The partners that we work with is an extensive list.  There are specific tool sets within these partners that we deal with, and where appropriate, they have been noted.

** PLEASE NOTE ** I am an INDEPENDENT ANALYST  and as such, I have no monetary affiliation with any of these companies, nor do I have any signed contracts.  Therefore, I can participate as an objective consultant in a vendor evaluation process.

The tools we use from IBM include: WebSphere, Data Stage, Meta Stage, Db2 UDB (EEE/MPP), DB2 AS400, and their Industry Logical Models.

The components we are experts in include: PowerCenter, Meta Manager, Real-Time Feeds, Grid, High Availability.

I work with Oracle’s Data Warehousing product suite and Oracle databases.  This includes OWB, BI Analytics, and 11gR2 releases.  I am familiar with their performance and tuning components, parallelism, and partitioning solutions.

The components that we are currently working with include: dataCookbook, we are assisting the company in adapting their SaaS metadata capture solution to an Enterprise Data Warehousing Field.

We are experts in the OLAP Cube Services, SSIS, SQLServer components.  We work with their SQLServer databases in a data warehousing capacity to manage all aspects of the Data Warehouse.

With CA – we work with AllFusion (ER-WIN) data modeling components including ModelMart.

I have been trained in Teradata Database components, and work with TPump, MultiLoad, FastLoad, and their API’s through ETL products.  I am familiar with the Teradata Database, and have attended the internal Teradata Factory class attended by their own Teradata Professional Services.

I work with Pentaho ETL engine, and the BI Reporting suite.  We are familiar with the open-source platform, and work with the architecture to deliver the appropriate business solution.

The MySQL database provides power, compatibility, and performance to any enterprise solution.  We work with MySQL as a source and a target in the EDW solutions that we build.