Sounds Like Greek to Me... Translator Please~~~~~~~

Does anyone speak MY language??

One of the most difficult obstacles in database consolidation is getting the opposing cultures to recognize each others languages and customs. Not only do the databases have nuances, but the companies that design and produce them are cultural misfits to each other. Oracle is different vs Sybase is different vs IBM is different vs Microsoft is different vs etc......You get my drift.

Now, if one's responsibility was to deal with a multilingual, multicultural group in an environment that is mistake intolerant; the second best solution (the best solution would be to personally speak the language and practice the customs of each group to perfection) would be having available a single entity who could perform all of those needs for you and immediately communicate back to you. In the personal arena I guess that entity would be referred to as a translator or multiple translators in most cases...

In the database arena that entity would be referred to as ANTs Software and the middleware would be referred to as database consolidation software. As large enterprizes seek cost reductions in their data handling structure, database consolidation is the one of the promising areas that will immediately impact the bottom line, with the added advantage of helping to alleviate the database cultural shock quandry faced by many conglomerates due to the merger and aquisition era.

It still sounds like Greek to me, but at least I now have a great database translator...........

David Ott