Welcome to the Centerprise Integration Suite support forum.

Over the next year or so, we plan to launch a series of products and features targeted at the data transformation and integration market. These products will provide a range of functionality from straightforward data movement to sophisticated data transformation, synchronization, profiling, cleansing, and integration features.

There are some key principals that guide the development, packaging, and marketing of our integration. All of our products will be designed and packaged in accordance with these principals. I would like to take a moment to outline some of these principals for our customers.

Openness: All of our products are designed to facilitate an open architecture. Most, if not all, components expose APIs that can be used by our customers to extend, customize, and integrate these products. We have an extensive set of sample programs to help educate developers in using the product in various scenarios. We plan to continually increase our sample library. Some of the samples are the actual code extracted from our product. Furthermore, detailed API and user documentation is available on our website for our customers and prospects. Our support forums are open to public and provide a wealth of information for data conversion professionals, integration architects, and other interested parties.

Performance and scalability: All of our product design decisions are evaluated to ensure high performance and scalability. We make extensive use of parallel processing throughout the product. Whether it is file parsing, transformation, or database writing, parallel processing is used to optimize all aspects of the product. We use a number of database optimization techniques including bulk inserts, batch updates, and parallel writes to deliver high performance and scalability.

Value: Our pricing and packaging decisions ensure that we are the best value for money in our industry. We have made a conscious effort to maintain a simple and rational pricing model. We have done away with charging for each separate connector, a practice common in our industry.

Our goal is to continually improve our products and, to that end, we welcome your ideas and suggestions. I have asked our team to monitor support forums to develop a better feel for customer requirements and assess strengths and weakness of the product.

Your participation in this forum and your feedback is a critical component in our ability to continually refine and extend the product line.