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One of the major challenges organizations face today is how to bridge applications together in a way that enables true data mobility - integrating critical information across different business functions such as HR, sales, accounting, and customer support, so that all they key components of the organization can be preserved and shared among different application systems to drive greater business value.

A newly released video from Queplix™ called Vision for the Future: the Evolution of the Data Integration Market, provides an overview of first, second, and third generation data integration technologies, as well as the emergence of fourth generation, or Next Generation (NGEN), and the capabilities organizations should expect to see in 2012 and 2013. 

The overview points out that, contrary to what most might believe, legacy or first generation ETL (extract, transform, load) technology is still predominantly used for data integration today. Further, many of the early integration cloud vendors are simply hosting 20-year old ETL technology in their one-year old clouds.

In sharp contrast, advanced data virtualization technology is powering third and fourth generation data integration products that represent the next wave. The Next Generation will be driven by a powerful convergence of data integration, management, virtualization, abstraction, persistent servers for  automated data quality and governance, cloud and on-premise systems, virtual master data management and more. With NGEN, organizations will achieve true data mobility.

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Automating Data Quality: A Template for Data Integration - http://bit.ly/qY0RFx

Keeping data consistent across business functions such as marketing and customer support is essential for the vitality of today's organizations. But when companies need to integrate data between applications, the consistency of data, or data quality, becomes an issue. Basic problems such as null fields, duplicate records, syntax problems, range problems and more, impact data quality and with multiple application sources and master data management, it becomes a complex and expensive problem to solve.

In this video <http://bit.ly/qY0RFx>, Michael Zuckerman, chief marketing officer for Queplix™ Corp <http://www.queplix.com/>., outlines a template for data integration that involves automating data quality processes. This step by step template discusses the essentials of data quality - measurement and review, reporting and remediation, data governance, and data normalization and alignment, whether integrating two data sources or many. A highly automated approach <http://www.queplix.com/products/architecture.html> delivers a faster, easier method to maintaining data quality, reducing risk, and improved results.

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Technology Evaluation Finds Quecloud™ Data Integration And Data Management Cloud To Be Innovative And Well-Suited To Solve Complex Data Integration Challenges

Report Praises Queplix for Innovative Approach to Connecting, Moving, and Harmonizing Data Across Enterprises with High Degree of Automation and Simplicity

In contrast, "Batch oriented bulk data movement ... best served by the traditional ETL model" offered by companies such as Informatica.

SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 28, 2011 – Queplix™ Corp., a leader in data integration and data management, today announced the availability of a report on data integration solutions by IdealNet, a provider of professional business expertise and technical services to some of the world's largest pharmaceutical, medical device, health insurance and financial services companies. The report, An Analysis of Data Integration Technologies, summarizes the findings of an evaluation comparing ETL and open source solutions, and offers recommendations as to which technologies would be most appropriate based on an organization's data integration requirements.

IdealNet has managed numerous data integration software selection projects, including Master Data Management (MDM), on behalf of multiple customers. In order to ensure "current and comprehensive" results for its clients, IdealNet, Inc. expanded the number of possible solutions to be examined during these selection projects, and was "pleasantly surprised at the variety of new and different approaches which have emerged that improve on the ubiquitous ETL model. 

The report evaluates product offerings across 59 areas within 11 specific categories, which represent the most common and most difficult segments of data integration challenges faced by companies today:

·       Business Application

·       Platform Deployment

·       Connectivity to Data Sources

·       Synchronization

·       Transformation

·       Data Movement

·       Test, Development and Operations Environments

·       Data Modeling

·       Data Quality and Data Governance

·       Architecture

·       Standards

Findings and Recommendations: Queplix the Greatest Surprise of All

The report suggests that data integration and movement between two discrete sources can be well served, perhaps with differing costs and implementation models, by all technologies reviewed. Batch oriented bulk data movement is an area which continues to be best served by the traditional ETL model.

However, the report asserts that once an organization needs to integrate disparate data types (relational, object, on-premise, cloud, nosql) or more than two sources, there are compelling incentives for the use of technology other than ETL, and that "this is where the divergence occurs and where the most telling and interesting results reside."

