Date:         Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:38:26 -0500
Reply-To:     sudhir darbha <darbha@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         sudhir darbha <darbha@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Need Help in Evaluating SAS
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Hi all,
     I am trying to evaluate SAS if it provides any tool(s) that would
cover my requirements. Please look at the following requirements.

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*Requirements for the tool(s):*

   - *Basic Goal*: Extract data from any type of source (DBMS,
   WebService, Application, etc.), apply transformation and load the data into
   any type of destination (application, DBMS, Web Service, etc)
   - Ability to perform transformation across formats:
      - XML – Relational
      - Fixed – Relational
      - Valid – Value Mapping
      - Valid Value Confidence
   - Ability to perform *real-time* and *batch* processing.
   - Ability to perform "*Multi Cast Tasks*" – Is able to read data from
   a source and distribute the processing to different tasks.
   - Support *data aggregation
   *
   - *Orchestration*
      - Business Process Configuration – Creating business processes
      that give information workers real-time visibility into an integrated
      process.**
      - Messaging**
      - Transactions
   - *Scalability & Parallelism* – Ability to assign tasks to multiple
   servers, assign task to a different processor, etc. (I think SAS Grid
   Computing serves this purpose).
   - *Performance* – Does it perform better for Real-time or Batch or
   both?

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Any input from you will give me further insight SAS's product's
and helps me make a better decision.
Thanks,
Sudhir.