Complex Data Integration with Astera’s Centerprise 6 Data Integrator

SOURCE: Astera Software

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — Sept. 9, 2013 — Astera Software, a developer of innovative data integration solutions for small and large enterprises, today introduces Centerprise 6 Data Integrator, a major new release of the company’s flagship data integration platform specifically built for business users responsible for managing organizational information assets. Visit astera.com/centerprise to see the over 150 new features and enhancements in this across-the-board upgrade to Centerprise Data Integrator [Tweet this] that support Astera’s signature ease of use and extensibility within a powerful, fully-functional environment.

Centerprise is used by such diverse organizations as Well Fargo Bank, Raymond James Financial, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, United Methodist Church, and Vanderbilt University  to efficiently and cost-effectively solve their complex data integration challenges such as building and managing data warehouses, integrating in-house and cloud applications, and managing integration with business partners, among other applications.

“While this is our first experience with an ETL tool, we were very thorough with our evaluations,” said Steve Mann, information systems manager for the City of Lodi, California. “Centerprise suits our needs perfectly. It has all the functionality we need, it is easy to use, keeps the data together so it can be centrally managed, and it is the most cost effective.”

“Increasingly, organizations are realizing that superior product usability drives substantial productivity improvements,” said Ibrahim Surani, CEO at Astera. “We’ve designed Centerprise from the ground up to be a single, unified environment with streamlined interface and flow. Centerprise 6 provides new features that make it even more user-friendly for non-developers yet robust enough to address the biggest and most complex data integration challenges. Customer feedback to our beta has been overwhelmingly positive.”

– Hierarchical data mapping has been significantly strengthened to ensure that Centerprise leads the industry in overcoming the challenges of complex hierarchical structures such as extensible markup language (XML), electronic data interchange (EDI), web services, and more.

– Scoped, Tree, and Detached transformations make it possible for users to perform sophisticated transformations on complex data trees and reuse them in multiple expressions, saving time, increasing productivity, and enhancing performance.

– Performance has been boosted with enhancements to the flow diagram user interface, the document loading and saving functions, and job management.

– Server functionality upgrades include scalability enhancements, high availability features, workflow restart, and server and job management improvements that speed up and automate the workflow process.

A complete list of the new features and enhancements within Centerprise 6 can be found at http://www.astera.com/centerprise.

Pricing and Availability

Centerprise 6 Data Integrator is available immediately and offers straightforward, affordable pricing that ensures rapid ROI. Contact Astera sales at sales@astera.com or call 888-77-ASTERA (888-772-7837). Click here to download a 30-day trial.

About Astera

Astera Software develops powerful, intuitive data integration solutions focused on eliminating the complexities in integration processes. Through continuous innovation, Astera provides products and services that are consistently acclaimed for their superior usability, intuitive interface, and high performance, ensuring rapid ROI and scalability to meet the most demanding integration jobs, as well as flexibility for infinite extensibility and deployment possibilities.