Released on: May 23, 2008, 9:11 am

Press Release Author: Apatar

Industry: Computers

Press Release Summary: New Apatar connector allows users to read/write data from/to
DB2 tables, create integrations using multiple data sources, and improve the quality
of data extracted from or written to IBM DB2 family products.

Press Release Body: Apatar, Inc., the leading provider of open source software tools
for the data integration market, today officially announced connectivity to IBM DB2,
a family of relational database management system products from IBM that are widely
used in enterprise applications, corporate ERP systems, and mainframes. The new
connector for the Apatar Open Source Data Integration toolset allows reading and
writing of data from/to DB2 tables and improves the quality of data during migration
or integration, all without custom coding. With this new release, Apatar enables
both developers and users to easily link DB2 information between third-party
applications (Salesforce.com, SugarCRM), other databases (Oracle, Microsoft SQL,
MySQL), flat files (CSV/TXT), and the top Web 2.0 destinations (Flickr, Amazon S3,
RSS feeds).

Integration between mainframes and major corporate databases and applications

According to Gartner, IBM DB2 is currently deployed within 34 percent of enterprise
applications worldwide and was recently experiencing the highest growth compared to
other major databases. In 2007, DB2 was positioned in the Leaders section of the
Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse DBMS. Whether or not your business
deploys DB2-based applications, this new connector from Apatar enables data
integration between DB2 and other heterogeneous systems, including mainframes, with
multiple data sources and targets possible.

"As a popular database, DB2 is very often used behind ERP systems, both innovative
and legacy ones," said Renat Khasanshyn, CEO and founder of Apatar. "I'm pleased to
announce that the new Apatar connector for DB2 can help corporate developers and
DBAs improve the quality of this enterprise data and ease the integration of data
stored within multiple locations. With this new solution embedded into the visual
Apatar application, migration from legacy systems can be performed by drag-and-drop
even by business users."

Apatar Open Source Data Integration features and benefits:

- No coding! Visual job designer and mapping enable non-developers to design and
perform transformations, shortening implementation time.
- Distributed under open source model, reducing integration and maintenance costs
- Connectivity to SalesForce.com, SugarCRM, MySQL, Oracle, MS SQL, Microsoft Excel,
Microsoft Access, GoldMine, DB2, Sybase, PostgreSQL, dBase, EnterpriseDB, vTiger,
InnoDB, Compiere ERP, .CSV, XML, RSS, ATOM, HTTP queries, POP3, LDAP, FTP, WebDav,
Autodesk Buzzsaw, any JDBC data sources, Amazon S3, Flickr, StrikeIron and CDYNE Web
services, and more
- Job scheduler and synchronization automate the data integration process.
- Improves data quality with a variety of verification, filtration, and validation
features
- Users have the ability to create, share, and re-use pre-built data transformations
and publish data integration output as a custom RSS feed to ApatarForge, the online
Apatar community.
- Platform-independent, runs from Windows and Linux

Related links

Connector for IBM DB2 user guide:
http://www.apatarforge.org/wiki/display/GUI/Connector+for+IBM+DB2

Free Apatar download: http://www.apatar.com/download.html

About DB2 Family Products

DB2 is a family of IBM\'s relational database management system products and tools
for business intelligence. IBM DB2 offers industry leading performance, scale, and
reliability on a variety of platforms from Linux to z/OS. The most popular versions
of DB2 Family Products include DB2 Enterprise Server Edition, DB2 Data Warehouse
Edition, and DB2 for z/OS. To learn more about DB2, please visit
http://www.ibm.com/db2.

About IBM

For more information: http://www.ibm.com.

About Apatar

Apatar is the leading provider of open source software tools for the data
integration market. With powerful Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) capabilities,
Apatar enables its users to easily link information between databases (such as
MySQL, Microsoft SQL, Oracle), applications (Salesforce.com, SugarCRM), and the top
Web 2.0 destinations (Flickr, Amazon S3). Apatar provides support, training, and
consulting services for its integration solutions. Headquartered in Western
Massachusetts, Apatar operates a development center in Minsk, Belarus. Apatar is
currently used by 3500 organizations and individuals worldwide. For more on Apatar,
please visit http://www.apatar.com and http://www.apatarforge.org.


Web Site: http://www.apatar.com

Contact Details: Apatar, Inc. 195 Meadow St., FL 2 Chicopee MA 01013 USA
phone - (213) 784 4915 fax - (703) 564 5628