
DataDirect Technologies has released version 3.0 of its XQuery processor. The article quotes an engineering consultant for The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which implemented XQuery: "What once took 50 Java classes and 150 SQL statements was reduced to just a single Java class and seven XQueries using the DataDirect XQuery product." |
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Database Trends and Applications
May 21, 2007
DataDirect Expands Support for DB2 on z/OS
DBTA's 5-Minute Briefing announces the new data connectivity features and development tools for mainframe DB2 and IAM databases within DataDirect's Shadow mainframe integration suite. |
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Software Business
May 21, 2007
Are Data Connectivity Issues Sabotaging your Software Sales?
This article, by Eric Egertson, Vice President of Sales for DataDirect, was written to help commercial software vendors evaluate third-party database connectivity vendors. The article covers what attributes to look for in the product and vendor so that software evaluations go more quickly, the pilot phase of the sales cycle progresses, and revenue is realized faster. |
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SYS-Con's SOA World Magazine
May 21, 2007
DataDirect Technologies Launches DataDirect XQuery 3.0
DataDirect Technologies has released version 3.0 of the DataDirect XQuery product. For XQuery applications that need to insert, update or delete data in relational tables, DataDirect XQuery version 3.0 allows users to update relational data within XQuery. |
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DM Review
May 14, 2007
DataDirect Technologies Heightens Security in Application Infrastructure
DataDirect Technologies announces enhanced security features to its line of data connectivity products (ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET) supporting all major databases, platforms and data sources. |
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z/Journal
May 10, 2007
DataDirect Technologies Extends Mainframe Data Integration Leadership
z/Journal announces new data connectivity features and development tools for mainframe DB2 and IAM databases within DataDirect's industry leading Shadow mainframe integration integration suite. |
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ebizQ
May 7, 2007
DataDirect Enhances Security Features of Data Connectivity Products
ebizQ announces the enhanced security features in DataDirect's comprehensive line of data connectivity products, which support all major databases, platforms and data sources. These features, such as operating system authentication and support for SSL data encryption, help organizations implement rigorous security policies to protect information assets and comply with regulatory requirements. |
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Enterprise OpenSource Magazine
May 7, 2007
64-Bit Linux Applications Need High-Quality 64-bit Database Connectivity
This article, written by DataDirect Product Manager Mike Frost, details how businesses may not be realizing the full benefits of 64-bit Linux by not choosing the right 64-bit database connectivity. |
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The SOA Network
May 1, 2007
DataDirect Technologies Extends its Leadership in XML Data Integration with Launch of New XML Converters
DataDirect Technologies today announced the availability of version 3.0 of its DataDirect XML Converters. The high-performance Java and .NET components provide bi-directional, programmatic access to virtually any non-XML file including Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), flat files and other legacy formats. |
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dBusiness News
May 1, 2007
DataDirect Technologies Extends its Leadership in XML Data Integration with Launch of New XML Converters
DataDirect Technologies today announced the availability of version 3.0 of its DataDirect XML Converters. The high-performance Java and .NET components provide bi-directional, programmatic access to virtually any non-XML file including Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), flat files and other legacy formats. |
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SQL Server Magazine
April 26, 2007
Simplify XML Conversion
SQL Server Magazine interviewed Carlo Innocenti, XML Technologies Program Manager at DataDirect Technologies, on why the XML data type in SQL Server 2005 has been slow to catch on. The article also explains the need for DataDirect XML Converters for converting EDI files to XML format and highlights version 3.0 of the Converters, which you can embed directly in .NET or Java applications. |
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SearchWebServices.com
April 25, 2007
DataDirect releases new XML converters for SOA
DataDirect Technologies announced the availability of version 3.0 of its DataDirect XML Converters. "As more companies turn to XML for the exchange of mission-critical data with trading partners, to conduct e-commerce and to ease data aggregation and service-oriented architectures (SOA) integration projects, they are seeking tools to easily convert legacy data formats into XML and back without a major re-architecting of their applications." |
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Sys-Con Media
April 25, 2007
DataDirect Launches New XML Converters
More companies turn to XML to ease data aggregation and SOA integration projects. The DataDirect XML Converters products were created to maximize XML developer productivity by helping to eliminate some of the common challenges associated with XML data integration both in software development and deployment. |
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artima developer
April 25, 2007
DataDirect Releases XML Converters
