Jitterbit Updates Open Source Integration Platform
08/18/2008
Jitterbit announced version 2.0 of its open source integration platform, which includes new enterprise capabilities, scalability and manageability to simplify application, data and process integration.
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Jitterbit Inc., a provider of open source integration software, announced the availability of Jitterbit 2.0 Enterprise, a major release that includes new capabilities, scalability and management tools.
With this new release, organizations from the mid-market to large Fortune 1000 enterprises have new tools to solve their most complex integration challenges between legacy, enterprise, and on-demand applications and data, the vendor said.
New features available in Jitterbit 2.0, include an advanced user interface and integration server enhancements, such as pipeline insertions and scripting, synchronous/asynchronous operations and parallel processing with data chunking. The new features are designed to empower the business user, providing dramatic increases in flexibility and ease of use. Enterprise-focused upgrades to the server allow organizations to significantly increase scalability and performance by intelligently and dynamically maximizing hardware utilization.
"When Continental needed to quickly integrate multiple database systems across all airports and corporate locations, we looked to Jitterbit," said Denise Wilson, senior manager of technology enterprise engineering at Continental Airlines. "Jitterbit brought simplicity to our project at a fraction of the cost of traditional integration solutions. We are now looking to extend Jitterbit 2.0 Enterprise for use across the organization and have been impressed by new features like enhanced visual diagrams, reusable scripts and parallel processing for increased performance."
Jitterbit is designed for SOA, Web services, point-to-point and ETL integration environments, and has been adopted by more than 3,000 organizations, the vendor said.
"Jitterbit 2.0 is a natural extension of our commitment to making integration an easy, sharable and community-focused endeavor," said Sharam Sasson, Jitterbit chairman and CEO. "Enterprise integration can be overly complex, and today's organizations need solutions that are powerful, flexible and able to grow with the business, while simple enough to allow IT managers and business analysts to build and maintain unique integration processes."
Additional Jitterbit 2.0 enhancements include a revamped graphical UI that provides a new workflow process designer, making it easier for users to define, test, view and change their integrations. The new release also includes the ability to add customized logic at every step of the integration process including the creation of reusable scripts is now available in Jitterbit 2.0. Pipeline customization eliminates redundant activities in complex integrations, decreasing processing times and adding a new level of flexibility to Jitterbit integration operations.
Jitterbit 2.0 also supports parallel processing, enabling large amounts of data to be processed simultaneously in chunks or transactions. Jitterbit can now move more data in a shorter amount of time,and with its Smart Reconstruction technology, ensure that your data arrives securely and in the intended format.