2. INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS:
Most data warehouse vendor solutions consist of a relational database used for the
data warehouse, data warehouse management software, and data access, reporting
tools, along with the necessary database.
What follows is a brief look at some of the solutions available on the market today.
These vendors tend to establish internal centers of data warehousing expertise and
often engage in partnership relationships.
3. DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP:
Digital has combined the data modeling, extraction, and cleaning capabilities of
prism warehouse manager.
It is the copy management and data replication capabilities of Digital’s
ACCESSWORKS family of database access servers.
It is providing users with the ability to build and use information warehouses.
ACCESSWORKS runs on the Digital Open VMS platform and provides the
necessary data access back-end gateways and front-end connections.
4. HEWLETT-PACKARD:
Hewlett-Packard’s client/server-based HP Open Warehouse comprises multiple
components, including a data management architecture, the HP-UX operating
system.
HP offers single-source support for the full HP Open Warehouse solution.
This allows customers to choose components that best suit their needs, without
having to work with multiple vendors for support.
5. IBM:
The IBM information warehouse framework consists of an architecture; data
management tools; OS/2,AIX, and MVS operating systems; hardware platforms,
including mainframe and servers; and a relational DBMS (DB2).
Other components of the IBM Information warehouse family include:
1.DataGuide/2
2.DataPropagator
3.DataRefresher
7. DATAGUIDE/2:
It provides a catalog of shared data and information objects which can be listed and
described in everyday business terms, and searched with keywords.
Once the information is identified, DataGuide/2 can start applications to retrieve and
process it.
DATAPROPAGATOR:
It automates data replication across an enterprise, using a graphical user interfaces.
8. DATAREFRESHER:
It provides copy management capability for moving large amount of data from a
broad range of data sources.
DATAHUB:
It manages complex client/server relational database environments and provides
the base for IBM’s family of copy management and replication tools.
9. APPLICATION SYSTEM(AS):
It provides a set of general data access, query, reporting, and charting facilities and
specialized tools for planning or modeling, project management, linear
programming, document processing, and application development.
PERSONALAPPLICATIONSYSTEM/2(PAS/2):
It decision support software designed for windows and OS/2 PCs.
The user can select from a list of decision support objects that manage and analyze
data, produce reports and charts of the data, and create procedures to automate
regular work.
10. Optionally includes business planning, project management, statistical analysis, and
application development.
QUERY MANAGEMENT FACILITY(QMF):
It is a host-based facility that provides query, reporting, and graphics functions from
menu options.
IBM FLOW MARK:
It workflow management product designed to help database administrators
document their system management tasks and automatically execute these tasks.
11. SEQUENT:
Sequent Computer System Inc’s DecisionPoint Program is a decision support
program for the delivery of data warehouses dedicated to on-line complex query
processing (OLCP).
The program combines sequent symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) architecture with
a variety of client/server products and services, including UNIX- based Sequent
Symmetry.
Query results are placed on the program’s clipboard for pasting onto a variety of
desktop applications, or they can be saved to a disk.
12. CONCLUSION:
Database vendors are all positioning themselves as providers of integrated data
warehouse services and products.
Orcale, Sybase,and Informix all offer integrated data warehouse solutions that are
based on recent acquisitions, deveploment of in-house consulting expertise, and
strategic partner alliances.