DataDirect released a set of components for Java and .NET aimed to automate the conversion of assorted data sources, such as flat files and EDI messages, to XML. In an interview with Artima, DataDirect product manager Carlo Innocenti talks about the new products, as well as about developers' changing attitude toward XML. |
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Application Development Trends
April 18, 2007
Understanding XML Query Standards
This Tech Brief, by DataDirect Product Marketing Manager Nancy Vodicka, explains what the W3C's Recommendation status means for XQuery, why we need standards for XML and relational databases, how to put XQuery to use, and the differences between the various XQuery commercial implementations. |
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PublicTechnology.net
April 13, 2007
Case study: Land Registry improves its mainframe access performance
Land Registry, a long-time customer of DataDirect Shadow mainframe integration software, wanted to improve the performance of accessing its DB2 mainframe, enhance operational capabilities, make more efficient use of machine resources, and provide for future increase in volume. This case study describes how upgrading to the latest version of Shadow enabled them to take full advantage of the Dynamic to Static SQL analyser to improve performance, as well as the Shadow Instrumentation Server to simplify systems management and graphically view all integration activity across their Sysplex environment. |
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The SOA Magazine
April 3, 2007
Modernizing the Mainframe for SOA: Considerations for Transforming Mainframe Assets into Services
This article, by DataDirect's Dan Finerty, discusses how to transform the mainframe into an active, industry-standard participant of SOA implementations, providing guidelines to ensuring that the mainframe's strengths are leveraged. |
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| Redmond Developer News
April 2007
Understanding XML Query Standards
This Tech Brief, by DataDirect Product Marketing Manager Nancy Vodicka, explains what the W3C's Recommendation status means for XQuery, why we need standards for XML and relational databases, how to put XQuery to use, and the differences between the various XQuery commercial implementations. |
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SD Times
April, 2007
SD Times featured DataDirect XQuery in its April 2007 edition under News Briefs: New Products. |
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Network Computing
March 29, 2007
"…middleware providers such as Progress Software's DataDirect, support the emerging XQuery standard, which will serve a role similar to that of SQL. This will allow querying, manipulation and processing of XML data as easily as an Oracle or SQL Server database is queried today." |
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Presto Vivace Blog
March 27, 2007
Using XQuery to process and integrate XML, relational, web services, and legacy data
DataDirect's Carlo Innocenti (Minollo) gave this presentation at the Washington D.C. XML Users Group in March. This blog entry by an attendee summarizes the session. |
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Government Technology
March 23, 2007
X Factor
"You can do some very powerful things with just a very few lines of code," Senior Software Architect Hank Hoffman said in this month's issue of Government Technology, while he explained that XQuery makes interpreting and managing masses of XML data a much simpler proposition. |
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Application Development Trends
March 19, 2007
SOA Deals: IBM Combines Virtualization With SOA
Application Development Trends profiles a number of companies who announced partnerships or product enhancement efforts to boost their service-oriented architecture (SOA) offerings. This includes the addition of Security Optimization and Management capabilities to the DataDirect Shadow mainframe integration suite. |
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Database Trends and Applications
March 12, 2007
DataDirect Announces Mainframe SOA Security and Development Features
DBTA's 5-Minute Briefing outlines how the new Security Optimization and Management features in DataDirect Shadow address the security challenges created from the expanded role of the mainframe in SOAs. |
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DevX.com
March 9, 2007
An XQuery Servlet for RESTful Data Services
This article, by DataDirect's Jonathan Robie, details how to expose XQuery data integration services by invoking them through a Java servlet using a REST interface. |
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DMReview
March 8, 2007
DataDirect Technologies Optimizes Web Services Security and Development
DMReview outlines the new capabilities in DataDirect's mainframe integration suite, Shadow, such as its security optimization and management (SOM) features. |
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eBizQ
March 6, 2007
DataDirect's Shadow Gets New Capabilities
ebizQ announces the new capabilities within DataDirect's industry leading Shadow mainframe integration suite for optimizing Web services security, testing and development across a broad range of mainframe databases, business logic and screen-based applications. |
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SOA World Magazine
March 6, 2007
Optimizing Web Services Security and Development Made Easier by DataDirect
SOA World interviewed John Goodson, DataDirect VP of Product Operations, on the new capabilities announced with the DataDirect Shadow mainframe integration suite. |
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Application Development Trends
February 16, 2007
Analyst: Leverage the Mainframe's Strengths in SOA
