Industry analyst Wayne Eckerson writes that data federation and virtualization provide a way to balance enterprise standards and local control and deliver effective BI solutions

San Mateo, CA — December 22,  2011 —  Wayne Eckerson, veteran consultant and industry analyst in analytics, business intelligence, performance management and data warehousing, has written an eBook entitled “Federating Architectures for BI Professionals,” published by BeyeNETWORK and underwritten by data virtualization leader Composite Software.  The eBook is available free of charge and can be download here. 

Wayne Eckerson will discuss the data virtualization architecture; Composite Software’s Robert Eve and Judith Davis will talk about new data virtualization book

San Mateo, CA — November 7 ,  2011 —  Wayne Eckerson, veteran industry analyst and principal of the BI Leadership Forum, and Robert Eve, executive vice president of Marketing with Composite Software and co-author of the recently published book “Data Virtualization: Going Beyond Traditional Data Integration to Achieve Business Agility” will appear November 8 at 4:00pm ET on The Briefing Room discussing “Going Beyond Traditional Data Integration to Achieve Business Agility.”  The Briefing Room, hosted by The Bloor Group’s Eric Kavanagh, is a live interactive forum which allows vendors to give a detailed technical presentation to a respected analyst who asks questions and offers industry insights.  To register for the Briefing Room, please visit here. 

Composite Software’s Data Virtualization Day draws overflow crowd who hear from the world’s leading data virtualization experts and pioneers

San Mateo, CA — October 19, 2011 —  Executives from BP America, NYSE EuroNext, Putnam Investments and Qualcomm were recognized for their data virtualization implementations and pioneering contributions at the second annual Composite Software Data Virtualization Day which was held October 13.  The world’s largest gathering of data virtualization experts and implementers, Data Virtualization Day drew nearly 200 attendees to New York City where they heard case studies from executives at Bank of America, Putnam Investments and Qualcomm Incorporated.   

Prominent business intelligence and data integration analysts positively review pragmatic insights derived from data virtualization pioneers

San Mateo, CA — October 11, 2011 —  The first book written on data virtualization was introduced today to positive reviews from some of the world’s leading business intelligence (BI) and data integration analysts.  Data Virtualization: Going Beyond Traditional Data Integration to Achieve Business Agility explores today’s data virtualization solutions and presents 10 Composite Software-enabled case studies describing how enterprises across a wide range of industries and domains have successfully adopted data virtualization to increase business agility.  The book, co-authored by industry veterans Judith R. Davis and Robert Eve, is available for purchase on Amazon.com.

San Mateo, CA — September 14,  2011 — Composite Software announced today the speaker lineup and agenda for the second annual Data Virtualization Day that will take place October 13 in New York City.  The world’s largest gathering of data virtualization experts and implementers is expected to draw nearly 150 Composite Software customers and prospects and will include customer presentations from Bank of America, Putnam Investments and Qualcomm. 

San Mateo, CA — August 16,  2011 — Composite Software today announced that Carfax, the vehicle history expert for used car buyers, sellers and the automotive industry, has successfully developed and deployed a data abstraction layer using the Composite Data Virtualization Platform™ that will provide the company greater agility in managing its rapidly changing and growing reporting environment.  The first deployment consisted of publishing logical views to support reporting for the company’s finance, sales, marketing and business development organizations.

San Mateo, CA — July 12, 2011 — Composite Software, the data virtualization performance leader, announced today a new release of the company’s data virtualization source system adapter product family that simplifies and accelerates high-performance access to popular enterprise applications from Oracle, SAP, and salesforce.com, relational and multi-dimensional data sources from IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP BW, Sybase, and Teradata, “big data” stores such as IBM Netezza and the Cloudera Distribution including Apache Hadoop.

San Mateo, CA — June 20, 2011 — Composite Software, the data virtualization performance leader, announced today the availability of a new June 2011 market research report from Forrester Research, Inc. entitled Data Virtualization Reaches Critical Mass¹.  The report states that technology advancements, new patterns and customer successes are making data virtualization both a short and long term solution to today’s data integration challenges.

San Mateo, CA — June 14, 2011 — Composite Software, the data virtualization performance leader, today announced the availability of analyst research reports from Bloor Research International Ltd. and Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) detailing the new features and benefits of Composite 6, the latest version of Composite Software’s flagship data virtualization software introduced last week. 

San Mateo, CA — June 6, 2011 — Composite Software, the data virtualization performance leader, today introduced Composite 6, a new version of its flagship data virtualization software that enriches the enterprise with “big data” integration support for the Cloudera Distribution including Apache Hadoop (CDH), IBM Netezza and HP Vertica data sources. 

