CLOUD, VIRTUALIZED ENVIRONMENTS
Businesswire | May 17, 2023
ThinkData Works Inc., a leading data catalog provider, is introducing new platform improvements that support data virtualization from more than 40 data sources. This enhancement increases the number of data source integrations available on the ThinkData Works Catalog Platform, including native support for Snowflake, BigQuery, and other cloud warehouses, as well as Oracle, SQL Servers, mongoDB and streaming data sources like Kafka and Kinesis. By supporting integration with these data sources, ThinkData Works enables out-of-the-box data fabric capabilities for organizations with hybrid cloud environments.
According to recent research by Google, the majority of organizations deploy applications on multiple on-premises and cloud solutions, clearly indicating that hybrid-cloud and multi-cloud is a reality for modern business. ThinkData Works' new capabilities harmonize these environments through virtualization technology, allowing customers to deploy a data catalog that enables governance across an entire decentralized data ecosystem without requiring data asset migration. This approach ensures compliance and governance are maintained while creating visibility and streamlined data access across organizations without the need for custom connections to data sources.
With an increasing number of companies repatriating data from cloud to on-premises, this feature addresses concerns around ballooning cloud costs and complex migrations. Teams can easily connect to data in a standard way no matter where it resides, even facilitating data migration to or from the cloud.
"The idea that companies are migrating their data to a single cloud warehouse is a myth," said Bryan Smith, Co-founder and CEO of ThinkData Works. "These days it's much more likely that an average organization will have data stored in a number of different places, both cloud and on-premises, and they need a good way to manage, access, and report on this data quickly. We're excited to launch these new capabilities to our users, who know first hand how diverse a data environment can be."
“Non-Invasive Data Governance is based on the idea that organizations can achieve appropriate levels of governance without a major lift-and-shift of their data," says Robert S. Seiner, President and Principal of KIK Consulting & Educational Services and the author of two books on Non-Invasive Data Governance. "By supporting data virtualization from essential data sources, ThinkData Works is helping companies with hybrid cloud environments put non-invasive data governance rules into practice."
Prospective customers can experience the power of the ThinkData Works data catalog platform first-hand through a new Free Trial offering, now available for a limited time.
About ThinkData Works
ThinkData Works unlocks the value of data to grow your business. Connect seamlessly to any source, drive critical insights, and deliver data while retaining visibility and control. Founded in 2014, ThinkData Works offers flexible data connections, an intuitive catalog interface, and secure tools to deliver data where it needs to be — inside or outside your organization. Purpose-built to handle the complexities of data variety, their unified cloud platform cuts overhead, fuels innovation, and drives revenue growth.
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VIRTUAL DESKTOP TOOLS
Repairify | March 03, 2023
Repairify, LLC portfolio company of Kinderhook Industries, and Autel U.S., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Autel Intelligent Technology, have announced an exclusive long-term collaboration agreement to bring Repairify's patented global OEM remote solutions for diagnostics, calibrations, and programming through Autel's remote-capable products across North America.
Repairify's industry-leading patented remote diagnostic, calibration, and programming solutions will be added as a new service option to an upgraded version of Autel's Remote Expert platform as per agreement. Customers can choose between Repairify's OEM-certified and warrantied remote solutions and those of the independent, experience-verified Remote Experts already serving the platform, thanks to the platform's shared management by Repairify and Autel.
Launched in 2022, Autel's Remote Expert offers on-site aftermarket scanning and remote access to OEM tools backed by trained experts. Autel MaxiSYS Ultra, Ultra EV, MS919, MS909, and MS909 EV diagnostic tablets support Autel's Remote Expert service. In addition, there will be an extension of Remote Expert to Autel's ADAS calibration systems.
"We are excited to enter into this collaboration with Repairify. Autel developed the Remote Expert platform to provide our users remote access to specialized and experienced module programmers and diagnosticians. We are very proud that its success drew the attention of a company of such quality and industry success as Repairify. We are confident that this partnership will benefit both companies and, most importantly, be of immense value to our users," said Chloe Hung, CEO, Autel U.S.
