Re: <No Subject Supplied> Datawarehousing

Thanks for the Info, I'll hope to have a evaluation copy soon! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cheryl Kendricks Internet:cherylk@prod1.jcdc.doleta.gov OR cherylk@gwysmtp.jcdc.doleta.gov DTSI, Inc. Voice: 1-800-598-5008 Database Administrator - DOL Job Corps San Marcos, Texas ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Fri, 10 May 1996, Jim Gordon wrote: } On May 9, 5:04pm, Cheryl Kendricks wrote: } > Subject: Re: <No Subject Supplied> Datawarehousing } > Yes there is! I just heard about in a Seminar yesterday! It's called } > Informix Universal Server. There are plans to release tools products with } > it one being Metacube (BETTER THEN VP) that I'm interested in. } > } > Does anyone know rather Metacube has been released? Also I know someone is } > Out there Betaing Informix 7.2 did it include "ON BAR" or some of the } > TRIVIOLI (spelling? anyway it the monitoring tools) products. } > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- } > Cheryl Kendricks } > Internet:cherylk@prod1.jcdc.doleta.gov } > OR } > kendric@gwysmtp.jcdc.doleta.gov } > DTSI, Inc. Voice: 1-800-598-5008 } > Database Administrator - DOL Job Corps San Marcos, Texas } > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ } } Metacube is a shipping product that we use to do data warehouse work against an } Informix Online database. You do not need the Universal Server to do data } warehousing with this tool, you don't even need to use Informix databases. } } Informix purchased the company that built the tool this year. Due to this the } next release of Metacube, due in July/August I believe, will have more } facilities some of which are designed to make much greater use of the specific } capabilities of the Online engine. } } Also Informix are working on building a Metacube datablade that will tightly } integrate the Metacube functionality with the Universal Server. I have no idea } when that is due out but probably sometime Q1/Q2 next year. I believe that } Metacube is also one of the many tools being used against the MCI terabyte } range data warehouse that is running on Informix XPS Online but I'm not } entirely certain about that. } } Cheers - Jim } } -- } ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- } Jim Gordon DHL Airways Inc. jgordon@us.dhl.com } ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- } My opinions are my own. They may vary with time but they remain mine! }