Comments on: Introduction to Expressor Software http://www.dbms2.com/2009/02/25/introduction-to-expressor-software/ Choices in data management and analysis Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:48:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Is Expressor Software accomplishing anything? | DBMS2 -- DataBase Management System Services http://www.dbms2.com/2009/02/25/introduction-to-expressor-software/#comment-128180 Is Expressor Software accomplishing anything? | DBMS2 -- DataBase Management System Services Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:35:05 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=703#comment-128180 [...] Expressor Software is putting out a ton of press releases to the effect that it has signed up another reseller/systems integration partner or, in some cases, sponsored a webinar.  Less clear is whether Expressor is selling much of anything, delivering product people care about, and so on.  The one time I visited, Expressor told me that user interface was its strength, then showed me something very primitive and explained — as the famed joke* would have it — how good it was going to be. [...] [...] Expressor Software is putting out a ton of press releases to the effect that it has signed up another reseller/systems integration partner or, in some cases, sponsored a webinar.  Less clear is whether Expressor is selling much of anything, delivering product people care about, and so on.  The one time I visited, Expressor told me that user interface was its strength, then showed me something very primitive and explained — as the famed joke* would have it — how good it was going to be. [...]

]]> By: Ab Initio Software overview | DBMS2 -- DataBase Management System Services http://www.dbms2.com/2009/02/25/introduction-to-expressor-software/#comment-124731 Ab Initio Software overview | DBMS2 -- DataBase Management System Services Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:37:58 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=703#comment-124731 [...] that Ab Initio’s software has great performance, although Talend claims to come close and Expressor claims to be faster yet. But rivals assert that besides having high license fees, Ab Initio’s [...] [...] that Ab Initio’s software has great performance, although Talend claims to come close and Expressor claims to be faster yet. But rivals assert that besides having high license fees, Ab Initio’s [...]

]]> By: john russell http://www.dbms2.com/2009/02/25/introduction-to-expressor-software/#comment-111683 john russell Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:54:05 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=703#comment-111683 Wanted to follow up on your blog summarizing your perspective on expressor, specifically on expressor’s performance and my vision for a next-generation DI system. As you mentioned, I did spend years designing and implementing our parallel data processing engine. And I believe we got it right –- which should make expressor faster than anything out there today and for years to come. Your analysis that my passion/vision is building a data integration system from the ground up is spot on. I started expressor to fix the flaws I found as a user of many other systems over the years, and I believe we’re well underway toward getting there in short order. Regarding your October visit, what you saw then was our version 1.1 product, a maintenance release of expressor 1.0, which was released in July ‘08. I agree with you that 1.1 still had its share of rough edges, but I believe we’ve smoothed over or filled in many of those in the eight months since our initial product release. For example, we’ve improved our GUI tools’ usability and functionality based on feedback from customers and partners, and are rolling out two new tools for semantic rationalization and metadata reporting in expressor 1.3, which we’ll announce at the end of March. expressor 1.3 will also include new runtime features, enhancements, and new motors (connectors) in response to customer requests and things I want to do to enhance our real-time data integration infrastructure. We are working today on a number of interesting real-time opportunities including a very exciting cloud computing opportunity, and as expected there are new requirements we are addressing with every new engagement. So while we’re still working on a fully realized implementation of the expressor product vision, I’m pleased with the progress we’re making toward that goal and look forward to sharing our progress with you again soon. John Russell expressor chief scientist Wanted to follow up on your blog summarizing your perspective on expressor, specifically on expressor’s performance and my vision for a next-generation DI system.

As you mentioned, I did spend years designing and implementing our parallel data processing engine. And I believe we got it right –- which should make expressor faster than anything out there today and for years to come.

Your analysis that my passion/vision is building a data integration system from the ground up is spot on. I started expressor to fix the flaws I found as a user of many other systems over the years, and I believe we’re well underway toward getting there in short order.

Regarding your October visit, what you saw then was our version 1.1 product, a maintenance release of expressor 1.0, which was released in July ‘08. I agree with you that 1.1 still had its share of rough edges, but I believe we’ve smoothed over or filled in many of those in the eight months since our initial product release.

For example, we’ve improved our GUI tools’ usability and functionality based on feedback from customers and partners, and are rolling out two new tools for semantic rationalization and metadata reporting in expressor 1.3, which we’ll announce at the end of March.

expressor 1.3 will also include new runtime features, enhancements, and new motors (connectors) in response to customer requests and things I want to do to enhance our real-time data integration infrastructure. We are working today on a number of interesting real-time opportunities including a very exciting cloud computing opportunity, and as expected there are new requirements we are addressing with every new engagement.

So while we’re still working on a fully realized implementation of the expressor product vision, I’m pleased with the progress we’re making toward that goal and look forward to sharing our progress with you again soon.

John Russell
expressor chief scientist

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