(Source –CISION PR Newswire)
Cris Hollingsworth, President of Repairify Global Holdings said, "Since its launch into the North American market in 2005, Autel has been known for their consistent delivery of leading innovative solutions across the mechanical and collision markets.". He added, "Repairify is honored to embark on this partnership and to broaden the reach of our solutions through the new and existing Autel network of customers."
(Source –CISION PR Newswire)
About REPAIRIFY
Repairify, founded in 2015 and headquartered in Plano, Texas, along with its family of brands, empower the automotive repair sector to master the data-intensive, modern vehicles. Repairify aids automotive experts in diagnostics, calibration, programming, and workflow by providing new OE tools and certified OEM-compatible technology, services, and information.
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VMWARE, CLOUD
Businesswire | April 19, 2023
CDI (Computer Design & Integration, LLC), a leading provider of technology solutions and services, announces plans to build and deliver VMware Cross-Cloud managed services to better assist their clients in their journey to the cloud. VMware unveiled the new managed service offerings at the VMware Leadership Summit: Accelerate Managed Services event this week. The team at CDI looks forward to taking part in the initiative, which will enable highly skilled partners to expand their managed services practices, improve profitability, and open new opportunities for growth and expansion.
VMware Cross-Cloud managed services are a portfolio of offerings designed to make building managed services faster for CDI and more easily consumed by CDI’s clients. This suite of services, some powered by VMware Cross-Cloud services, offers robust cloud services with the lower risk and fast time to value built on VMware's deeply integrated, enterprise-class multi-cloud infrastructure as a service stack. Additionally, the prescriptive services will provide centralized governance, cost optimization, and cloud-native app delivery.
“At CDI, our focus has always been on delivering the best solutions for our clients,” said Will Huber, Chief Technology Officer, CDI. “VMware Cross-Cloud managed services is an excellent opportunity for us to expand our offerings and further empower our clients in their digital transformation journey. We are eager to leverage these cutting-edge services to provide our customers with unparalleled managed services experience.”
“Multi-cloud complexity is opening the door for VMware partners to deliver high-value, repeatable, and prescriptive managed services offerings that address our customers state of cloud chaos,” said Zia Yusuf, senior vice president, strategic ecosystem and industry solutions, VMware. “As a VMware partner with a track record in helping customers migrate to the cloud, CDI will be able to utilize VMware Cross-Cloud managed services to add a new level of capabilities that accelerate cloud native app modernization, while making it faster and easier to operate in the cloud.”
CDI is dedicated to staying ahead in the fast-paced world of technology and delivering exceptional value to its clients. By adopting VMware Cross-Cloud managed services, CDI will be better equipped to help customers optimize their IT environments, improve operational intelligence across multi-cloud environments, and automate modern DevSecOps platform operations.
Most recently, CDI was named as winner of the 2023 VMware Cloud Innovation and SaaS Transformation Award for the Americas region, along with being named VMware Cloud on AWS Partner of the Year and VMware State and Local Government and Education Growth Partner of the Year.
While the VMware Cross-Cloud managed services announcement took place on April 18, CDI will not immediately deliver on these services. CDI plans to support all VMware Cross-Cloud managed services, initially offering Cloud Native App Delivery as a Managed Service based on VMware Tanzu to its clients in the near future.
About CDI (Computer Design & Integration LLC)
CDI, a leading global IT solutions provider, was founded in 1995 with corporate headquarters in New York City and additional offices located throughout the United States, Ireland, and the UK. With a steadfast commitment to client satisfaction, CDI offers businesses of all sizes the most cutting-edge hybrid IT technology solutions available. By focusing on enhancing day-to-day workflow processes, CDI provides clients with digital solutions that address even the most complex business challenges.
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