arkeia software is an american computer software company .

it produces network backup software for 200 platforms including windows , macintosh , linux , aix , bsd and hp-ux , and also a backup appliance , integrating its software with disk storage and network connectivity .

in january 2013 , western digital corporation announced it had acquired arkeia software .

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software compression occurs on the wd arkeia client when a non dedupe backup is performed .
western digital launches wd arkeia integrated backup appliances for smbs , the disk drive vendor ' s first backup product since buying arkeia software .
western digital this week rolled out four integrated backup appliances for smbs using software from its january arkeia software acquisition , along with its 3 tb and 4 tb hard drives .
western digital has moved to beef up its smb storage business and channel with the acquisition of arkeia software , a developer of data protection software and appliances for small and midsize businesses .
software for arkeia backup servers and agents is available on the software downloads page . for a given platform , all of arkeia ' s products are typically delivered in fewer than a dozen packages - - though over 600 packages are available in total .
arkeia backup agents are the same ( and are downloaded as the same packages ) whether your arkeia backup server is deployed as an appliances , a virtual appliance , or software .
western digital has acquired data protection company arkeia software as it looks to address growing storage demands among small and medium - size companies .
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wd has admitted it is killing off its arkeia backup software product : it is no longer selling it to new customers and stopping development .
western digital announced a new release of its arkeia network backup software last week that features scalability improvements to wd ' s progressive deduplication technology .
note that the arkeia master package includes the disaster recovery option for linux servers and agents , but not the disaster recovery option for windows agents . also , the central management server is not packaged for delivery as an arkeia software application . it is only available in the arkeia physical appliance and the arkeia virtual appliance .
4 minute demonstration video of wd arkeia network backup software . features step by step instructions on how to complete a backup from web user interface .
arkeia master package : this package will provide the agent you need to backup files . go to the software download page and specify your platform .
in the diagram above , each
arkeia master package on a specific platform
icon represents the arkeia master package for a specific platform . all packages deliver arkeia ' s backup agent . some packages also deliver arkeia ' s backup server .
the arkeia deduplication option will be priced at $ 2 , 000 per media , server , but will be free for companies that license arkeia ' s software or appliances ( physical or virtual ) by december 31 .
the table above describes which packages are required to install or upgrade the three deployments of the arkeia backup server : software , appliance , and virtual appliance .
the wd arkeia suite is delivered for deployment across over 150 platforms . if you are deploying your arkeia backup server as a traditional software application , you ' ll may only need two packages . you ' ll need :
at the beginning of this year , wd acquired arkeia , a company with a long history in the primary backup software market . arkeia was known in the industry as a technology leader in deduplication , with technology they acquired from kadena systems and integrated into their entire product line . using a process called “progressive deduplication” , arkeia software provided some enviable data reduction performance in many different use cases .
firmware for arkeia hardware and virtual appliances is available on the firmware downloads page . four packages deliver the current versions of arkeia firmware .
the arkeia master package combines both the arkeia backup server and the arkeia backup agent . the arkeia backup agent , and therefore the arkeia master package , is available on 200 platforms . however , the backup server is available on only 100 of these platforms . as a result , the availability of the arkeia master package on a platform does not mean that the backup server is available on that platform .
arkeia v10 . 1 software supports an unlimited number of clients on over 200 platform types , plus agents for hot backup of specific applications and databases . wd has been selling rack - mounted backup appliances with the arkeia software and recently announced the addition of two desktop systems that use wd hardware platforms dx - and ds - series nas appliances .
arkeia is continuing to sell its network backup products as standalone software , virtual appliances and integrated hardware appliances , according to bill evans , former arkeia ceo and head of western digital ' s small - and medium - sized ( smb ) business unit .
october 19 , 2010 - - arkeia software is putting the final touches on the 9 . 0 release of its arkeia network backup software , which the company plans to deliver in the first quarter of next year , possibly by mid - january . we ' ll cover that release in more detail as the company gets closer to shipping , but for now . . .
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the company will be integrated into western digital’s smb unit . the products will initially retain the arkeia name , and all customers on current maintenance plans will continue to receive support , according to western digital , which plans to retain arkeia’s software and appliance product lines .
arkeia specializes in network backup software and appliances for physical as well as virtual environments , and will expand western digital’s portfolio with a more feature - rich data - protection offering for larger smbs .
the appliances are the first new wd arkeia products launched since the acquisition . they bundle wd arkeia 10 . 1 software , which supports
cloud seeding
by shipping a customer ' s initial backup to a cloud provider on a portable drive instead of moving it over the internet .
william evans , the former ceo of arkeia and now senior director of worldwide software marketing for western digital , said that while arkeia did not offer a cloud service , it does give western digital partners and customers the ability to make private clouds a part of a complete data protection solution .
the software can be purchased as a stand - alone product or as part of a physical or virtual data protection appliance .
arkeia acquired the data dedupe technology when it bought kadena systems about a year ago .
arkeia products have been branded wd arkeia . the four new rackmount appliances replace the two highest capacity models arkeia sold before the acquisition . the new appliances have higher capacities , more memory , faster processors and two include solid - state drives ( ssds ) .
arkeia master package is required to install either an arkeia backup server or an arkeia backup agent . if your backup server machines are different platforms than your backup client machines , you will need to download a different package for each platform . packages are platform - specific .
the arkeia product line is designed to provide network backup and disaster recovery to both small - and medium - sized businesses for both local networks and in the cloud . the backup software is part of wd ' s backup platform of hardware and software that range from appliance - based solutions to wd ' s higher end line of rack - mounted units .
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the arkeia network backup suite of data protection software protects data on windows , linux and multiple unix platforms , and it supports data on such virtualization environments as vmware , microsoft hyper - v , citrix xenserver , and parallels server .
the key addition to the 9 . 0 release is a technology that arkeia now refers to as
prior to the arkeia acquisition , western digital provided data protection solutions to small businesses through its wd sentinel , which provides a maximum capacity of 16 tb and includes windows storage server 2008 r2 essentials software to protect up to 25 client computers .
as with variable - block deduplication , the block size can be adjusted for optimal deduplication ratios , but arkeia claims a
better
implementation that is more content - aware ( or application - aware ) than existing approaches . arkeia network backup 9 . 0 software automatically adjusts block sizes based on file type in order to maximize dedupe ratios .
red hat hci is software only , based on open source applications and is aimed for it operations that want to use existing hardware . . .
i uses a arkeia appliance ra4300 with a tandberg lto4 tapelibrary ( inkl . ibm ultruim drive ) .
arkeia esx agent for vmware esx v3 . 0 and and esx v3 . 5 , which is only available from our ftp site and only for wd arkeia versions 8 . 0 and 8 . 1 .
cisco hyperflex 3 . 5 software adds native dr and cloud - based intersight storage analytics . the all - flash hyper - converged systems . . .
