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Integration tools to supplement SQL ASDB
In the latest example of a software development industry wrought with consolidation, Pervasive Software Inc. will acquire data integration tools developer Data Junction Corp. in a cash and stock deal valued at nearly US$52 million. Announced in mid-August and approved unanimously by the boards of both companies, the deal is expected to close before years end pending shareholder approval.
Pervasive president and CEO David Sikora said that the acquisition will give the users of the company's flagship Pervasive. SQL application-specific database (ASDB) a consistent way to populate their databases. "We sell a database, and an ISV builds an application on top of that. When their product ships, the containers are empty; the end customer has to find a way to get all their data into the application," he said, adding that the data typically comes from a variety of sources, including spreadsheets or other documents or applications.
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