Progress Software – DataDirect Connect

Progress Software – DataDirect Connect

Paul GriffinProduct Marketing ManagerJanuary 20, 2012

© 2012 Progress Software Corporation2

Agenda

Company background

Product Overview

Product Features

Customer Support


DataDirect’s Corporate History

Formally known as• TechGnosis (1987)• Pioneer (1988)• Q+E (1993)• INTERSOLV (1994)• MERANT (1999)

DataDirect business unit spun off from MERANT to form privately-held, independent software vendor, called DataDirect Technologies. (2001)

Acquired by Progress Software, Inc. in 2003

Privately-held OpenAccess Software acquired in 2006 – allows ODBC and JDBC access to unique & proprietary data sources through SDK


Critical Applications Reply on Progress DataDirect

Thousands of Corporate IT departments rely on DataDirect for their critical applications

• 92 of the Fortune 100

• 8 of 10 top world banks

• Worldwide customer base in all industries


Cross-Industry Blue Chip Customers


Corporate Overview

Over 300 software vendors embed DataDirect technology

• Over 60% of top 50 software vendors

• 8 of top 10 packaged software vendors

• 9 of top 10 application development and deployment vendors

• 8 of top 10 system infrastructure vendors


Business Applications

Leading Provider to the Software Industry

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http://www.ca.com/

http://www.businessobjects.com/default.asp

http://www.serena.com/home.asp

http://www.actuate.com/home/index.asp

http://www.teradata.com/

http://www.datadirect-technologies.com/customers/stories/progress.asp

http://www.pervasive.com/

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http://www.bea.com/framework.jsp?CNT=homepage_main.jsp&FP=/content


Any application, Any platform, Any database


Product Overview – Connect

Wire-protocol connectivity to all major databases• No client libraries means better performance and easier

deployment

Standards-based connectivity to all major databases• Support for multiple databases, and multiple versions of

each database - with only one set of application code to develop and maintain

Flexible deployment – all platforms


Product Overview – Sequelink/Open Access

Flexible deployment – all platforms, all API’s: OLE DB, ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET, 32-bit and 64-bit

Sequelink-specific• Can connect to any database from any platform, as long as

the database has an ODBC or JDBC driver

Open Access-specific• Connectivity to proprietary data sources• Standards-based connectivity to web services


Product Overview – Data Integration Suite (DIS)

XML Converters• Convert EDI to XML

Stylus Studio• Easy to use IDE

XQuery• Expose XML as a web service• Query relational and XML data• Insert XML data into relational databases


Product Features - Performance

Stronger throughput

More efficient use of memory and CPU cycles

Performance tuning options allow developers to optimize performance based on what the application is doing


Codeless Configuration/Rapid Application Modernization

• Bulk Load– Stream data from cloud or relational data sources to other data

sources– Allows for faster data integration and data migration to multiple

data sources

• Application Failover

• Security– Kerberos– SSL


Product Features – Cloud Deployments Save Money

ServersServers w/DataDirect Cost

Cost w/ DataDirect Savings

20 8 $504,576 $414,310 $90,26550 20 $1,261,440 $1,035,776 $225,664100 39 $2,522,880 $2,019,763 $503,117


World Class Customer Support

Award winning technical support:

• 24x7x365

• Live telephone support, extensive web resources

• Co-located with development and QA teams in Europe, USA & Asia

• NorthFace Award 10 consecutive years

• Member of TSANET


Summary

Full featured, high-perfomance data access components from any platform/application, to any data source

Vendor viability, expertise, and award-winning customer support

Customer Case Studies: <link>


Contact Information

Paul Griffin

• Phone: (919) 461-4314

• Email: [email protected]

Progress Software – DataDirect Connect

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