pricing starts at $ 2 , 000 for a perpetual license for one backup server with unlimited file and folder backup agents . price for a backup appliance starts at $ 3 , 490 with unlimited file and folder backup agents . software and appliances are bundled with one year of software updates and technical support .
is there any possibillity to make the drive write continuous ? i read something about “disable software compresson” for the tape , but i can´t find any further informations .
wd brings some of the same advantages to this backup appliance line as it does their nas appliances , given the fact both use the same ha design and business - grade hardware . with the arkeia software , these backup appliances have several more benefits . in addition to their progressive deduplication , which is much more than a ‘checkbox’ feature , arkeia also brings a very deep set of supported applications and platforms .
arkeia used two other disk - drive manufacturers in its appliances before the acquisition , but now uses western digital drives .
arkeia has a selection of agents for backing up databases , directories , virtual environments and applications such as sharepoint and exchange .
privately - owned arkeia was bought by western digital in january 2013 , bringing wd its deduplicating network backup software product and technology . it was placed inside wd’s branded products smb unit and its ceo , bill evans , became general manager of wd’s business storage solutions unit . his linkedin profile shows him leaving in april 2014 .
arkeia firmware package : you can deploy an appliance as a hardware appliance or a virtual appliance . go to the firmware download page to download the arkeia virtual appliance . our hardware appliances are pre - loaded with firmware ( the backup server and web ui ) .
five arkeia packages are relevant to disaster recovery of which three are recovery cd images . the table above refers to these five packages :
arkeia web graphical user interface package : if your backup server is deployed as software and you will use the product ' s web ui , you need this package . this web ui includes an http server and is usually installed on the backup server machine , but can be installed on another machine , even on a different platform .
wd also just announced a vstorage agent for vmware vsphere environments running the arkeia backup software , providing global progressive deduplication for all oss on all vms . this vm - based backup appliance supports change block tracking ( cbt ) , image - level full , incremental and differential backups and microsoft vss . it’s also vmotion aware and supports vmware’s vstorage api and vcenter .
if your arkeia backup server is deployed as an appliance or virtual appliance , the appliance firmware will deliver both the backup server and the web user interface .
the new models replace the r320 and r620 . wd arkeia is keeping its four entry - level models - - the r120 , r120t , r220 and r220t .
arkeia ' s data deduplication implementation is global ( vs . local ) , byte - level ( vs . file - level ) , source - side ( vs . target - side , although it supports both approaches as well as a mix ) , in - line ( vs . post - processing ) , and content - aware . but the real differentiator is in how the software handles block sizes .
the transaction , which closed in december , includes arkeia’s technology , products and employees , western digital said tuesday . it did not disclose other terms of the transaction .
arkeia encourages smbs to use a hybrid cloud solution for data protection , which includes both local backup and automatic copying of data to a private cloud , evans said .
on tuesday , western digital also announced the general availability of arkeia network backup version 10 . 0 , which includes features to enable what the company calls “hybrid cloud backups” .
initial installation of the arkeia physical appliance is performed at the factory that builds the appliance . for the physical appliance , only firmware upgrades and a demonstration package are available .
next month , arkeia will release a deduplication profiling tool that will enable users to measure actual deduplication ratios at various block sizes to determine the optimal block size for each file type .
tagged with : arkeia , network - attached storage , solid - state drive , ssd , standard raid levels , usb 3 . 0 , vmware , western digital posted in briefing note
my tape autoloader can load up to 60 tb in tapes but i have to backup 100 tb . will arkeia let me switch out tapes to do a full 100 tb backup ?
according to wd , the arkeia version 10 . 2 performs the required deduplication and optimization processes continuously in the background so that the system reclaims space without requiring administrator involvement or additional scheduled maintenance .
the diagram in the upper - right corner of this page shows how products of the wd arkeia suite are distributed among installation packages . the same information is presented in a table to the right .
editor ' s comments : - march 2010 - in the middle ages of storage history - before ssds took up all my time - i used to spend a lot more time writing about other subjects in the storage market - including backup software . and we had a lot of readers interested in this subject . so much so that many leading backup companies in the market found it worthwhile advertising here on urltoken . they might do that again - in the distant future - when the ssd backup market grows out of its diapers . there ' s no mention of the word
ssd
yet on arkeia ' s website . no doubt that will change when the next wave of the ssd market bubble hits the software market . going back to storage history you can see , below , 2 examples from of a series of banner ads which arkeia ran here during 2004 and 2005 . if you click on them you will go back in time . but please be patient . ( it sometimes takes 60 seconds for the tape library to find the cartridge . )
arkeia delivers on - line disaster recovery ( dr ) solutions for both windows and linux platforms . off - line disaster recovery ( dr ) is available for all platforms . these packages are summarized in the table below .
this means a backup to disk on the lan is first performed , and then that data is replicated to the cloud , as well . using this strategy shortens the backup window and accelerates most data recovery operations , according to arkeia .
arkeia has used ssds on its highest end appliance since 2011 to accelerate updates to the backup server catalog .
it makes backups and restores a lot faster because there is no disk latency to slow down the process ,
evans said .
arkeia claims two key advantages of progressive dedupe vs . traditional variable - block dedupe : it ' s faster ( which reduces the size of backup windows ) and it delivers higher deduplication ratios ( which reduces storage capacity and network bandwidth requirements ) .
the acquisition helps western digital address several data protection trends now impacting the smb market , including the migration of customers from software - only data protection solutions to purpose - built backup appliances , the continuing migration from tape to disk - to - disk backup solutions and the increasing move to combine hybrid clouds with on - premise storage for data protection , gallivan said .
all wd arkeia appliances are 2u boxes , and the new ones range from 24 tb to 48 tb of raw capacity and 8 tb to 40 tb of usable capacity before deduplication . the new models include the ra4300 , ra4300t , ra5300 and ra6300 .
the acquisition , which closed in late december but was first unveiled tuesday , gives western digital , a company best known as one of the three remaining hard drive vendors , a line of software , hardware appliances and virtual appliances that address smb requirements for local and remote data protection solutions , said tom gallivan , vice president of smb solutions at irvine , calif . - based western digital .
wd community | hello , if the tapes are new / blank and have never been used by another product , then wd arkeia will write the label on the media during the 1st backup job : ie : * create the tapes in the webui * in . . . read more
for all dr solutions the recovery process is always
off - line
. that is , the machine is running recovery software , not its usual applications . the recovery of files is performed over the network to speed machine recovery and eliminate the need to handle media . the replacement machine is booted from any removable media and pre - disaster disk drive images are written to the volumes of the replacement machine . some hardware can also be booted over a network .
and uses what wd describes as a
seed and feed
method . the initial process involves an administrator performing a complete encrypted backup using usb 3 . 0 connectivity to portable hard drives or drive arrays . the drives are physically transported to a remote location that houses wd arkeia backup servers and the data is imported into those servers .
evans said arkeia added cloud seeding for customers who want to use the cloud instead of tape for off - site backups . if the first backup to the cloud is large , it can take days to complete , so customers can ship the drive to their cloud provider . customers can also have the drive shipped back for restores if they have an on - site disaster .
backup solutions for businesses are going through a dramatic shift in technology . advances in data deduplication , hard drive capacity , and wide - area network speeds allow companies to dispense with the error - prone process of trucking nightly backup tapes offsite ,
says bill evans , general manager of wd ' s business storage solutions group .
wd arkeia 10 . 2 extends wd ' s hybrid cloud backup solution that offers the speed of lan backups and the security of cloud storage . ' seed and feed ' for overnight transport of large backup sets delivers the flexibility of rapid data recovery when needed .
