PLATINUM Technology Enhances Enterprise Repository,
Integrates Universal Directory Features
PLATINUM Technology, Inc. announced significant enhancements to PLATINUM Repository/Open Enterprise Edition. The new version of the Repository provides end-users with extended navigation capabilities and access to more types of metadata for easier analysis.
As part of the key enhancements, PLATINUM successfully integrated powerful features of Universal Directory (UD), recently acquired from Logic Works, into its Repository because UD has long been renowned for its simplified approach to viewing metadata.
PLATINUM Repository's new interface enables customers to more easily track enterprise application development and ERP deployment efforts by providing an understanding of the complex architecture of applications such as SAP and PeopleSoft.
The Repository now offers metadata indexing capabilities for such common file formats as Microsoft Word and Excel. Additionally, the enhanced solution provides a scheduled synchronization feature to automate the manual updating process of constantly changing corporate metadata. This feature provides quick and easy ongoing maintenance of critical information, minimizing IT time and resources.
CPI Corporation relies on PLATINUM Repository to standardize business rules and formulas across a variety of data warehousing tools within its organization. The company is able to reduce application development time and visualize IT operations across the enterprise. "PLATINUM Repository's new user interface will help our business users access the repository data they need, when they need it, freeing time for our IT group to concentrate on application development," said Steve Skinner, technology coordinator, systems architect for CPI. "This solution also enables our IT team to more efficiently develop and deliver critical enterprise applications by allowing them to reuse the metadata." CPI operates 1,200 retail stores including 1,026 Sears Portrait Studios in the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Canada and 156 Prints Plus Wall decor stores.
"PLATINUM's enterprise-class repository provides business users with transparent access to metadata through common interfaces and tool integration, allowing organizations to maximize their investments in existing tools from multiple vendors," said Mikael Wipperfeld, PLATINUM's vice president of marketing for data warehousing.
The enhancements bolster PLATINUM's repository offerings. PLATINUM Repository increases organizations' success with warehouse implementation and application development. PLATINUM has a 10-year proven track record in enterprise repository with more than 500 implementations worldwide.
PLATINUM's leadership in metadata management is further underscored by the company's strategic, long-term repository development partnership with Microsoft.
About PLATINUM Repository/Open Enterprise Edition 2.0
By providing a foundation for acquiring, maintaining, and exploiting metadata throughout the enterprise, PLATINUM Repository helps organizations reduce application development and maintenance costs and derive more value from existing information assets. With its custom- and user-defined menus and views, and its Web-based metadata delivery mechanism, the solution allows users to directly access and manipulate corporate information assets. PLATINUM Repository provides users with the essential analysis of data context by providing a better understanding of how data relates to associated enterprise information.
PLATINUM Repository/Open Enterprise Edition enhancements include:
Pricing, Availability, and Support
PLATINUM Repository/Open Enterprise Edition 2.0 will be available in November for Windows 95, Windows NT, or higher. PLATINUM Repository/Open Enterprise Edition 2.0 supports ORACLE 7.x, 8.X, Sybase System 10/11, and Microsoft SQL Server. Pricing starts at $155,000 per server.
PLATINUM's Data Warehousing Strategy
PLATINUM's data warehousing strategy is to help organizations build and manage "The No Compromise Data Warehouse," enabling organizations to accelerate data warehouse creation and build a strong enterprise information architecture. PLATINUM provides a complete data warehousing solution, consisting of comprehensive consulting services and tools for warehouse and metadata management, data transformation and movement, and decision support.
About PLATINUM Information Management Consulting
PLATINUM's Information Management consultants, part of PLATINUM's Global Consulting Organization, offer a full range of professional services to manage and improve the IT infrastructure-data, systems, and applications. With more than 10 years of leadership in information management and a global team of approximately 300 consultants, PLATINUM's consultants help organizations make better use of information for decision-making through the use and application of data warehousing, decision support, and metadata management. The team applies an architected and integrated approach to information management to ensure delivery of both rapid business benefit and long-term scalability.
About PLATINUM Technology
PLATINUM technology, headquartered in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, had 1997 revenues of $739 million. PLATINUM provides software and services that help IT organizations manage and improve the IT infrastructure. Solutions include database and systems management, data warehousing and decision support, application lifecycle, Internet commerce, and Year 2000 reengineering. For information visit http://www.platinum.com