Hummingbird ETL
Getting at the mountains of raw data generated by most modern organisations from a variety of different hardware platforms, databases, and applications is a difficult task. Consolidating this data and converting it into accurate, consistent, and timely information is a key competitive advantage. Hummingbird ETL is a powerful integration solution that spans the functional areas of extract, transformation, and load (ETL). It connects any data source to any target system throughout the enterprise, for populating a data warehouse, managing metadata or integrating diverse applications. Hummingbird ETL helps organisations leverage their data to make informed and faster business decsions. Hummingbird ETL can carry out all vital data exchange operations regardless of data format, syntax, data source, or target, from XML support to mainframe connectivity, relational databases to multi-dimensional on-line analytical processing. It enables tight integration with any enterprise environment, offering native support and connectivity, no programming or data staging is required. Hummingbird ETL includes:
>>	ETL Repository: An object-orientated, open and intelligent repository, residing on any major RDBMS.
>>	ETL Designer: A multi-user graphical development environment for designing data transformation and exchange processes.
>>	ETL Engine: A high-speed, multi-threaded broker based transformation engine.
>>	ETL Scheduler: A sophisticated time and event based scheduler.
>>	ETL MetaLink: A suite of metadata bridges, embedded in ETL designer that enables the extraction and transformation of data and metadata.
>>	ETL DataLinks: A site of links that provide native connectivity to most relational and multi-dimensional database systems and flat files.