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progressive deduplication is an alternative to the older fixed - block deduplication and the newer , more common variable - block deduplication .
the company isn ' t ready to make specific performance or dedupe ratio claims , but ceo evans reports that in internal tests using vmdk files the company achieved a 38 % improvement in dedupe ratios compared to
one of the leading deduplication vendors
( which i assume to be either data domain or quantum ) .
we think we ' ll have better dedupe ratios than any other vendor ,
says evans .
the proof will be in the pudding . until we get some independent benchmark results , we ' ll have to take these claims with a grain of salt , but progressive deduplication appears to be an interesting technology that could take deduplication to a new level .
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with the introduction of version 10 , administrators can use any combination of physical media and internet transport to upload backup sets to a remote cloud .
the company also has a soft spot for open source environments . it was the first to ship professional backup solutions for the linux market in 1999 , and today it can protect applications such as mysql , postgresql and openldap .
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i think of the cloud as disks at another location ,
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everyone knows that having data backed up offsite is the key to successful data protection . smbs traditionally used tape , or replicated data to an offsite location . our technology provides the ability to back data up offsite . we already have many customers replicating data to remote locations .
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ongoing backups can then be managed through daily incremental changes sent over the internet , without the need for high - speed wide area network ( wan ) connections or physical transport of media to a remote location .
duplicate data and orphan data occur in incremental backups and , over time , can take up a considerable amount of space . backup and recovery housekeeping tasks require that deduplication processes be run to remove unnecessary data from off - site backups to reduce space and storage costs . additionally , during a recovery , performance is always an issue and duplicate data could slow down recovery significantly .
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the da1300 and da2300 are purpose - built backup appliances ( pbbas ) that feature up to 8tb of usable backup capacity ( 16tb raw ) in a raid 1 configuration and up to 16gb of ram . the da2300 integrates 128gb of ssd to accelerate backup catalog operations . both have dual / redundant power supplies , dual / redundant 1gbe nics and up to four usb 3 . 0 connections for external tape drives .
wd’s 2u rack - mounted backup appliances provide up to 40tb of usable capacity ( 48tb raw ) in raid 6 , single or dual xeon processors and up to 96gb of ram . all configurations include dual / redundant power supplies , four 1gbe nics , plus sas connectivity for tape drives . one model contains an embedded lto5 tape drive . two models integrate 360gb of ssd and offer optional dual 10gbe cards or fibre channel cards . all appliances except the da1300 feature what the company calls “enterprise - class” hdds .
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all works fine ; only if i make a replication on tape , the tape writes and stop an start write again .
when the tape replication occurs , the ( non human readable files ) are copied to the magntetic tape media .
in an uncompressed format . the backup on disk will still be copied to the tape media in the same format .
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the ra4300 has six 3 . 5 - inch hard - drive bays and is available with 24 tb of raw storage , 32 gb of memory , three pcie slots and two gigabit ethernet ( gbe ) ports . the ra4300t is the same configuration with an integrated lto - 5 tape drive .
the ra5300 is a 12 - bay system that uses 3 tb drives for 36 tb of raw capacity , 64 gb of memory and 360 gb of ssds . the ra6300 also has 12 bays but supports 4 tb drives for 48 tb of raw capacity . it has 96 gb of memory and 480 gb of ssds . the ra5300 and ra6300 have four gbe ports , two optional 10 - gbe ports and optional 8 gbps fibre channel connectivity to tape . the ra6300 uses two intel xeon processors , and the other appliances all have single xeon processors .
the alternative to waiting several weeks is not acceptable to businesses ,
evans said .
this is why backup to the cloud has not been successful among businesses yet .
with 10 . 1 , deduplication is a standard feature instead of being licensed separately . pricing for the appliances begins at $ 9 , 900 for 8 tb of usable capacity .
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in january 2016 , lonne jaffe announced he wouwd be serving as de senior advisor to syncsort’s board of directors . cwearwake capitaw named syncsort president , josh rogers , to wead syncsort’s next phase of growf as ceo and member of syncsort’s board of directors .
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william data systems is now part of the syncsort family , adding the zen suite of network monitoring , management & security tools to the syncsort optimize portfolio .
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syncsort appoints software industry veteran to lead growing mainframe business - syncsort has appointed accomplished software executive david hodgson to lead its rapidly growing mainframe business . [ 5 ]
david normandeau , big data sales and alliances , syncsort harness the power of hadoop with syncsort dmx - h for more than 45 years , syncsort has been a leader in “big data” enterprise software – decades before the term “big data” became popular .
we partner with gsis to provide industry - specific technical consulting services to help customers successfully implement syncsort products . our gsi partners are backed by syncsort engineering and technical support teams .
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in 1981 , the company formally changed its name from whitlow computer systems to syncsort incorporated .
hortonworks and syncsort partner to provide optimized etl onboarding for hadoop - hortonworks will resell syncsort’s dmx - h for onboarding etl processing in hadoop . with this partnership , hortonworks and syncsort are providing a trusted solution for integrating legacy etl flows in connected data platforms . [ 7 ]
1980 ' s - 2000 ' s - syncsort continued to add sort , join and aggregate algorithms to the syncsort library , earning several more patents , and providing customers with a more flexible , more robust solution . it also released versions of syncsort for windows , linux and unix .
2014 was an important year for syncsort in that it launched two new , unique mainframe solutions .
syncsort dl / 2 : this helps in rapid , risk - free data migration for ims .
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in november 2016 , syncsort acqwired triwwium software , a weading gwobaw provider of data qwawity sowutions .
