Rochester, MN. December 13, 2002 - Coglin Mill was once again named to the prestigious "Top 100" list of data management vendors published each December by DM Review magazine, announces Pete Wangen, Director of Marketing & Sales. Coglin Mill was recognized for its RODIN Data Asset Management solution. RODIN is a powerful, sophisticated, yet easy-to-use ETL tool (data Extraction, Transformation and Loading), used to select, validate, transform and integrate disparate operational data into meaningful business intelligence data, thereby creating a single version of the truth across all data sets. Coglin Mill was 33rd on the list. The top three were IBM, Oracle and Microsoft.
The DM Review 100 is a fair and comprehensive guide to vendors who have quality offerings, excellent customer support and expertise, and are established enterprises with market presence. The list was determined based on the results of a product usage and vendor rating survey of DM Review readers. Survey respondents were presented with a questionnaire that examined more than 270 vendors in eleven product categories. Quality, market share and customer satisfaction are all weighted equally.
"We are the only iSeries-specific ETL tool vendor on the list,” commented Allen Perry, Coglin Mill CEO. “Being ranked 33rd alongside much larger companies, and even ahead of companies like Embarcadero, FirstLogic, Group 1, Sagent, DataMirror and ETI is truly gratifying."
As part of its editorial coverage, DM Review asked each vendor to name their greatest challenge today, and how they are responding to that challenge. Coglin Mill CEO Allen Perry had this response:
“Our greatest challenge is the one all software vendors face right now: tight IT budgets, which are causing delays to and cancellations of important infrastructure projects. Some organizations are avoiding implementing critical tools for data extraction, transformation and loading (ETL), meta data and data warehouse management. Other organizations, hoping to save money, are trying to develop these capabilities in house. While understandable, both of these short-term responses can turn out to cost much more in the long term. They can even jeopardize future success and undermine the investment already made in business intelligence or CRM. Ironically, these very data asset management tools are the ones that executives and boards increasingly need to fulfill their fiduciary duties! Understanding their data will be a high priority for several years to come.
In addition to offering flexible software licensing options (including a low-cost, low-risk quarterly license), Coglin Mill is working with customers and prospects to zero-in on projects that can deliver a quick ROI, usually within months of commencement. By combining low-cost software licensing and rapid ROI projects, organizations can get through the current economic downturn and uncertainty without canceling, delaying or jeopardizing their critical BI/CRM infrastructure.” |