Apatar Open Source Data Integration Officially Announces New Alliance with EnterpriseDB, the Oracle-compatible Database Company

The New Partnership Enables Companies to Integrate Their PostgreSQL-based EnterpriseDB Applications with Databases, CRM/ERP Applications, Flat Files, RSS Feeds, and Top Web 2.0 Destinations without Having to Write a Single Line of a Code

(EMAILWIRE.COM, February 05, 2008 ) Apatar, Inc., the leading provider of open source software tools for the data integration market, today announced a partnership and support agreement with EnterpriseDB, the Oracle-compatible database company.

Integrating EnterpriseDB with a Variety of Data Sources

Apatar is the first company to release open source tools for non-technical staff and customers to access the application data they need to do their jobs more effectively. Apatar enables its users to easily link EnterpriseDB information between databases (such as MySQL, Microsoft SQL, Oracle), files (Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, CSV/TXT files), applications (Salesforce.com, SugarCRM), and the top Web 2.0 destinations (Flickr, Amazon S3, RSS feeds).

According to The Gartner Group, corporate developers spend approximately 65 percent of their effort building bridges between applications. With Apatar’s visual toolset, EnterpriseDB users can perform even a complex data integration job without having to write a single line of a code.

EnterpriseDB and Apatar, Inc. will be jointly providing support, training, and consulting services for their integration solutions.

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“The market for Oracle-compatible EnterpriseDB is ever growing, along with the need to link applications within business environments,” said Andy Astor, CEO of EnterpriseDB. “It is no wonder that database developers and users tend to choose the most scalable and compatible solutions. Together with Apatar, we create a shift in enhancing enterprise’s database back-ends and integrating business data.”

“We are pleased to consolidate our knowledge and efforts with EnterpriseDB to support open source universe,” said Renat Khasanshyn, Founder and CEO of Apatar, Inc. “In today’s enterprises, most data integration projects never get built. The ROI (Return on Investment) on the small projects is simply too low to justify bringing in expensive middleware. Apatar entered this market as an open source vendor bringing the ease of drag-and-drop data integration to the companies that previously found proprietary data integration, ETL, and EAI software tools expensive and difficult to implement.”

“Our partnership with Apatar, Inc. will allow the thousands of EnterpriseDB owners to expand their data warehousing capabilities as well as increase the business value of them,” commented Bill Doyle, senior vice president, business development, EnterpriseDB. “This new alliance will surely make it easier for our customers to develop and adopt EnterpriseDB-powered solutions. Reducing TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) is just one of the benefits on the list."

“Open source alliances form the shape of a future IT market,” added Alex Khizhnyak, Apatar Evangelist. “Today they help companies save millions of dollars. Tomorrow they will be like oxygen to ISV vendors looking for the cost-benefit and flexible IT infrastructure.”

Apatar Open Source Data Integration Benefits

- Reduce integration and maintenance costs
- Improve data quality
- Shorten implementation time
- Knowledge-workers can subscribe to secured internal or external RSS feeds aggregated from ERP/CRM systems, databases, personal and shared files, and XML feeds
- Synchronization across multiple interfaces (on-premises, on-demand, mobile)
- The ability to personalize feeds for workgroup collaboration, opportunity tracking, business and competitive intelligence, and project management.
- No coding! Visual job designer and mapping enable non-developers to design and perform transformations
- Users have the ability to create, publish, share, and re-use data transformations and output to RSS feeds by monitoring keywords and URLs for both internal and external systems
- Connectivity to Oracle, MS SQL, MySQL, Sybase, Microsoft Access, PostgreSQL, InstantDB, BorlandJDataStore, Csv, Qed, HSQL, Compiere ERP, SalesForce.Com, SugarCRM, Goldmine, Microsoft Excel, XML, RSS, ATOM, FTP, POP3, LDAP, WebDav, Autodesk Buzzsaw, any JDBC data sources, Amazon S3,and Flickr
- Job Scheduler
- Platform-independent, runs from Windows, Linux; 100% Java- based
- Easy customization, source code included

About EnterpriseDB Corporation

EnterpriseDB develops and supports EnterpriseDB Advanced Server, the world’s leading Oracle-compatible relational database management system (RDBMS). EnterpriseDB Advanced Server runs most applications written for Oracle unchanged and at a small fraction of Oracle’s cost. Built on PostgreSQL, the world’s most advanced open source database, EnterpriseDB Advanced Server has the reliability and scalability necessary for high-volume, mission-critical enterprise use. The company is also the world’s leading provider of enterprise-class, PostgreSQL-based products and services, including the EnterpriseDB Postgres distribution. EnterpriseDB has offices throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. The company was founded in March, 2004, and is headquartered in Iselin, N.J. For more information, please contact +1-732-331-1300 or visit www.enterprisedb.com.

About Apatar

Apatar is the leading provider of open source software tools for the data integration market. With powerful Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) capabilities, Apatar enables its users to easily link information between databases (such as MySQL, Microsoft SQL, Oracle), applications (Salesforce.com, SugarCRM), and the top Web 2.0 destinations (Flickr, Amazon S3). Apatar provides support, training, and consulting services for its integration solutions. Headquartered in Western Massachusetts, Apatar operates a development center in Minsk, Belarus. Apatar is currently used by 250 organizations and individuals worldwide. For more on Apatar, please visit www.apatar.com and www.apatarforge.org.

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