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June 2008  

Executive Perspective - Q&A with John Goodson on
Data Access in a SOA

Time is Running Out! One Week Left to Register for the First Data Services World
Exclusive White Paper: Service-Oriented Data Access: Building Interoperable, Robust & Reusable Data Services
Product of the Month: OpenAccess SDK 6.0
Case Study: Benefitfocus Selects DataDirect XML Converters for High-Volume EDI to XML
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Executive Perspective - Q&A with John Goodson on
Data Access in a SOA



“When it comes to data access, you want to apply the same principles of reuse and flexibility that SOA offers,” explains John Goodson, VP & GM of DataDirect Technologies in this Q&A. Goodson will be delivering the keynote address for the first Data Services World on June 24th in New York City, which is in the same location as SOA World 2008 East. Full Story

Time is Running Out! One Week Left to Register for the First Data Services World
Co-Located with SOAWorld 2008 Tues, June 24, New York City

Are you data services savvy? If not, you’ll want to register for the inaugural event of 2008—Data Services World. Spend one day in New York and consult with the most data-aware minds in the country—from IBM, BEA, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, and DataDirect Technologies. Chaired by Ken North, Data Services World is the place to learn about the latest issues and technologies for accessing, integrating, and processing data from multiple sources. Full Story
 
Exclusive White Paper: Service-Oriented Data Access: Building Interoperable, Robust & Reusable Data Services
By Jason Bloomberg, Senior Analyst at ZapThink

In this white paper, Jason Bloomberg explains the role of data in a SOA, the data issues you face when attempting to layer a service-oriented approach on top of existing data sources, how to solve data integration challenges and address potential data access pitfalls, and how to architect a data services layer to reap the full benefits of SOA. Register for White Paper
 
Product of the Month: OpenAccess SDK 6.0
Latest Release Adds 100% Pure Java JDBC, 100% Managed Code ADO.NET and Much More

Version 6.0 leverages DataDirect’s data connectivity leadership, product depth, and technical innovation to provide a faster, better performing enterprise-class product, including:

  • 100% Java JDBC driver
  • 100% managed code ADO.NET provider
  • 64-bit database drivers
  • Kerberos authentication and SSL data encryption
DataDirect OpenAccess SDK enables you to quickly create standards-based custom drivers for any data source within weeks, making proprietary data sources, file formats or APIs SQL-accessible from ODBC, JDBC, OLE DB or ADO.NET compliant applications. Full Story

 
Case Study: Benefitfocus Selects DataDirect XML Converters for High-Volume EDI to XML

Benefitfocus, the leader in software and services for the healthcare benefits market is using DataDirect XML Converters to automatically transform thousands of X12 compliant EDI documents from insurance carriers to XML for accelerated processing.
 
"From an engineering perspective alone, I would say that for every map that we would have to build, our new solution using DataDirect's products would probably save us some 40 man hours. That, and the sheer volume of transactions we've been able to run through, has really clinched it for DataDirect in our system." Full Story

 
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