Ardent's DataStage Accelerates Development
of CSC's PharmIQ Data Warehouse Solution
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Ardent Software, Inc., a global data management company and leading provider of data warehouse development tools, has announced that Computer Sciences Corporation selected the DataStage extraction and transformation tool (ETT) to accelerate development of its PharmIQ data warehouse. DataStage will help the PharmIQ team more quickly deliver data management solutions for the pharmaceutical industry, delivering immediate business results to executives who rely on accurate market and customer data to make effective business decisions.
As a transformation engine for PharmIQ, Ardent's DataStage will enable CSC development teams to rapidly develop and deploy custom transformation routines -- the programs that process data as it is being loaded into a data warehouse. DataStage's graphical interface, reusable stage architecture and versatility provide CSC developers the flexibility to meet the continuously changing business and market demands of the pharmaceutical industry by allowing them to quickly and easily develop and expand current transformation processes, enabling the customization of the data warehouse. PharmIQ enables CSC to rapidly deploy a data warehouse initiative for a life sciences organization shaving months off a project timeline.
"CSC selected DataStage because of its proven performance in handling large volumes of complex data, especially in warehouses more than a terabyte in size," said Pete Fiore, vice president and general manager of Ardent Software's Data Warehouse business unit. "One of Ardent's primary goals as a data management leader is to provide warehousing technology to companies building solutions across a broad range of vertical markets."
"DataStage's flexibility and superior architecture coupled with CSC's industry knowledge and technical expertise help to make PharmIQ the most complete warehouse solution in the pharmaceutical market," said John Williams, solutions director for PharmIQ. "The DataStage ETT is a key enabler for CSC, allowing us to build the most comprehensive warehouses for our customers in the fastest and most reliable manner available. With the PharmIQ data warehouse solution, CSC will provide customized solutions to leverage the business data of pharmaceutical corporations. DataStage will help maximize our efforts in developing these solutions by reducing the amount of work required in the development and implementation phases."
DataStage streamlines the construction and maintenance of data warehouses through its open, scalable and extensible architecture. Its visual design tool allows developers to add more data sources, targets, and transformations without rebuilding applications, thereby reducing cost, time and resources. Using DataStage's modular Plug-In stages, developers can add warehouse functionality, as they need it. Reusable components cut development time dramatically and produce data warehouses that grow with the business. DataStage reduces the complexities of the entire data warehouse life cycle for many of the world's leading companies.
PharmIQ helps life sciences companies organize data into a consolidated repository that facilitates informed decision making. In effect, PharmIQ works with basic data warehousing principals, but adds significant value by:
Computer Sciences Corporation had $6.9 billion in revenues for the 12 months ended July 3, 1998. Headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., the company has 45,000 employees in 700 offices worldwide and provides clients with a wide range of professional services, including management consulting, information systems consulting and integration, and operations support. More information about Computer Sciences Corporation is available at http://www.csc.com
Ardent Software is a data management company with a range of software products, including database systems and data warehouse development tools. Additional information is available on Ardent's web site at http://www.ardentsoftware.com