The following summarizes IdealNet's evaluation between established ETL vendor Informatica®, open source platforms offered by Talend™, Pentaho™, and Apatar™, and "new and different solution vendor" Queplix™.

·       Large, Established ETL Vendor: According to IdealNet, Informatica® was selected to represent the ETL segment, as it has long been a standard bearer for ETL and, more recently, has expanded its footprint further into the niche MDM area via its acquisition of Siperian®. "As the gorilla of the bunch, this offering suffers from similar issues as compared to any vendor its age, scope, and size. The firm must continue to support a large user base on varying levels of its technology, while attempting to continue to move its products forward simultaneously. While this situation encapsulates recurring revenue streams via long term customer relationships, it can also easily serve to mute the possibility of significant innovation. Based on our examination, we can see that the Informatica® suite of products continues to lead in core ETL specialty areas, but does, in fact lag behind the others within this study in terms of certain key areas of differentiation."

·       New and Different Solution Vendor: The report states that, "Queplix undoubtedly provided the greatest surprise of all" and that "the firm has demonstrated a truly refreshing and innovative approach to connecting, moving, and harmonizing data across enterprises. The high degree of automation and the attendant ease-of-use can potentially offer users significant labor and implementation savings over the use of alternate technologies, perhaps on the order of 50 percent or more. If the integration were to involve 3, 4, 5 or more sources, the savings would potentially be much higher. We were impressed with the fact that the technology base of Queplix has so effectively been structured so as to allow the company to rapidly and effectively expand the scope of what can be done with the product. Even some of the most complex and onerous data tasks are handily placed directly under the control of end users via the product’s 'virtual' architecture coupled with a clean and predictable user interface."

"As a partner of industry-leading life sciences and financial services organizations, IdealNet, Inc. is entrusted with having the best knowledge of available technologies to meet its clients' data integration and data management requirements," said Mark Cashman, CEO, Queplix. " IdealNet is certainly well-positioned to make informed, intelligent purchasing recommendations to its clients to ensure their satisfaction and success. We couldn't be more pleased that it found Queplix to be a solution of choice for companies with more complex data integration challenges looking to spend their project dollars more wisely, and avoid long service engagements, manual processes, and the constant wholesale movement of entire data sets."

About the Author

Christopher C. Biddle, CEO of IdealNet, Inc., has delivered expert business and technical services to the life sciences and finance industries for 20 years, and established two corporations to provide key solutions to clients in the areas of revenue management, finance, and sales force automation. He has provided consulting services to C-level executives at companies such as Deutsche Bank, Bankers Trust New York Corporation, Société Générale, Pfizer, Merck, Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, Sanofi, AstraZeneca, TEVA, Wyeth, and GlaxoSmithKline. In addition, he has held partner and vice president positions with Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC), Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX), and iMany, Inc. Biddle has authored numerous papers, articles, and book chapters on business and been invited to speak at select industry conferences including those sponsored by CBI and IIR.

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About Queplix Corp.

Queplix™ is a leader in data integration and data management. Our products enable customers to securely integrate, deploy and manage cloud and on-premise applications and data with speed, simplicity and automation. Uniquely, no programming or SQL is required. Our data virtualization and powerful data management automatically harmonize the data between applications. Our customers benefit from greater cost savings, a rapid return on investment and the strategic benefits of true data mobility. Queplix has thousands of users around the world, serving customers such as The Home Depot, Homesite and Sony Ericsson. Please visit http://www.queplix.com for more information.

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@Gridstore Announces Partner Ecosystem to Deliver Scale-Out NAS Solutions for the SMB Market

GRIDSTORE EXPANDS PARTNER ECOSYSTEM AS DEMAND FOR SCALE-OUT NAS SOLUTIONS FOR THE SMB MARKET ACCELERATES

Gridstore Partner Program Enables Managed Service Providers and Value Added Resellers to Expand Solutions Portolio to Deliver Enterprise-Class Storage for SMBs at Half the Cost of Standalone NAS

Mountain View, CA. – June 28, 2011 – Gridstore™, the leader in scale-out NAS solutions for the SMB market, today announced its expanded partner ecosystem as demand for its Scale-out NAS solutions accelerate worldwide. Featuring a proven four step partner building process
that includes tools and support for prospecting, recruiting, activating and growing new clients, the Gridstore Partner Program offers both managed service providers (MSPs) and value added resellers (VARs) the resources they need to successfully capitalize on the expansive storage opportunity in the small-to-mid-sized business (SMB) market.