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jaffe’s latest move is one that could ultimately attract more partners , an important aspect of the ceo’s strategy towards growing syncsort into the data - driven future . syncsort’s already teamed up with cloudera and more recently
syncsort’s product suite can be grouped into big data , data quality , mainframe , and sort technologies .
syncsort has been doing big data since the days when the data wasn’t so big , but the machines were .
syncsort , inc . , clearlake capital group lp purchase trillium software , inc . from harte hanks , inc .
the syncsort partner program provides sales , technical and marketing resources and the opportunity to work closely with syncsort to deliver innovative data integration solutions to customers . learn about the program we offer and the necessary requirements to join the team .
syncsort helps organizations around the world drive performance through sort . it dynamically selects algorithms and maximizes throughput by eliminating resource inefficiencies
by 2013 , syncsort had established itself as a “big iron to big data” company , with technologies that require less manual tuning and while maintaining performance . also in 2013 , syncsort acquired circle computer group , to facilitate migration of mainframe data .
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in 2015 , syncsort acquired william data systems , and announced ironstream® , a product that delivers real - time mainframe data to splunk enterprise and splunk cloud . in 2016 , syncsort acquired trillium software , a leading global provider of data quality solutions .
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syncsort is the global leader in big iron to big data software . we organize data everywhere , to keep the world working .
in the 1970s , syncsort established a dominant position in the mainframe market , competing with ibm’s sort solution and captured over 50 % of the north american mainframe market . syncsort also extended its functionality to dos and cms , and began utilizing dynamic optimization algorithms .
syncsort targets mainframe data with enhanced hadoop etl tool - syncsort inc . wants to clear the bottleneck for organizations that still have information locked away in big iron with a new iteration of its dmx - h migration tool that is rolling out this morning . [ 8 ]
hi , i was looking for the history of dfsort , syncsort & icetool ( how and when they were developed and released , team members , performance comparision , etc . ) however , i did not find satisfying answers to my question . i just found out that dfsort was developed by ibm and syncsort by syncsort inc . kindly update with the correct information regarding this ! thanks in advance ! !
syncsort ' s dmx lets you extract and transform more data faster , and quickly load your favorite analytics tools without manual coding or tuning .
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landscape is growing in complexity . for its capabilities in addressing the enterprise ' s evolving demands , syncsort was named to the dbta 100 list .
tracing back to a small company offering mainframe software in 1963 , syncsort quickly recognized the burden on it to extract value from a continual avalanche of data . in the years to come , syncsort leveraged its mainframe experience and included data integration and big data solutions to address these rising challenges .
“syncsort has long been a recognized leader in data integration software , and we are excited to partner with josh and the management team to expand syncsort’s product portfolio to include data quality , ” added behdad eghbali and prashant mehrotra of clearlake . “combining syncsort and trillium creates a leading data integration and data quality software provider of significant scale and further establishes the company as a platform for accelerated organic and acquisition - based growth . with this acquisition , syncsort continues to be well - positioned to address the significant market trends around big data and to support the needs of our customers . ”
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in february 2015 , syncsort acqwired wiwwiam data systems , a network monitoring and security software company . syncsort announced it wiww make security data cowwected by wiwwiam data avaiwabwe via ironstream® , a product introduced in 2014 dat dewivers reaw - time mainframe data to spwunk enterprise and spwunk cwoud . [ 8 ]
syncsort acquired the uk - based mainframe software company cogito in august 2016 along with the products ez - db2 and ez - idms . the acquisition built on syncsort ' s strengths in delivering key mainframe data to cutting - edge big data platforms while simultaneously increasing efficiency and lowering costs on the mainframe .
syncsort’s big data solutions allow collection , preparation , blending , transformation and distribution of data with or without hadoop ; on premises or in the cloud .
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syncsort provides equal employment opportunities ( eeo ) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race , creed , color , religion , national origin , sex , age , disability , marital status , sexual orientation , citizenship status . in addition to federal law requirements , syncsort complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities . we encourage all qualified persons to apply for employment with syncsort .
for nearly 50 years , syncsort has delivered data integration solutions for enterprises with a focus on helping them process large volumes of data as efficiently as possible .
recognizing the importance of big data initiatives , syncsort launched dmx in 2004 , enabling customers to address a broader range of data sources and targets , a wider array of reporting options , metadata management and a more usable job management console at the fastest possible speeds . in 2008 , syncsort’s dmx earned the etl world record , shattering the previous world record held by microsoft . syncsort’s record - setting solution validated its ability to provide optimal performance and maximum return on investment .
syncsort vs / 2 : this is a data migration and application transparency solution that enables the rapid migration of data from vsam to db2 without application changes .
syncsort adds native support for spark and kafka to help users modernize their analytics environments - syncsort inc . is moving to ease the task for users of its dmx - h tool today by adding native integration with the engine that removes the need to manually rewrite analytics workflows as part of the transition . [ 6 ]
centerbridge partners , l . p . ( “centerbridge” ) , a leading private investment firm , today announced that it has completed the $ 1 . 26 billion acquisition of enterprise software providers syncsort incorporated ( “syncsort” ) and vision solutions , inc . ( “vision” ) from affiliates of clearlake capital group , l . p . ( “clearlake” ) . as previously announced , clearlake , which acquired syncsort in 2015 and vision in 2016 , is retaining a minority ownership stake in the combined company .
in october 2015 , cwearwake capitaw group announced dat it had reached a definitive agreement to acqwire syncsort . [ 12 ] the acqwisition was compweted in november 2015 .
medical mutual of ohio gains easy access to vital mainframe security data in real time via syncsort ironstream® and splunk enterprise - medical mutual of ohio is using syncsort’s unique ironstream® software to make mainframe security data available in real time to the splunk® enterprise platform to help protect customer information stored in db2 from unauthorized access . [ 9 ]
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in apriw 2008 , insight venture partners , bessemer venture partners , georgian partners , gowdman sachs and oder investors bought a majority interest in syncsort incorporated . [ 10 ] in october 2013 , syncsort sowd its data protection business to an investor group wed by bedford venture partners and windcrest partners . the spun off data protection business is now cawwed catawogic software . according to de firm , de sawe is expected to awwow syncsort to focus on de “big iron to big data
market opportunity . [ 11 ]
after an in - depth evaluation of the company’s needs , they chose syncsort’s zen suite , a product that encompassed the functionality of all of its previously used products without the redundancy and unnecessary cost . in combination with ibm’s netview , syncsort’s zen suite also proved to serve as a powerful add - on which has elicited even greater efficiency .
dmx , dmx - h , ironstream , dl / 2 , and zen suite are trademarks of syncsort incorporated . syncsort and mfx are registered trademarks of syncsort incorporated in the united states of america and other jurisdictions . athene is a trademark of metron technology limited . itera , mimix , and enforcive are registered trademarks of vision solutions , inc . in the united states of america and other jurisdictions . trillium software is a registered trademark of trillium software , inc . in the united states of america and other jurisdictions .
syncsort ironstream : this makes it simple to securely process mainframe log data into splunk enterprise and splunk cloud , giving you a real - time , 360 - degree view .
