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Syncsort began as an independent software vendor ("[[ISV]]") serving the mainframe market in 1968 as Whitlow Computer Systems, founded by Duane Whitlow and Stan Rintell<ref>[http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/Oral_History/Whitlow_Duane/102702251.05.01.acc.pdf "Oral History of Duane Whitlow"], Computer History Museum, Interviewed by Luanne Johnson, Recorded: May 8, 1998</ref>, then renamed itself in 1981 to its flagship product (Syncsort, Inc.).<ref name="dm">“DM Review 100", DM Review, 10(12), (December 2000)</ref> In the nineties, Syncsort expanded into [[client–server]] environments, offering a sort utility for UNIX and later Linux, and a backup product for heterogeneous environments called Backup Express (now known as BEX). In 2004, Syncsort for UNIX evolved into a data management product called DMExpress.<ref>“Syncsort Introduces DMExpress”, DM Review Online, (November 5, 2004)</ref> In recent years, Syncsort has received several readership awards from DMReview magazine.<ref name="dm"/><ref>“Announcing DM Review's 2002 Readership Award Winners”, DM Review Online, (September 30, 2002)</ref><ref>2005 Readership Merit Awards” DM Review Online, (October 28, 2005)</ref>
Syncsort began as an independent software vendor ("[[ISV]]") serving the mainframe market in 1968 as Whitlow Computer Systems, founded by Duane Whitlow and Stan Rintell<ref>[http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/Oral_History/Whitlow_Duane/102702251.05.01.acc.pdf "Oral History of Duane Whitlow"], Computer History Museum, Interviewed by Luanne Johnson, Recorded: May 8, 1998</ref>, then renamed itself in 1981 to its flagship product (Syncsort, Inc.).<ref name="dm">“DM Review 100", DM Review, 10(12), (December 2000)</ref> In the nineties, Syncsort expanded into [[client–server]] environments, offering a sort utility for UNIX and later Linux, and a backup product for heterogeneous environments called Backup Express (now known as BEX). In 2004, Syncsort for UNIX evolved into a data management product called DMExpress.<ref>“Syncsort Introduces DMExpress”, DM Review Online, (November 5, 2004)</ref> In recent years, Syncsort has received several readership awards from DMReview magazine.<ref name="dm"/><ref>“Announcing DM Review's 2002 Readership Award Winners”, DM Review Online, (September 30, 2002)</ref><ref>2005 Readership Merit Awards” DM Review Online, (October 28, 2005)</ref>
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==Products==
Syncsort products are designed to back up and recover data rapidly in distributed, heterogeneous environments; to speed data warehouse processing, database loads, and query performance, and to handle mainframe [[sorting algorithm|sort]]/merge and data transformation jobs. Syncsort offers its solutions through three sets of products: SyncSort, [[DMExpress]], and [[Backup Express]] (now known as BEX).


==Syncsort for z/OS==
==Syncsort for z/OS==

Revision as of 21:25, 23 October 2012

Syncsort, Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryData integration Data protection Sorting Data manipulation
Headquarters
Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey
,
USA
Number of locations
5
ProductsSyncSort, DMExpress, BEX
Number of employees
400
Websitewww.syncsort.com

Syncsort Incorporated is a software company specializing in high speed sorting products, as well as data integration and backup software and services, for Windows, Unix, Linux, and mainframe systems. According to its website,[1] Syncsort products are used by over 90 of the Fortune 100 companies and can be found in over 12,000 customer sites worldwide. Syncsort is headquartered in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, United States. It has offices in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, with an international support center in The Netherlands. Syncsort customers operate in a range of industries, including manufacturing, consumer goods, transportation, local and federal governments, and health care.[2]

History

Syncsort began as an independent software vendor ("ISV") serving the mainframe market in 1968 as Whitlow Computer Systems, founded by Duane Whitlow and Stan Rintell[3], then renamed itself in 1981 to its flagship product (Syncsort, Inc.).[4] In the nineties, Syncsort expanded into client–server environments, offering a sort utility for UNIX and later Linux, and a backup product for heterogeneous environments called Backup Express (now known as BEX). In 2004, Syncsort for UNIX evolved into a data management product called DMExpress.[5] In recent years, Syncsort has received several readership awards from DMReview magazine.[4][6][7] ''

Syncsort for z/OS

The original Syncsort sorting utility was developed in the late 1960s and was designed to speed batch processing on IBM mainframes. In his book Mainframe High Productivity Tools of the '90s, computing expert Alex Varsegi defined Syncsort’s capabilities.