The NAS market is expected to exceed $6 Billion by 2014, according to the IDC Worldwide Enterprise Storage Systems forecast. The SMB market is poised to take a significant share of this market with products like the Grisdstore Scale-out NAS solution that eliminates silos of traditional NAS and delivers the performance, reliability and scalability that organizations demand. The Gridstore offering is integrated with the Microsoft Windows Management Console and requires no storage expertise to implement, or manage. As a result, MSPs and VARs can leverage existing skill sets to deliver a comprehensive storage solution for SMBs with enterprise-class capabilities at half the cost of standalone NAS offerings.

“SMBs are facing the same storage challenges as larger enterprises, but don’t have the resources or budget to effectively manage their 24/7 operations,” said Kelly Murphy, CEO, Gridstore. “If storage stops their business stops and this is a risk they can’t afford. “Gridstore is addressing this major market gap by providing an enterprise-class, scale-out NAS solution customers need with the simplicity and reliability they require. Expanding our channel partner ecosystem is an important component of our distribution model to help us rapidly advance market availability and gives MSPs and VARs a turnkey solution for the SMB market.”

Most SMBs run on standalone storage that has a single point of failure and if the storage system stops – their business stops. Using the Gridstore offering, MSPs and VARs can deliver a powerful NAS storage grid for SMBs that eliminates storage sprawl and multiple single points of failure while reducing the cost of standalone NAS solutions at unprecedented price points. The Gridstore storage platform is designed to eliminate the risk, cost and complexity of traditional silo-based storage and gives SMBs a “Pay as you Grow” pricing model that allows organizations to add storage as needed to eliminate the high cost of over provisioning and managing storage resources - while minimizing the reliability and risk of multiple NAS storage silos.

The Gridstore Partner Program
Gridstore supports its Scale-out NAS solution with a comprehensive partner program to fuel its partners’ success throughout the entire customer lifecycle. The Gridstore Partner Program is designed to offer end-to-end support for MSPs and VARs looking to drive increased revenues by capitalizing on the increasing SMB customer demand for high availability storage solutions. Members of the Gridstore Partner Program receive innovative marketing and financial initiatives including resources, tools and support for prospecting, recruiting, activating and delivering new turnkey storage solutions to their customer base. Components of the program include deal registration and protection, co-funded demand generation opportunities and professional services. For more information, please visit: http://ping.fm/ljbuG

Applauds from Gridstore Partners
Bitech Systems Ltd. is a Gridstore Premier Partner that offers disk-to-disk backup for its customers in the education industry using the Gridstore Scale-out NAS solution. “For us, downtime is not an option,” said Luke Hetreed, Bitech Systems Ltd. “With Gridstore that isn’t ever a concern. Their solution not only eliminates single points of failure, it is also simple and cost effective to manage and grow. Adding to the value of their solution is the dedicated support and resources available to us through the Gridstore partner program. It has given us the resources we needed to rapidly take advantage of the growing storage requirements of our education customers and gives them a compelling, nonstop storage experience.”

Concentus is a customer-focused IT services and solution provider and is a premier Gridstore partner. “Gridstore has given us a powerful solution for true competitive differentiation as both an MSP and a VAR,” said Fernando Sabio, principal partner, Concentus. “It eliminates single points of failure and reduces customer support costs so that we can remain exceptionally competitive. The education market in particular has extensive storage sprawl and storage growth issues. Scale-out NAS can grow as needed, so it’s a perfect fit for this market, especially since we can now offer price points that were just not possible before we partnered with Gridstore.”

Dedicated IT, a regional MSP in Florida, is a Gridstore Premier Partner Program. “Gridstore offers the next generation storage grid solution that gives us the ability to deliver the high availability, high performance, scalable and affordable solution that our customers need,” said Adam Steinhoff, CEO, Dedicated IT. “Even more, Gridstore increases our profitability by reducing the time required for on-site call outs, upgrades and preventative maintenance. It’s a revolutionary solution for MSPs serving the SMB market.”