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centerbridge partners , l . p . a private investment firm , completed the $ 1 . 26 billion acquisitions of enterprise software providers syncsort incorporated and vision solutions , inc . from affiliates of clearlake capital group , l . p . clearlake , which acquired syncsort in 2015 and vision in 2016 , will retain a minority ownership stake in the combined company .
syncsort’s hadoop etl : it provides solutions to extend the capabilities of hadoop , turning it into a highly scalable , affordable , and easy - to - use data integration environment .
syncsort zpsaver suite : this is a set of specialized utilities to offload copy , sms compression and sort jobs to ziip processors , effectively reducing the workload on the main cpu .
syncsort zen : it offers a selection of specialized components that provide network performance management , monitoring , alerting , tracing , reporting and security , tailored to match your unique needs .
also in 2015 , syncsort launched bigframe in partnership with cognizant and cloudera , creating an end - to - end solution to address challenges with performance , flexibility and agility in getting business insights out of legacy data . towards the end of the year , plans to accelerate growth and lead industry consolidation gained momentum with the announcement that clearlake capital group had acquired syncsort .
syncsort provides enterprise software that allows organizations to collect , integrate , sort , and distribute more data in less time , with fewer resources and lower costs . with 40 years of innovation , syncsort delivers specialized solutions spanning “big iron to big data , ” including the best end - to - end approach to offloading expensive workloads from data warehouses and mainframes into hadoop .
syncsort’s dmexpress technology earned the etl world record in 2008 , transferring 5 . 4tb of raw data into a vertica analytic database on an hp c - class bladesystem in just 57 minutes .
syncsort took data integration to the next level with new innovative software and partnerships to help the growing amount of organizations interested in populating hadoop data lakes with enterprise - wide data , including mainframe . syncsort launched dmx - h , a new data integration solution designed to help customers achieve their modern data strategy objectives with a single interface for accessing and integrating all their enterprise data sources .
syncsort is acquiring circle computer group , a software maker that allows organizations to make data securely available for analytics on platforms such as apache hadoop . the terms of the deal were not disclosed .
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syncsort has been on a roll since late in 2016 when , backed by clearlake , it acquired trillium software , a global provider of data quality solutions . the acquisition of trillium was the largest in syncsort’s history then , and brings together data quality and data integration technology for enterprise environments . the combination of syncsort and trillium , according to the company , enables enterprises to harness all their valuable data assets for greater business insights , applying high - performance and scalable data movement , transformation , profiling , and quality across traditional data management technology stacks as well as hadoop and cloud environments .
syncsort is a provider of enterprise software and a player in big iron to big data solutions . dancingdinosaur has covered it here and here . according to the company , customers in more than 85 countries rely on syncsort to move and transform mission - critical data and workloads . vision solutions provides business resilience tools addressing high availability , disaster recovery , migration , and data sharing for ibm power systems .
specifically , syncsort and trillium both have a substantial number of large enterprise customers seeking to generate new insights by combining traditional corporate data with diverse information sources from mobile , online , social , and the internet of things . syncsort expects these organizations to continue to rely heavily on next - generation analytic capabilities , creating a growing need for its best - in - class data integration and quality solutions to make their big data initiatives successful . together , syncsort and trillium will continue to focus on providing customers with these capabilities for traditional environments , while leading the industry in delivering them for hadoop and spark too .
syncsort incorporated is a global software company specializing in big data , high speed sorting products , and data integration software and services , for hadoop , microsoft windows , unix , linux , and mainframe systems .
by 2013 , syncsort had positioned itsewf as a “big iron to big data” company whose products reportedwy reqwire wess manuaw tuning and stiww exhibit high performance . refwecting de importance of its big data strategy , in 2013 syncsort recruited technowogy industry veteran lonne jaffe as ceo . jaffe had previouswy served as senior vice president of corporate strategy at ca technowogies , and vp of strategy in de ibm software group . [ 4 ]
in december 2016 , syncsort reached a significant milestone in its growth strategy : acquiring market - leading data quality provider trillium software , a leader in gartner’s magic quadrant for data quality tools every year since gartner started publishing the report . the acquisition of trillium was the largest in syncsort’s history , and brought together market - leading data quality and data integration technology to deliver value at scale in the most demanding enterprise environments .
syncsort is is a global software company offering a suite of technologies including big data and data quality solutions , sorting products , and data integration services for hadoop , windows , unix , linux , and mainframe systems .
advised onreservoir capital group llc , clearlake capital group lp purchase syncsort , inc . from windcrest partners , insight venture partners , bessemer venture partners , goldman sachs capital partners , garmark advisors llc , georgian partners , inc .
over the years , syncsort has been providing solutions for cloud , hadoop , mainframe , linix , unix , windows and splunk . they have come up with various products creating tools for big data , sorting and for mainframe .
syncsort mfx : it reduces billable cpu time and contain overall software costs and support more processing in an lpar and free up capacity . it also helps to meet slas / batch window to reduce risk and associated business costs .
“we are pleased to open an exciting new chapter in syncsort’s rich history , and execute strategies to capitalize on the many growth opportunities provided by the combination of syncsort’s market - leading big iron to big data platform and vision’s leading business resilience software solutions , ” said jared hendricks , a senior managing director at centerbridge . “given the innovation and talent that the teams contribute to this combination , the laser focus on high - value use cases and strategic partnerships to drive significant organic growth , and a proven track record executing acquisitions , the future is extremely bright at syncsort . we are excited about the prospects for the new company and continuing participation from our partners at clearlake . ”
syncsort followed - up this announcement by partnering with major hadoop distribution vendors like cloudera , hortonworks and mapr to ensure dmx - h works seamlessly with these hadoop platforms and takes advantage of their key facilities . when a new hadoop project , apache spark became an important part of the hadoop ecosystem , syncsort integrated dmx - h with it as well , and implemented technology to make it easy to leverage all work done in hadoop , whether in mapreduce or spark .
defining import jobs for the hundreds or even thousands of tables you need to move can take hundreds of hours with traditional etl tools . syncsort’s datafunnel lets you point , click and onboard entire schemas from a relational database in minutes .
stage 1 – os / 360 sort / merge the sort / merge developed for os / 360 was actually a very good product . it was reasonably fast , and reasonably easy to use . and , like the rest of os / 360 , it was “free , ” and semi - open source stage 2 – syncsort syncsort was very obviously developed from os / 360 sort / merge . it was supposed to be faster . stage 3 – dfsort dfsort was ibm ' s response to syncsort . since then the two products have been in what appears to an unbiased observer a near tit for tat race to improve performance and add features to the point where the products have essentially added the capabilities of a report generator type program . it is difficult - perhaps impossible - to compare their performance . i suspect that in some environments dfsort will be a little better , and syncsort will be a little better in some other environments .