San Mateo, CA — May 24, 2011 — Composite Software, the data virtualization performance leader, today announced the certification of its flagship data virtualization product, the Composite Information Server, with MicroStrategy 9™. MicroStrategy business intelligence software enables companies to analyze the volumes of data stored across their enterprise to make better business decisions. In addition to the certification, Composite Software recently signed a Global Marketing Alliance agreement with MicroStrategy, which includes a broad range of joint marketing programs.

SAN MATEO, Calif. — May 9, 2011 — Composite Software, the data virtualization performance leader, today announced the availability of a groundbreaking Bloor Group white paper, web report series and technological road map poster on Enabling the Agile Business with an Information Oriented Architecture, co-sponsored by Composite Software and available as part of the Data Virtualization Leadership Series™,a forum for groundbreaking white papers, articles and webcasts by leading IT industry analysts and advanced data virtualization practitioners. 

SAN MATEO, Calif. — April 19, 2011 — Composite Software, the data virtualization performance leader, today announced the availability of an implementation methodology and best practices white paper aimed at helping organizations accelerate data virtualization adoption and implementation success.  Based on actual data virtualization project implementation experiences from hundreds of Composite Data Virtualization Platform deployments in a range of industries and use cases, these resources are cataloged in a new white paper, Composite Data Virtualization Implementation Methodology and Best Practices, and is available now as part of the Data Virtualization Leadership Series™, a forum for groundbreaking white papers, articles and webcasts by leading IT industry analysts and advanced data virtualization practitioners.

SAN MATEO, Calif. — April 5, 2011 — Composite Software today launched the Data Virtualization Leadership Blog™, providing a unique forum where organizations can learn, explore and discuss diverse data virtualization topics ranging from high-end strategy and architecture to more detailed lessons learned, tips and techniques. The Data Virtualization Leadership Blog is presented by data virtualization pioneer Composite Software.

SAN MATEO, Calif. — March 29, 2011 — Two of Europe’s leading business intelligence consultants will present on the topic of data virtualization at Enterprise Data World, scheduled for April 3-7 in Chicago, IL.

SAN MATEO, Calif. — March 9, 2011 — Widespread research recently published by some of Europe’s most respected business intelligence (BI) and data integration analysts points to a rapidly accelerating interest in data virtualization as organizations seek more agile and cost effective solutions for growing data volume and information diversity challenges. 

San Mateo, CA and Bath, UK.  — March 1, 2011 — Data virtualization performance leader Composite Software has joined with IPL (Information Processing Limited), a UK-based IT services company specializing in the delivery of intelligent business solutions, to offer data virtualization products and services that increase return on information assets for greater business benefits in the energy, financial services and pharmaceutical industries.  This partnership brings to market the best practices and skills IPL developed at successful, enterprise-scale Composite data virtualization implementations within a global top-five integrated energy provider as well as within a global top-five global pharmaceutical company.

San Mateo, CA and Chicago, IL . — February 23, 2011 — Data virtualization performance leader Composite Software has joined with Clarity Resource Group, a business intelligence (BI) consulting firm, to offer comprehensive data virtualization products and services that increase BI agility in financial services, communications, retail, health care and energy industries.  This partnership represents a new data virtualization solution offering that is both strategic and holistic, and entirely unique in the market.

SAN MATEO, CALIF. — February 14, 2011 — Composite Software, Inc., today announced that customers Pfizer and Deutsche Bank will join Forrester Research, Inc. Vice President and Principal Analyst Gene Leganza to share their data virtualization expertise and Composite-enabled success stories at upcoming Forrester Research Enterprise Architecture Forums scheduled for San Francisco, CA and London, UK. 

SAN MATEO, CALIF. — February 8, 2011 — Composite Software, Inc. today announced it completed 2010 with its seventh consecutive year of revenue growth, significant customer wins, strategic industry partnerships and increased market recognition, further solidifying its position as the leading data virtualization software provider addressing the demands of global enterprises seeking more agile, cost-effective data integration solutions.

SAN MATEO, CALIF. — January 18, 2011 — In the research study “Integrating SAP and non-SAP data for comprehensive Business Intelligence,” BARC Managing Director Carsten Bange and Senior Analyst Timm Grosser examine how enterprises depend on operational and transactional data systems for decision-making and the difficulties associated with integrating data stored in SAP and other disparate systems.  The authors also cite multiple advantages and examples for each recommended method.