Lanit is an IT service provider is a Gridstore Premier Partner that uses the Gridstore Scale-out NAS solution both internally and to support the desktop virtualization and cloud solutions it delivers for companies throughout the Midwest. “Gridstore offers the scalable storage solution we needed without the risk of downtime or failure,” said Tony Painter, CEO, Lanit. “It was simply everything we needed to get started and even more to help grow our business by providing our customers with a simple, affordable storage experience that allows them to eliminate storage sprawl and grow without the need to overprovision resources.”

Outsource IT is a Gridstore Premier Partner and has deployed the Gridstore Scale-out NAS platform to support four different business use cases including shadow imaging of its clients’ servers and desktops, backup to the cloud, medical image archiving and SMB hosting services. “For cost effective, scalable storage that is both high performance and always available, nothing beats the Gridstore Scale-out NAS solution which gives us a compelling solution for our customers and a competitive advantage in the market,” said Mark Vilet, CTO, Outsource IT.

Pricing and Availability
The Gridstore Scale-out NAS solution is available now through Gridstore channel partners with pricing starting at $499 for a 1TB node and $599 for a 2TB node. For more information, please visit: http://ping.fm/ztgfE

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About Gridstore Gridstore is the leader in scale-out Network Attached Storage (NAS) products. The Gridstore Scale-out NAS solution provides unlimited storage capacity and reliability at a fraction of the cost of traditional storage products. Gridstore’s next-generation NAS solution is designed for small-to-mid-sized businesses and Managed Service Providers who struggle with the risk, cost and complexity of storage sprawl and who need enterprise class storage without the cost and complexity. Founded in 2007, Gridstore is headquartered in Mountain View, California and has development facilities in Dublin, Ireland. For more information, please visit: http://ping.fm/eFL7V


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@Gridstore and @StorageSwiss team up for webinar to stop storage sprawl with scale out NAS

STORAGE SWITZERLAND AND GRIDSTORE TO HOST WEBINAR ON ELIMINATING SMB STORAGE SPRAWL WITH SCALE OUT NAS

Mountain View, CA. – June 24, 2011 – Gridstore™, the leader in scale-out NAS solutions for the SMB market, today announced a webinar that will help organizations address the issues of storage sprawl and how scale out NAS solves their storage dilemma. The webinar, titled “NAS in a Box vs. Scale Out NAS for the SMB,” will take place on June 28 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific. Storage Switzerland’s lead analyst, George Crump and Kelly Murphy, CEO, Gridstore, will lead the webinar.

In this webinar, participants will learn how to:

• Reduce SMB storage costs

• Increase IT staff efficiency

• Improve user productivity

• Provide better data reliability

The first server a small to medium sized business purchases is often one that allows for file sharing and collaboration called network attached storage (NAS). As the business grows and becomes a small to medium sized business (SMB), the first point of storage trouble is often that NAS. It either runs out of capacity; can’t provide enough performance, or both. As a result, the SMB is forced to add NAS after NAS to keep up with these demands, which leads to storage sprawl and management complexity. Crump will explain how storage sprawl places pressure on every aspect of the SMB as the storage line item becomes a larger and larger part of the storage budget.

Murphy will follow by explaining how storage sprawl can be stopped by taking a technology that was created for the large enterprise, scale-out NAS, and applying it to the mid-sized market, which is exactly what Gridstore has done with their Scale-out NAS solution.

Registration for this webinar is open now. You can register today by visiting: “NAS in a Box vs. Scale Out NAS for the SMB".

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Gridstore is the leader in scale-out Network Attached Storage (NAS) products. The Gridstore Scale-out NAS solution provides unlimited storage capacity and reliability at a fraction of the cost of traditional storage products. Gridstore’s next-generation NAS solution is designed for small-to-mid-sized businesses and Managed Service Providers who struggle with the risk, cost and complexity of storage sprawl and who need enterprise class storage without the cost and complexity. Founded in 2007, Gridstore is headquartered in Mountain View, California and has development facilities in Dublin, Ireland. For more information, please visit: http://ping.fm/vb2Yx


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