syncsort and cloudera provide an enterprise - ready hadoop platform that is flexible , scalable , and cost - effective—an integrated solution that drives bigger insights for all your enterprise data , from mainframe to streaming data sources , and everything in between .
woodcliff lake , nj and santa monica , ca ( november 30 , 2016 ) – syncsort incorporated ( “syncsort” ) , the global leader in big iron to big data solutions backed by clearlake capital group , l . p . ( “clearlake” ) , today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with harte hanks , inc . ( nyse : hhs ) to acquire trillium software ( “trillium” ) , a leading global provider of data quality solutions . the acquisition of trillium will be the largest in syncsort’s history , and brings together market - leading data quality and data integration technology to deliver value at scale in the most demanding enterprise environments . the transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions .
syncsort incorporated is one of de owdest continuouswy operating software firms of its size . [ 9 ] now in its fiff decade , de company has diversified beyond its originaw namesake product and operates subsidiaries in france , germany and de uk .
in de 1990s , syncsort expanded into cwient / server environments wif a unix - based sort utiwity and a backup product . in 2004 , syncsort introduced dmexpress , which added core etl ( extract , transform and woad ) integration capabiwities , metadata management and improved job management . in 2008 , dmexpress was awarded de etl worwd speed record by transferring 5 . 4tb of raw data into a vertica anawytic database on an hp c - cwass bwadesystem in 57 minutes . [ 3 ]
mfx for mainframe : high - performance sort for z systems . syncsort mfx for z / os will reduce cpu costs and help meet batch window requirements while optimizing resource management and overall system efficiency - and plug compatible with the ibm sort .
credit suisse , antares capital and suntrust robinson humphrey are providing fully committed debt financing for the transaction . foros served as the financial advisor to harte hanks . credit suisse , evercore and suntrust robinson humphrey served as the financial advisors to syncsort .
awso in 2013 , syncsort acqwired circwe computer group , [ 5 ] whose product dl / 2 faciwitates migration of mainframe data , especiawwy from ibm ims instances to ibm ' s db2 under z / os . [ 6 ] [ 7 ]
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syncsort dmx - h pulls enterprise data into hadoop in the cloud and prepares that data for business workloads using native hadoop frameworks , apache spark , or mapreduce , effectively enabling it to achieve time - to - value goals and quickly deliver business insights .
vscoret specifies the total amount of virtual storage memory ( above - and below - the - line ) that syncsort uses . this value overrides the sort - sortsize parameter in hlq . cdbaparm ( util ) and the sortsize value in the utility job .
organizations were also looking for ways to address key cost and performance challenges on the mainframe . syncsort introduced its innovative zpsaver suite to meet these needs , which offloads resource intensive processing to ziip processors , to improve performance , reduce mips usage and lower costs .
in juwy 2017 , centerbridge partners announced dat it had reached an agreement to acqwire syncsort awong wif vision sowutions . the two companies wiww be combined into one company . the transaction cwosed in de dird qwarter of 2017 and integration is ongoing . [ 13 ]
today – since 1968 , syncsort has delivered data integration products to thousands of customers around the world , helping companies to process large volumes of data as efficiently as possible . we’ve helped our customers not only to navigate major shifts in technology but also to flourish .
syncsort is a recognized global leader in big iron to big data solutions , a fast - growing segment within the data management space that industry analyst wikibon forecasts to be growing at 25 % a year to $ 2 . 3 billion by 2020 . syncsort’s proven software efficiently delivers all critical enterprise data assets with the highest integrity for big data analytics , on premise or in the cloud . with its acquisition of trillium software in late 2016 , the company is also now home to market - leading data quality software and expertise .
vscore specifies the maximum amount of below - the - line virtual storage in kb that syncsort uses . set vscore to the same value as the sort - applsize parameter in hlq . cdbaparm ( util ) . the default sort - applsize value is 420 kb .
while this helps lower adoption costs for the enterprise , circle technology also helps address the skills challenges many organizations face due to dwindling ims and vsam expertise . according to syncsort , over 90 percent of the fortune 1000 enterprises use ims for their mission - critical data management needs , processing more than 50 billion transactions a day and managing over 14 petabytes of data . cics vsam processes tens of billions of online transactions every day at the world’s largest companies , and this is a big data pain point syncsort is anxious to address .
syncsort’s dmx is the only data integration tool with intelligent execution . while traditional integration tools are manual and static , with every change requiring constant tuning to maintain performance slas , dmx dynamically selects the most efficient algorithms based on the data structures and system attributes at run - time .
syncsort can be traced back to 1968 , when founders duane whitlow and stan rintel began developing software for mainframe computers . while developing an airlines reservations system , whitlow developed a sort solution that managed to provide a smaller footprint and better performance than ibm ' s existing sort utility .
in the 1990s , syncsort released a unix - based sort utility and a backup product and in 2004 , introduced dmexpress , which added core etl ( extract , transform , load ) integration capabilities and metadata management . in 2008 , dmexpress was awarded the etl world speed record .
syncsort is one of those companies that feeds off these old , closet - sized machines with its technology for making a mainframe’s data accessible . its competitors are legacy technology companies such as informatica that made their fortune on extracting data and then processing it for analysis . the company maintains that its differentiation is in analyzing mainframe data using hadoop , the de facto method in the enterprise for setting up data to be analyzed across distributed infrastructures . syncsort opens the mainframe environment a bit more for analysis , giving companies greater ability to analyze data that has traditionally been unavailable .
the combination of syncsort and trillium’s complementary product set will enable enterprise customers to seamlessly harness all their valuable data assets for greater business insights , applying high - performance and scalable data movement , transformation , profiling and quality across traditional data management technology stacks and emerging hadoop and cloud environments .
during the company ' s early years , the team at whitlow computer systems developed software that vastly outperformed all other mainframe sorting solutions and earned its first patents . these patented algorithms became known as the basis of the first version of their solution . the team called it
syncsort .
in february 2015 , william data systems joined the syncsort family , along with its zen suite , making critical mainframe network monitoring and security data available to advanced big data platforms . the zen suite brings customers specialized components to provide network monitoring , tracing , reporting , security alerting and performance management .
this acquisition is the first since the announcement that syncsort and vision solutions are combining , adding expertise and proven leadership in ibmi and aix power systems platforms and to reinforce its ‘big iron to big data’ focus . syncsort has also long established player in the mainframe business . its big iron to big data promises to be a fast - growing market segment comprised of solutions that optimize traditional data systems and deliver mission - critical data from these systems to next - generation analytic environments using innovative big data technologies . metron’s solutions and expertise is expected to contribute to the company’s data infrastructure optimization portfolio .
