Composite Software
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Composite Software, Inc is a privately held data virtualization
Data virtualization
Data virtualization describes the process of abstracting disparate data sources through a single data access layer ....

 software company based San Mateo, CA. Composite Software was founded in October 2001 by Michael R. Abbott. In 2003, former Active Software founder and webMethods CTO, Jim Green joined Composite Software as CEO.

Composite Software provides Data Virtualization
Data virtualization
Data virtualization describes the process of abstracting disparate data sources through a single data access layer ....

 solutions to connect users and applications to information from disparate sources. Composite Software was cited as an industry leader in the Forrester Research
Forrester Research
Forrester Research is an independent technology and market research company that provides its clients with advice about technology's impact on business and consumers. Forrester Research has five research centers in the US: Cambridge, Massachusetts; New York, New York; San Francisco, California;...

 "2010 Forrester Wave: Information as a Service" study for its help in advancing data virtualization to its current form, known under a variety of names including data federation and Information as a Service.

Composite Data Virtualization Platform

The Composite Data Virtualization Platform is Data Virtualization
Data virtualization
Data virtualization describes the process of abstracting disparate data sources through a single data access layer ....

 middleware that "brings together data from multiple, disparate sources -- anywhere across the extended enterprise-- into a unified, logical virtualized data layer for consumption by nearly any front-end business solution including portals, reports, applications and more."

The Composite Data Virtualization Platform consists of:

- Composite Studio which includes an integrated development environment
Integrated development environment
An integrated development environment is a software application that provides comprehensive facilities to computer programmers for software development...

 for source data introspection, relationship discovery, data modeling
Data modeling
Data modeling in software engineering is the process of creating a data model for an information system by applying formal data modeling techniques.- Overview :...

, view and data service development, and revision control
Revision control
Revision control, also known as version control and source control , is the management of changes to documents, programs, and other information stored as computer files. It is most commonly used in software development, where a team of people may change the same files...

;

- Composite Information Server which includes a query engine with patent-pending Query optimization
Query optimization
Query optimization is a function of many relational database management systems in which multiple query plans for satisfying a query are examined and a good query plan is identified. This may or not be the absolute best strategy because there are many ways of doing plans. There is a trade-off...

 technology, caching, data access, data publishing, data quality
Data quality
Data are of high quality "if they are fit for their intended uses in operations, decision making and planning" . Alternatively, the data are deemed of high quality if they correctly represent the real-world construct to which they refer...

, security, data governance
Data governance
Data governance is an emerging discipline with an evolving definition. The discipline embodies a convergence of data quality, data management, data policies, business process management, and risk management surrounding the handling of data in an organization...

 and a metadata repository;

- Composite Application Data Services for Oracle, Oracle EssBase, Salesforce.com, SAP, SAP BW, and Siebel which provide pre-defined data services;

- Composite Discovery for discovering and data modeling
Data modeling
Data modeling in software engineering is the process of creating a data model for an information system by applying formal data modeling techniques.- Overview :...

 relationships across multiple data sources;

- Composite Active Cluster for scalability that maintains continuous availability to fulfill service level agreements;

- Composite Monitor to control activities for both systems management
Systems management
Systems management refers to enterprise-wide administration of distributed systems including computer systems. Systems management is strongly influenced by network management initiatives in telecommunications....

 and data governance
Data governance
Data governance is an emerging discipline with an evolving definition. The discipline embodies a convergence of data quality, data management, data policies, business process management, and risk management surrounding the handling of data in an organization...

.

Customers

Composite Software is the data virtualization
Data virtualization
Data virtualization describes the process of abstracting disparate data sources through a single data access layer ....

 gold standard at ten of the top 20 banks, six of the top ten pharmaceutical companies, four of the top five energy firms, major media and technology organizations; and multiple government agencies. View our selected customers that have achieved success with Composite's Data Virtualization
Data virtualization
Data virtualization describes the process of abstracting disparate data sources through a single data access layer ....

 Solutions.

Life Sciences
  • Pfizer
    Pfizer
    Pfizer, Inc. is an American multinational pharmaceutical corporation. The company is based in New York City, New York with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut, United States...

  • Boehringer Ingelheim
  • Tripos



Financial Services
  • Wachovia
    Wachovia
    Wachovia was a diversified financial services company based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Before its acquisition by Wells Fargo in 2008, Wachovia was the fourth-largest bank holding company in the United States based on total assets...

  • NYSE Euronext



Federal Government
  • United States Army
    United States Army
    The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...

  • United States Environmental Protection Agency
    United States Environmental Protection Agency
    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is an agency of the federal government of the United States charged with protecting human health and the environment, by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress...




Media & Communications
  • Comcast
    Comcast
    Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...

  • Qualcomm
    Qualcomm
    Qualcomm is an American global telecommunication corporation that designs, manufactures and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services based on its code division multiple access technology and other technologies. Headquartered in San Diego, CA, USA...

  • TELUS
    TELUS
    Telus is a national telecommunications company in Canada that provides a wide range of telecommunications products and services including internet access, voice, entertainment, video, and satellite television. The company is based in Burnaby, British Columbia, part of Greater Vancouver...


Awards

Composite Software Customer, Compassion International
Compassion International
Compassion International is a Christian child sponsorship organization dedicated to the long-term development of children living in poverty around the world. Compassion International, headquartered in Colorado Springs, functions in 26 countries such as Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico, Haiti, Kenya, and...

 Receives The BeyeNETWORK 2010 Vision Awards for Business Impact in 2010.




Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) and Bloor Research, recognized Composite Software and the Composite Data Virtualization Platform™ as the IT industry’s leading data virtualization solution in 2010.




Compassion International
Compassion International
Compassion International is a Christian child sponsorship organization dedicated to the long-term development of children living in poverty around the world. Compassion International, headquartered in Colorado Springs, functions in 26 countries such as Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico, Haiti, Kenya, and...

 Recognized as a “Laureate” for Utilizing Information Technology and Data Virtualization
Data virtualization
Data virtualization describes the process of abstracting disparate data sources through a single data access layer ....

 Services (from Composite Software) to Benefit Society.




The Composite Information Server was awarded the Network Computing Editor's Choice Award for Enterprise Information Integration
Enterprise Information Integration
Enterprise Information Integration , is a process of information integration, using data abstraction to provide a unified interface for viewing all the data within an organization, and a single set of structures and naming conventions to represent this data; the goal of EII is to get a large set of...

(EII) in 2004.

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