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Ab Initio (company)
The Ab Initio software is a fourth generation data analysis, batch processing, data manipulation graphical user interface (GUI)-based parallel processing product which is commonly used to extract, transform, and load (ETL) data. The Ab Initio product also allows for processing of real-time data. Ab Initio has a Two Tier Architecture with a Graphical Development Environment(GDE) and the Co>Operating system coupled together to form a client-server like architecture. The Ab Initio software is a suite of products which together provide a platform for data processing applications. The core Ab Initio products are: Graphical Development Environment (GDE) Co>Operating System Enterprise Meta>Environment (EME) Conduct>It The Component Library Data Profiler Business Rules Environment (BRE)
Ab Initio Software Corporation was founded in the mid-1990s by the former CEO of Thinking Machines Corporation, Sheryl Handler, and several other former employees after the bankruptcy of that company.
Ab Initio (company)
Enterprise Meta>Environment
Enterprise Meta>Environment (EME) is an object oriented data storage system that version controls and manages various kinds of information associated with Ab Initio applications, which may range from design information to operational data. In simple terms, it is a repository, which contains data about data metadata. EME tracks changes in development of graphs, as well as metadata pertaining to the development, how data is used, and potential of other means of data classification. The storage of graph related Metadata allows for data impact analysis to occur, giving the user a visual sense of how the data is changing in a graph, and the impacts those changes have on another graph. Additionally the EME doubles up for config/change management allowing the latest version of a graph to reside past subsequent code changes thereby ensuring the latest code and data. It performs the following operations: 1. version controlling, 2. statistical analysis, 3. dependence analysis, and 4. metadata management.
Ab Initio (company)
Data Profiler
The Data Profiler is a graphical data analysis tool which runs on top of the Co>Operating system. It can be used to characterize data range, scope, distribution, variance, and quality.
Conduct>It
Ab Initio Conduct>It is a high-volume data processing systems developing tool. It enables combining graphs from Graphical Development Environment with custom scripts and programs from other vendors.
Major Competitors
The Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools 2009 lists, IBM, Informatica, Oracle Corporation, and SAP Business Objects as the leading vendors followed by Microsoft as challenger. iWay Software, SAS Institute, Sybase, Pervasive Software and Talend are listed as visionaries. The 2009 report also includes newcomers such as expressor, CloverETL and Pentaho software. Gartner considers Ab Initio to not meet its analysis criteria due to a lack of information available. Due to this lack of information available, Ab Initio has had a particularly poor run over the latest Gartner Magic Quadrants, dropping from Visionary (2005) to Niche (2006) before falling off the grid entirely (2007).[1] Ab Initio has also been criticised for their extreme secrecy about their products. Anyone working with their product (even who work for organizations who use Ab Initio) operate under a non-disclosure agreement which prevents them from revealing Ab Initio technical information to the public. As its competitor started gaining marketshare, Ab Initio introduced a free feature-limited version known as Elementum in 2010. However, it is only available to customers who already purchased commercial license for Ab Initio. This version is only intended for desktop use.
References
[1] http:/ / www. destinationcrm. com/ Articles/ CRM-News/ Daily-News/ Gartner-Magic-Quadrant-Puts-Together-Data-Integration-Leaders-43476. aspx
External links
http://www.abinitio.com/ The Rise and Fall of Thinking Machines (http://www.inc.com/magazine/19950915/2622.html), Inc. Magazine, September 1995 Gartner Magic Quadrants as of 2004 Sep (http://www.oracle.com/global/tr/partner/ Data_Warehousing_Scenario.pdf)
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