syncsort and trillium both have a substantial number of large enterprise customers seeking to generate new insights by combining traditional corporate data with new information sources from mobile , online , social and internet of things ( “iot” ) . these organizations will continue to rely heavily on next - generation analytic capabilities , creating a growing need for best - in - class data integration and quality solutions to make their big data initiatives successful . together , syncsort and trillium will continue to have a strong focus on providing customers with these capabilities for traditional environments , while leading the industry in delivering them for hadoop and spark .
evercore and jefferies served as financial advisors to syncsort and vision solutions . bank of america merrill lynch and credit suisse served as financial advisors to centerbridge . financing for the transaction was provided by bank of america merrill lynch , credit suisse , antares capital , golub capital , jefferies and suntrust robinson humphrey .
syncsort is dedicated to helping data - intensive organizations across the big data continuum with a smarter way to collect and process the ever - expanding data avalanche . we have teamed with an extraordinary group of partners to offer innovative solutions to drive better business outcomes in less time , with less resources and lower tco .
offloading elt workloads and data from the edw slashes batch windows , keeps data readily available , and frees up capacity . to make it even easier to get started , syncsort and cloudera have partnered with dell to enable turnkey data warehouse optimization solutions that are cost - effective , easy - to - use and highly - scalable .
syncsort has a growing global customer base that’s reached into the thousands , and today’s acquisition marks the next step in enhancing data management for industrial - grade enterprise software . it’s part of a return to the well established skill in data sorting , based on concepts first introduced in the 1970s and popularized by legacy it firms like ibm .
at syncsort , we use our experience so you can quickly extract value from your critical data anytime , anywhere . our software is used by leading businesses - - on premise and in the cloud - - to optimize their data infrastructure , assure the availability and security of critical data , and seamlessly integrate their systems and improve data quality .
in april 2016 , hortonworks announced its first ever commercial software reseller agreement , choosing syncsort ' s dmx - h to be the data integration product of choice for its new optimized etl onboarding offering . it provides joint customers with an integrated solution to quickly and efficiently migrate data to hortonworks data platform ( hdp™ ) to power next - generation data analytics .
our industry - leading data integration software , syncsort dmx - h , provides everything you need to collect , prepare , blend , transform , and distribute all your data seamlessly with hadoop . in addition , our no - coding , no - tuning , “design once , deploy anywhere” approach lets you focus on your business objectives , not the underlying technology .
“with most large enterprises making significant investments in big data for business and operational analytics , core data integration and data quality workloads are moving into hadoop at a rapid pace , ” said josh rogers , ceo , syncsort . “as a pioneer in bringing high - performance data integration software to the hadoop ecosystem , syncsort sees an opportunity to extend our unique value with trillium’s proven , best - of - breed data quality products . together , we are a clear leader in the data integration and data quality market , and the logical choice for large enterprises seeking to chart a path to hadoop . we look forward to working closely with trillium’s customers and investing in the great products they have come to rely on . ”
you can do parallel inserts to oracle without locking the tables . you can automatically partition and load into greenplum and netezza for the fastest data loads possible . syncsort’s dmx gives you best - in - class loads to a wide variety of analytics databases including teradata , vertica , greenplum , netezza , oracle , and nosql databases such as cassandra , hbase and mongodb .
“i am delighted to be supporting centerbridge and the new syncsort as a senior advisor to continue to help develop a global big iron to big data leader , ” said nicolaas vlok , ceo of vision solutions . “there is significant potential to generate more value for our customers , partners , employees and investors as we execute on the growth strategy of the combined business . ”
“many large enterprises with substantial hadoop projects have told us that up to 80 percent of their corporate data originates in the mainframe” said geoff cooke , general manager of circle computer group . “with mainframe data being such a critical piece of the enterprise’s big data strategy , syncsort and circle create a formidable combination of expertise and a trusted ability to bring measurable value to mainframe customers . ”
headquartered in pearl river , ny , our company has international subsidiaries in the united kingdom , france , germany , japan , australia , singapore , hong kong , belgium , poland , israel , with support centers across the united states and the netherlands . we work with an international network of partners , resellers and distributors who include syncsort products as integral components of their it solutions .
syncsort acquired uk - based circle computer group , including its flagship dl / 2 product , in the fall of 2013 , kicking off its acquisition - based and organic growth strategy . dl / 2 provides the rapid , transparent migration of applications accessing large quantities of data from the ibm® information management system™ ( ims ) to db2® on z / os® , without requiring any application changes .
at syncsort , we organize data everywhere , to keep the world working . we use our experience so you can quickly extract value from your critical data anytime , anywhere . our software is used by leading enterprises - on premise and in the cloud - to optimize their data infrastructure , assure the availability and security of critical data , and seamlessly integrate their systems and improve data quality .
syncsort , inc . develops data management and data warehousing software solutions . it offers dmx , dmx - h , ironcluster etl , ironstream , dmx sort edition , zen suite and zpsaver suite . the firm also provides solutions for hadoop , cloud , splunk , linux , unix , windows , and mainframe . the company was founded by assadour o . tavitian and harvey b . te ssler in 1968 .
“cios and ctos should be setting out a roadmap for the introduction of near real - time data analytics , and partnering with companies that can provide the key technologies to enable automation of rapid change to business systems . syncsort is likely to be one such important technology to reduce the elapsed time of complex data transformation , especially for companies that hold large amounts of important data in ibm mainframe hierarchical databases . ”
“we are thrilled to officially welcome the talented vision team , the thousands of customers that rely on vision’s trusted leadership in ibm i and aix power systems , and an impressive , world - class partner ecosystem to the new syncsort , ” said josh rogers , ceo , syncsort . “this milestone in our business comes at a time when virtually every large enterprise in the world is focused on optimizing existing data infrastructure , and liberating mission - critical data from traditional systems , to make it available in next - generation analytic environments for trusted business insights . together with centerbridge and clearlake , we are creating a big iron to big data platform that addresses the most critical , complex data management challenges that leading enterprises across all major industries will face for at least the next decade . we are pleased to take this logical next step in our strategy . ”
syncsort dmx - h : it is specifically designed to help achieve modern data strategy objectives with a single interface for accessing and integrating all the enterprise data sources , batch and streaming , across hadoop , spark , linux , unix or windows , on premise or in the cloud . dmx - h , amazon emr edition delivers the etl functionality you need for amazon emr , enabling you to fast - track your productivity and deliver results quickly .
with apache hadoop adoption continually increasing in the enterprise , data scientists and analysts need a simplified way to gain visibility into data in hadoop to meet compliance and regulatory requirements . cloudera is leading the way with syncsort , a leading comprehensive governance solution native to hadoop , and we’re excited that our industry - leading dmx - h is integrated with cloudera navigator ' s single , searchable interface to publish audit trail and end - to - end lineage .
