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MetaMatrix Server |
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MetaMatrix |
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Software |
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3.0 |
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The MetaMatrix Server enables companies to integrate their enterprise information systems into a virtual database. With this virtual database, the MetaMatrix Server provides users a standard gateway for information access. By connecting information sources to the MetaMatrix Server, enterprises gain real-time access to the information, single sign-on security, and a single access point to the disparity of information sources.
The MetaMatrix System cuts development time and increases ROI by providing:
Data integration using metadata.
Analysts note that about 60% of the cost of developing new applications involves integrating data from different islands of information. MetaMatrix uses metadata to create models of information sources. These models can describe all information sources of an enterprise. These models make up the virtual database. Any number of applications can use the virtual databases for data access. This reuse can virtually eliminate the data integration effort of application development. Likewise, the enterprise can create copies of a model to sculpt the original model for specific uses. Multiple versions of the model also enable users to change a model to meet their current needs.
A data abstraction layer.
Virtual databases are a logical layer between the disparate data sources and application developer or application. The layer integrates the information so that, from the outside, it looks like a single database to the developer or the application. Inside this layer, MetaMatrix metadata mappings point to the sources of each element. By using a virtual database as the data source, applications do not connect to any physical sources directly. This allows the physical data sources to change without effecting downstream applications.
A standards-based solution.
Complying with industry standards, MetaMatrix ensures interoperability and protects organizations from being trapped into proprietary systems. Applications communicate with the MetaMatrix Server through standard connections such as JDBC, ODBC, and SOAP, using common protocols and languages such as XML and SQL. This ensures that MetaMatrix products are open to communications from most applications. In addition, using standards takes advantage of skill sets that already exist in most organizations - developers will not need to be trained in a proprietary language so organizations can quickly implement solutions using the MetaMatrix System.
Infrastructure for Model-Driven Architecture™.
The Object Management Group (OMG™) has defined the Model- Driven Architecture (MDA™) as an architecture for decoupling solutions from platform-specific technology. The Model-Driven Architecture allows solution developers to focus on the solution and less on platform technology details.
The MetaMatrix Server product uses the metadata models generated in the MetaBase Modeler to resolve queries posed by user applications. The MetaMatrix Server parses queries based upon the metadata information and distributes the subqueries to the appropriate enterprise information systems through Connectors. These Connectors represent Java classes that translate queries into the enterprise information system’s native API. Once the enterprise information systems return the data results, the MetaMatrix Server reassembles and returns the results to the client application.
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