Application Development Trends summarizes the results of a recent white paper by ZapThink, "The Mainframe as a First Class SOA Participant." |
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Database Trends and Applications
February 2007
Virtualization Spreads Through the Data Center
This article on virtualization quotes John Goodson, vice president of product operations for DataDirect Technologies, on one way to manage the explosion of data via a single, virtualized view of the data: "XQuery provides a consolidated view of all your data. You can still do reporting through a single back end, but the data remains in a virtual state." |
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Integration Developer News
January 31, 2007
DataDirect: Houston, We Have XQuery 1.0
IDN interviewed Carlo Innocenti, architect of XML technology at DataDirect, about why XQuery 1.0 as a standard is an important milestone, why companies would be interested in it, and the next steps for vendors in ramping up XQuery adoption. |
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XML Journal
January 26, 2007
XQuery 1.0 Reaches Official Recommendation Status with W3C
This article announces that the XQuery language is now an official standard and quotes Jonathan Robie, XQuery Technology Lead at DataDirect and W3C XQuery Working Group Member: "[DataDirect] XQuery handles even large XML files (upwards of 20+GB). It also handles relational database and more." |
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SearchWebServices.com
January 24, 2007
XQuery, the SQL for SOA, wins final W3C approval
"The optimization capabilities are one of the primary features where XQuery can make life easier for Web services developers, said Jonathan Robie, XQuery technology lead at DataDirect Technologies Inc. and one of the editors who worked on the language. He said a system using XQuery will know how to optimize processes." |
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Database Trends and Applications
January 2007
This article, by DataDirect staff members Jonathan Robie and Brian Anderson, outlines the key criteria for a successful SOA architecture, such as the ability to efficiently process XML and to easily incorporate data from a variety of sources. |
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Network Computing
January 22, 2007
W3C's XQuery Language Standard
Jonathan Robie, XQuery technology lead at DataDirect, was interviewed for this article, which gives the lowdown on the XQuery standard - the promise, the players, and practical applications. |
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Dr. Dobbs Journal
January 19, 2007
W3C's XQuery Language Standard: Setting the Stage for Changes in Database Management
The W3C's XQuery language standard is a catalyst for dramatic changes in database management; it will let businesses evolve relational systems to access, analyze and manage a wider range of data and information. |
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SQL Server Magazine
January 2007
Industry Briefing: DataDirect's XQuery Provides XML Collaboration
"…what makes DataDirect XQuery unique is that DataDirect XQuery is platform-agnostic; it runs on any Java-based platform. DataDirect's newest version of the product, XQuery 2.0, includes a streaming XML adapter for reducing the amount of memory needed to process large XML documents, performance enhancements, and configurable scalability options." |
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TechDecisions for Insurance
January 2007
Web Services - Be Consistent
"[DataDirect's] Web services tool enabled Kansas City Life not only to offer its agents and customers a better view of policy information but to reach out into niche markets." |
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2007 SllA Codie Awards
January 15, 2007
2007 Codie Award Finalists
DataDirect Connect for ADO.NET and DataDirect XQuery earn finalist status in the Codie Awards for the following two categories: Best Software Development Solution and Best Web Services Solution. |
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Manufacturing Business Technology
January 15, 2007
WebMethods partnership leads to SOA integration solutions
"Recognizing mainframe applications as key components of many business processes, webMethods Senior VP Arnold Huffman says [DataDirect] Shadow offers users a reliable and scalable means for capitalizing on core functionality within SOA." |
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Government Computer News
January 8, 2007
XQuery hits its stride
This article confirms from yet another source that XQuery is gaining steam for dealing with XML. "Jonathan Robie, one of the designers of XQuery and now chief scientist at XQuery tool vendor DataDirect Technologies of Bedford, Mass., noted he's seen a sea change in attendee response [at XML 2006 Conference]. Whereas he used to get only confused stares and basic questions, now the discussions are getting more sophisticated." |
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.NET Developer's Journal
December 2006 Get the Most from .NET with Oracle, DB2, and Sybase Databases
Mark Troester, senior manager of product marketing for DataDirect Technologies, wrote this article about how exercising forethought in designing data-driven .NET applications can save you time, trouble, and expense. |
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Business Integration Journal
November/December 2006 Advancing SOA with Real-Time Events
Chris Garner, vice president of research and development for DataDirect’s Shadow mainframe integration products, wrote this article about the impact of real-time events on SOA and the implications this has for the enterprise. The article describes in detail the evolution of SOA as an architectural approach and the advantages of combining it with Event-Driven Architecture (EDA) to create a “Real-Time Enterprise.” |