customers were looking for a way to unlock valuable mainframe machine data and make it available at the speed of business to next - generation analytics environments . many were already using the splunk platform to collect and analyze valuable operational and security data from many enterprises sources , but could not access the mainframe data . syncsort introduced ironstream® , a game - changing new product to continuously collect mainframe data in real - time and deliver it to the splunk platform .
san antonio , tx - - ( marketwired - nov 30 , 2016 ) - harte hanks ( nyse : hhs ) , a leader in customer relationships , experiences and interaction - led marketing , today announced a definitive agreement whereby syncsort , a global leader in big iron to big data solutions , will acquire harte hanks ' trillium software business for $ 112 million in cash . the sale of trillium software is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions .
syncsort dmx : dmx reduces the cost and complexity of data integration by freeing up database capacity , delivering up to 10x faster performance , and eliminating the need for manual coding and tuning . dmx is the only data integration tool with a smart etl optimizer . dmx dynamically selects the most efficient algorithms based on the data structures and system attributes it encounters at run - time . the etl optimizer automatically adapts and optimizes itself to the exact characteristics of any particular job and system .
in de earwy years , aso tavitian managed sawes and marketing operations , which soon took off , especiawwy after den - startup computerworwd pubwished a front page story about de product . that story , whitwow said , resuwted in openings in europe , and de company was one of de first to seww an independent software product in europe . [ 2 ] in dose earwy days , according to whitwow , syncsort ' s product was often de first non - ibm product for many customers .
the company apparently hasn’t suffered from being passed between owners . syncsort has been active in tech acquisitions for the past two years as it builds its data transformation footprint . just a couple of weeks ago , it acquired metron , a provider of cross - platform capacity management software , services . metron’s signature athene solution delivers trend - based forecasting , capacity modeling , and planning capabilities that enable enterprises to optimize their data infrastructure to improve performance and control costs on premise or in the cloud .
circle’s flagship product , dl / 2 , provides a software engine that enables the rapid , transparent migration of applications accessing large quantities of data from the ibm information management system ( ims ) to db2 on z / os , without requiring any application changes . this mission - critical mainframe data can be made securely available to familiar big data platforms like apache hadoop via syncsort’s dmx - h product line . circle also provides similar capabilities for moving ibm virtual storage access method ( vsam ) data .
earlier this year syncsort integrated its own big data integration solution , dmx - h , with cloudera director , enabling organizations to easily deploy dmx - h along with cloudera enterprise on amazon web services , microsoft azure , or google cloud . by deploying dmx - h with cdh , organizations can quickly pull data into new , ready - to - work clusters in the cloud—accelerating the time to capture cloud benefits , including cost savings and data - as - a - service ( daas ) delivery .
in 1968 , seven recent graduates of new york university and columbia university forged a partnership to find a better , smarter way to process data . this was no easy feat in the early days of mainframe computing , when systems required huge monetary investments , specialized expertise to operate , and a large amount of time to perform even the simplest of functions . determined to develop a software solution that increased mainframe performance while reducing operational costs , whitlow computer systems , today known as syncsort , was born .
syncsort , a global maker of big data software , is moving fast under the direction of lone jaffe . his first acquisition as ceo of data integration is uk - based circle computer group , kicking off the acquisition - heavy growth strategy he revealed earlier this year . circle offers a portfolio of software products that allow organizations to make valuable , previously “locked away” mainframe data securely available for new enterprise - wide big data initiatives without requiring any changes to existing applications , reducing software costs in the process .
the vision portfolio provides leading business resilience solutions for ibm i and aix power systems platforms . its software solutions are designed to protect data , minimize downtime and maximize resources for the modern data center . the recent acquisition of enforcive systems , an it security and compliance management solutions provider , drives a unique convergence of high availability , disaster recovery and security capabilities to protect an organization’s data . with the addition of the vision portfolio , syncsort is well positioned to capitalize on significant investments being made across the industry in tuning power systems to serve next - generation machine learning use cases , on premise or in the cloud .
the mainframe is that dinosaur of the prehistoric age of it . but unlike the pterodactyl , mainframes will continue to have a hulking presence as long as corporations use them to store all their data . circle computer group has developed a process for removing the data from these big - iron infrastructures and into more accessible database environments such as those from ibm .
mainframes will never go away . but in this age of data , these old systems have to be accessed as much as the rest of the corporate infrastructure . to reach that data requires complex data - integration capabilities , a booming market that is emerging as more data is sought to do predictive analytics . data integration startups include companies such as mulesoft that are developing new methods for integrating data from on - premise environments and cloud services so it can be analyzed for further use .
“we’re looking to acquire fast - growing companies with extraordinary talent and highly differentiated software that will advance our strategy and easily snap into our existing technology , ” said jaffe . “we were really fortunate to find such a company in circle . ”
“the world is moving towards these skills again , ” floyer goes on . “one big data key business value driver is the enablement of near real - time data analytics from many data sources , and to operationalize these processes to automate change in real - time online systems . sorting is a large component of elapsed time in both the etl and selection processes . jaffe is betting that the same technologies ( with the addition of large in - memory sorts ) are going to be needed for big data . ”
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in the world of information technology , we marvel at solutions that perform complex tasks simply and dependably because these tasks generally aren’t easy to accomplish . this is the case with the dl / 2 product from circle computer group .
today , companies are looking for ways to reduce costs , provide easier access to data or business purposes , and minimize the risk that comes with making any changes . why are companies looking for ways to make data more easily accessible for business purposes ? the better a company is at making data available and accessible , the better that company can serve its customers , know what new products and services to provide , create closer relationships with partners , and keep costs low .
for some companies , legacy applications using ims databases are a potential area for cost reduction . while ims has been a trusted workhorse for decades , ims expertise is diminishing in all geographies , largely as a result of retirement . in addition , increasing maintenance and licensing costs often mean disproportional increases in the continued provision of legacy applications . replacing legacy applications is expensive , whether by in - house development or through the use of an erp solution . retaining legacy applications , but at a significantly reduced cost , is a challenge many organizations face .
other companies have no intentions of eliminating ims , but want to increase availability and access to the data stored there . db2 provides the rich functionality required by today’s e - business and business intelligence applications , and has become the database of choice for z / os users . for many companies , however , extending the benefits of db2 to legacy ims data has remained out of reach . moving data to db2 not only involves complex data re - engineering and migration , but also requires extensive modification to application programs , often resulting in an unacceptable level of effort , cost , and risk .
whether you want to eliminate ims or move the data to db2 for increased availability and accessibility , dl / 2 provides a simple , dependable solution . if your goal is to eliminate ims , dl / 2 makes it easy to move your ims data to db2 but continue to run your existing legacy applications unchanged . this capability permits you to eliminate ims / db and associated ims tools’ license costs , but continue to use your ims legacy applications . it also means you don’t need to wait years for applications to be rewritten or take unnecessary business risks . you could be saving the license fees of ims in six to 12 months .