From the user’s perspective, Syncsort essentially replaces a number of utility and program functions (for example, compiling, debugging, testing, and linking programs, as well as selecting, reformatting, converting, and summarizing the various record types).[8]

The current incarnation, Syncsort for z/OS, is a sort/merge/copy and data management utility designed to take advantage of the capabilities of the IBM zSeries computers and the z/OS operating system's advanced facilities, including the IBM MIDAW and System z9 Integrated Information Processors (zIIP). Syncsort for z/OS also supports S/390, the OS/390 operating system, and compatible computers.[9] A similar product, Syncsort VSE, is designed for IBM z/VSE and VSE/ESA operating systems.

DMExpress

The data sorting and transformation capabilities described by Varsegi for mainframe systems are provided as well in DMExpress, Syncsort's data integration product for UNIX, Windows, and Linux. DMExpress is typically used for ETL, data warehousing, and business intelligence applications.[10] The program is designed to transform and consolidate data from multiple sources. On November 14, 2008, DMExpress set a world record for ETL performance by extracting, transforming, cleansing, and loading 5.4 TB of data into a Vertica Analytic Database on a c-Class HP BladeSystem in 57 minutes.[11][12] Microsoft and Unisys set the previous ETL world record at 2.36 TB/hr in early 2008.[13] System administrators and analysts often use DMExpress to pre-process data to speed database loads, to create and maintain aggregate data stores[14] from flat files, to optimize reporting,[15] and for changed data capture (CDC) applications.[16] Data warehouse expert, Dr. Ralph Kimball in the first edition of his popular book, The Data Warehouse Toolkit, explained how data management and sorting products like Syncsort’s can be valuable for Database Management Systems (DBMSs):

[The] massive sorting and summarizing operations required to build aggregates can be handled much more efficiently with a dedicated sorting package like SyncSort on either IBM or a UNIX machine than by using the sorting capabilities of the relational DBMS.[17]

References

  1. ^ Syncsort Company About Us Page, retrieved on 2008-07-16.
  2. ^ Hoovers.com, Company Query: Syncsort Incorporated. Retrieved on 2008-07-16.
  3. ^ "Oral History of Duane Whitlow", Computer History Museum, Interviewed by Luanne Johnson, Recorded: May 8, 1998
  4. ^ a b “DM Review 100", DM Review, 10(12), (December 2000)
  5. ^ “Syncsort Introduces DMExpress”, DM Review Online, (November 5, 2004)
  6. ^ “Announcing DM Review's 2002 Readership Award Winners”, DM Review Online, (September 30, 2002)
  7. ^ 2005 Readership Merit Awards” DM Review Online, (October 28, 2005)
  8. ^ Varsegi, Alex. “Chapter 10: Conventional and CICSORT Techniques.” Mainframe High Productivity Tools of the '90s. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1990. 260-283.
  9. ^ Storagenewsletter.com: New Release of SyncSort for z/OS 1.3
  10. ^ Audio Interview with Syncsort's Rich Pilkington
  11. ^ ETL Database Load Benchmark: Full Disclosure Report (November 14, 2008)
  12. ^ BetaNews Newswire (December 2, 2008)
  13. ^ SQL Server Performance: ETL World Record! (February 27, 2008)
  14. ^ Data store network
  15. ^ Database Journal Product Guide
  16. ^ PC Pro Research Paper: Enterprise Data Integration Essentials
  17. ^ Kimball, Ralph. The Data Warehouse Toolkit. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1996. 222-223.

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