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| Redmond Developer News
December 2006
Case Study: Making Connections - The Fox Network Group faces some major hurdles when it moved from .NET 1.0 to the .NET 2.0 framework
Fox Network needed a dependable connection to its sales database, Sybase, when they moved to the Microsoft 2.0 framework. However, the Sybase driver did not support 2.0 and resulted in faulty connections. This case study outlines the differences between the ADO.NET 1.0 and 2.0 specifications and how Fox was able to successfully launch its new sales application and potentially save thousands of dollars in development and testing time. |
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| SOA Web Services Journal
December 14, 2006
Complete Data Integration Through XQuery
This article by Jonathan Robie, XQuery technology lead at DataDirect, explains in detail how XQuery offers businesses an efficient way to query data found in various data sources and how a good implementation can simplify development significantly, improve performance, increase code reusability, and make systems more maintainable. |
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| Computerworld
December 7, 2006
Q&A: Getting a grip on XQuery
Computerworld interviewed Jonathan Robie, XQuery technology lead at DataDirect Technologies and one of the prime movers behind the XQuery standard, about XQuery's importance and its effect on business IT users. |
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| SOA Web Services Journal
December 6, 2006
DataDirect Announces XQuery.com for SOA Projects
This article announces a new XQuery website where visitors will find the information they need to use XQuery with data integration, SOA, and web services, including a robust library of technical white papers, tutorials, real-world examples and more. |
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| Linux Journal
December 6, 2006
DataDirect Announces XQuery.com for SOA Projects
This article announces a new XQuery website where visitors will find the information they need to use XQuery with data integration, SOA, and web services, including a robust library of technical white papers, tutorials, real-world examples and more. |
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| DM Review
December 6, 2006
DataDirect Technologies' Shadow Marks Five Year Anniversary as First Mainframe Web Services Product
"When first introduced, the Shadow Web services technology was a significant advancement over existing mainframe integration techniques. DataDirect has continued to advance mainframe interoperability with the delivery of the unified Shadow mainframe integration suite." |
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| GRIDtoday
December 5, 2006
DataDirect Intros XQuery.com
"With the W3C XQuery Standard fast approaching Recommendation status, we wanted to offer the software developer community a one-stop destination for obtaining the most relevant XQuery information and how-to advice from recognized XML and XQuery experts." |
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| Artima Developer
December 5, 2006
Jonathan Robie on When to Use XQuery
Artima interviewed XQuery co-creator Jonathan Robie about how XQuery can simplify application design, why XQuery may sometimes render an object model unnecessary, and how XQuery fits into a RESTful world view. |
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| eBizQ
December 4, 2006
DataDirect's Shadow Turns Five
This article summarizes how Shadow has expanded significantly from when it was first released in December 2001, and includes recognition from DataDirect partners CA and webMethods. |
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| zJournal
December 4, 2006
DataDirect's Shadow Marks Five-Year Anniversary
Shadow z/Services was first released in December 2001 as a solution for transforming mainframe screen and business applications into Web services, ushering in a new period of mainframe interoperability with distributed platforms. |
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| DM Review
December 1, 2006
XQuery Levels the Data Integration Playing Field
This article examines the hurdles associated with data integration, offers guidance on ways to overcome these barriers, and provides an overview of XQuery's pivotal role. |
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| Java Developer's Journal
November 28, 2006
Java Feature – JDBC 4.0
This article, co-authored by DataDirect's John Goodson and Mark Biamonte, looks at several features that made the enhancement list for JDBC 4.0 and why they are important. |
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| ComputerWorld Australia
November 21, 2006
XQuery, Learning by Example |
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| InfoWorld
November 15, 2006
XQuery and the Power of Learning by Example
If you set out to explore XQuery, the XML query language, you'll soon encounter a collection of examples, or use-cases, that show how XQuery can query and transform XML data. |
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| Database Trends and Applications
November 7, 2006
DataDirect Buys OpenAccess Software
John Goodson, vice president of product operations and marketing at DataDirect Technologies is interviewed about the acquisition of OpenAccess. |
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| DM Review
November 2, 2006
DataDirect Technologies and MetaMatrix Partner to Extend Benefits of Data Service Management to Mainframe Data Sources
MetaMatrix will embed DataDirect Shadow mainframe integration technology into its family of products, extending data services management to the mainframe. |
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| International Developer
October 2006
Middleware? Who cares?
