Apatar Team Is Refactoring Apatar Source Code and ArchitectureJuly 21, 2008 - by Alena Semeshko -
The Apatar Team started refactoring the code and architecture of the Apatar Open Source Data Integration application to optimize its core structure and improve user experience. With having both architecture and code revised, Apatar will make it easier to work with the source code in Java IDEs, create custom connectors, implement new functionality, and release builds. It will also minimize the risk of producing new bugs after implementing new features or fixes.
The refactoring will increase Apatar’s performance speed, allow users to install Apatar either on a PC or server, and enable build version updates without having to reinstall custom components or losing data. It will also allow the Apatar Team to start working on automatic error submission to the bug tracker at www.apatarforge.org/bug and improving the general installation process. During the refactoring period, the number of new functionality releases will be limited as the team will focus on making Apatar more stable and better.
Apatar Integrates IBM DB2 Products with Third-party Applications and Cleanses Mainframe DatabasesMay 23, 2008 - by Alena Semeshko -
Apatar team announced connectivity to IBM DB2, a family of relational database management system products from IBM that are widely used in enterprise applications, corporate ERP systems, and mainframes. The new connector for the Apatar Open Source Data Integration toolset allows reading and writing of data from/to DB2 tables and improves the quality of data during migration or integration, all without custom coding. With this new release, Apatar enables both developers and users to easily link DB2 information between third-party applications (Salesforce.com, SugarCRM), other databases (Oracle, Microsoft SQL, MySQL), flat files (CSV/TXT), and the top Web 2.0 destinations (Flickr, Amazon S3, RSS feeds).
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