This article, by Mark Troester, senior manager for product marketing at DataDirect Technologies, explains why not paying attention to database connectivity can seriously compromise the performance of applications on which developers have spent so much time and care on coding. |
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| Database Trends and Applications
October 23, 2006
DataDirect Announces Data Connectivity Support for IBM Information Server
Offers broader mainframe access to distributed database platforms using DataDirect's Shadow z/Services WsC Web Services Consumption tool. |
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| SOA Web Services Journal
September 28, 2006
DataDirect XQuery 2.0 Key Component to SOAs – ZapThink Report Findings
DataDirect XQuery version 2.0 is robust enough to overcome the performance challenges imposed by very large XML messages that potentially threaten the viability of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) implementations. |
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| Tekrati
September 19, 2006
ZapThink Finds DataDirect XQuery 2.0 Can Overcome XML-related Performance Challenges
"DataDirect XQuery version 2.0 addresses the XML reporting problem of how to provide business visibility into large quantities of XML data in a flexible manner worthy of SOA." |
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| Application Development Trends
August 31, 2006
Success Stories from the Age of Legacy Integration |
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| Enterprise Systems Journal
August 29, 2006
Case Study: Integrating Mainframe and Web-based Data Entry |
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| zJournal
August/September 2006
Database Connectivity for Critical Business Systems: What an IT Manager Needs to Know |
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| SQL Server Magazine
August 2006
The Best of Tech Ed 2006 |
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ComputerWorld
August 7, 2006
Proving SOA Worth Is a Big Challenge for IT
This article explores how companies are justifying their investment in SOA technology to solve integration challenges, including the National Rural Electric Cooperative, who use DataDirect's Shadow z/Services to help boost customer satisfaction while extending the life of their mainframe system. |
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Federal Computer Week
July 10, 2006
Mainframe at your service:
Service–oriented architecture is making big iron a first–class player — again
This article highlights Miami-Dade County’s use of DataDirect Technologies Shadow z/Services to wrap existing mainframe software application logic into ready-to-use Web services and then deploy them within its portal environment, which is based on the J2EE platform. |
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| Computerworld
July 10, 2006
DataDirect Updates XQuery Engine |
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| Application Development Trends
July 5, 2006
Mainframe Data Integration Made Easy with SOA |
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| SYS-CON TV
June 28, 2006
Podcast: Interview with Charles Gold |
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| Enterprise Open Source Magazine
June 28, 2006
DataDirect XQuery 2.0 Addresses XML, Web Services |
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| Application Development Trends
June 28, 2006
New XQuery Version Aids the Dev of Diverse Data |
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| Computing News
June 27, 2006
DataDirect XQuery 2.0 is Launched
DataDirect XQuery v. 2.0 provides fast, reliable and scalable XQuery support for all major relational databases and runs on any Java platform. |
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| Database Trends and Applications
June 27, 2006
Breaking News - DataDirect Releases DataDirect XQuery 2.0
DataDirect XQuery 2.0 comes with support for the latest working draft of the XQuery specification, includes performance enhancements for large XML documents, and features added support for flat file formats. |
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| SYS-CON
June 26, 2006
DataDirect Accelerates Mainframe SOA Deployment |
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| zJournal
June 26, 2006
DataDirect Shadow z/ Services Streamlines Integration |
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| SearchVB.com
June 2, 2006
DataDirect Connects Databases to .NET Applications |
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| Enterprise Open Source Journal
May/June 2006
Data Connectivity for Business-Critical Systems in Mixed Source Environments |
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| zJournal
April/May 2006
Service Oriented Architecture; Extending Mainframe Functionality |
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| Database Trends and Applications
May 23, 2006
DBTA 5 Minute Briefing: DataDirect Technologies Unveils DataDirect Connect for ADO.NET 3.0 |
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| Artima Developer
May 19, 2006
Podcast: Interviews from Java One with Charles Gold, Senior Director Worldwide Marketing at DataDirect Technologies |
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| Business Integration Journal
May 17, 2006
DataDirect Technologies Enhances .NET Enterprise Applications |
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EbizQ.net
May 16, 2006
DataDirect Launches DataDirect Connect for ADO.NET |
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Computer Business Review
May 16, 2006
DataDirect Offers .NET data access |
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IT Backbones
May 16, 2006
DataDirect Technologies Plugs Gaps for Microsoft .NET Developers With New Release of DataDirect Connect for ADO.NET |
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WebProNews
April 18, 2006
New Report On XML Data Integration Tool
"A recently released report by ZapThink touts the ability of DataDirect's standards-based XQuery, a java component for integrating relational and XML data, to address the challenges involved in data integration and allow the user to determine runtime infrastructure." |
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XML Journal
December 20, 2005
Progress Software Acquires NEON systems to Enhance its Mainframe SOA and Web Services Offerings
"The combination of the two companies will offer customers an unparalleled range of data access products and technologies. Together the two companies will offer standards-based access to mainframe data sources such as DB2, IMS/DB VSAM, Adabas, CICS/TS, IMS/TM, CA-IDMS, and Natural along with relational databases such as Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, Sybase, Informix, and Progress OpenEdge." |
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InfoWorld
December 20, 2005
Progress to Buy NEON for Push into Mainframe Market
"Middleware vendor Progress Software Corp. is to acquire ma |
